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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view west from Ferry Building tower scaffolding over wholesale district, Nob Hill Fairmont Hotel, Appraiser's Building in distance, earthquake ruins and early reconstruction.[8280 Fairmount Hotel and Nob Hill, west from Ferry Bldg. Tower over Miles of Ruins U-91730]
Financial District
View Southeasterly from Bayview Hill of candlestick Park under construction
Candlestick Point
North tower under construction, view from straits
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, View from Nob Hill south, showing, left to right, ruins of Mutual Savings Bank Building Shreve Building, Call Building, Whittell Building, Butler Building, Temple Emanu-El and Flood Building
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, View South on Stockton Street from Sutter Street to gutted City of Paris and Butler Buildings, Whittell Building, Spring Valley Water Company Building
Downtown / Union Square
Couple on Embarcadero pier posing with Bay Bridge under construction
Rincon Hill
View northeast across intersection to S.N. Wood & Co., building store on ground floor of existing buildings.
Western Addition
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down Eddy to Earthquake and Fire Damage, Pierce-Rodolph Storage Co. ; fire pump
Western Addition
View east on Page to house moving down street.
Haight Ashbury
View Northerly toward Potrero Hill. This segment of US101 (between Army/ Cesar Chavez Blvd. and Augusta Street, just south of Alemany Blvd.) was built between April 1949 & May 1951. Here, the roadbed has been graded & coated with oil (to keep the dust down?), but not yet paved, Summer/Fall 1949. This part of US101 was the first freeway section within the city limits of San Francisco. (TA)
Potrero Hill
View east down California to California Street Cable Car #53 about to cross Kearny. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign on roof in distance. Scaffolding around Kohl Building. At far left Home Insurance Company Building (around this time, Fireman's Fund) completed 1951 and demolished in 1983. Empty lot with pedestrian safety structure at 550 California, site of Occidental Life Insurance Co. Building, completed 1960. Downhill from construction site, Financial Center Building (1927). Clunie Building with Bank of America ad on side at right. (Cropped version of wnp14.1576.)
Financial District
View northwest across intersection to inbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #1625. Birdcage traffic signals.
South of Market
Under construction. Bayview Hill in background.
Candlestick Point
Mayor Christopher at Candlestick Park. During construction of the stadium
Candlestick Point
Mayor Christopher at Candlestick Park. Looking at paperwork during construction of the stadium
Candlestick Point