Construction

Contains 3716 photos

Bay Bridge Construction
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Bay Bridge Construction

View east to suspension span towers from Rincon Hill to Yerba Buena Island. Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect), Sherman-Clay warehouse (Hathaway Warehouse, 101 Harrison).

Rincon Hill
1st Street near Harrison
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1st Street near Harrison

Elevated view north to Embarcadero Freeway and Freeway approach to Bay Bridge under construction, Pacific Telephone Building, Transbay Terminal, Equitable Life Insurance Building (completed 1955), Standard Oil Building, Shell Building, Coit Tower

Rincon Hill
Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

Policeman pulling on man on tracks, general strike. Construction of Bay Bridge support column, "State of California San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge" sign, Fairbanks & Morse bldg. in background

Rincon Hill
Market near Short
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Market near Short

View South (uphill on Market Street under construction for Market Street Extension. some houses on the right still stand. (2019). Stairs and retaining wall have been replaced in a later widening project. [dpw7084] [Market St Ext.]

Eureka Valley
Twin Peaks Boulevard
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Twin Peaks Boulevard

Men, steam shovel, and horses grade roadway. [Twin Peaks road construction][dpw2554]

Clarendon Heights
Laguna Honda
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Laguna Honda

Fence, view from Laguna Honda Blvd and Clarendon

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North on 7th Avenue during road widening. [dpwA1495 Laguna Honda Blvd West Wall Shoring]

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

Construction of retaining wall on west side of boulevard

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North, construction of retaining wall and widening roadway. [DPW A1496 West Wall Shoring]

Forest Knolls
17th Ave & Kirkham
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17th Ave & Kirkham

Undeveloped hillside at Golden Gate Heights [DPW A821 Kirkham St E from 17th Ave]

Sunset Inner
Market at Corbett
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Market at Corbett

View North, Market Street Extension Project. Corbett (left) intersects with Market Street from right. This section of Market (Now called Cuesta Court) would be bypassed in the 1960s Upper Market Street project by a viaduct occupying the space of the houses on the right. Duplicate of wnp36.02546 [dpw7078 Market St Ext]

Upper Market
Laguna Honda Reservoir
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Laguna Honda Reservoir

View southeast across the reservoir toward Clarendon and Laguna Honda Boulevard. [DPW A3137]

Forest Hill
Monterey & Baden
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Monterey & Baden

Sunnyside (Monterey Boulevard) and Baden [dpwbook20 dpw4583]

Sunnyside
Yerba Buena & Monterey
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Yerba Buena & Monterey

Paved road of Yerba Buena Ave. Broken fence, house, at left. Forest in background. [DPW 8893]

Monterey Heights
Stanford Hts Reservoir
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Stanford Hts Reservoir

[DPW A1511] View north to Twin Peaks. Stanford Heights reservoir

Miraloma Park