25th & Utah
View north to houses along north side of 25th St. from within site of Starr King School [now site of Bryant Elementary School] foundations being built [dpwbook5 dpw1404]
Potrero HillConstruction
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SF General Hospital
Potrero Avenue near 22nd Street, San Francisco General Hospital construction [dpwbook5 dpw1422]
Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
San Francisco General Hospital construction [dpwbook5 dpw1423]
Potrero Hill
25th & Utah
View north from Starr King School construction / elevated truck [dpwbook5 dpw1427]
Potrero Hill
Sacramento near Davis
View west to intersection of Front and beyond [dpwbook5 dpw1430] Cable Car Tracks, D.W. Tietjen Groceries, 240 Sacramento, Fairmont Hotel in background.
Financial District
7th near Folsom
view north on 7th. Sewer and road work. Hall of Records, Grant Building, U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in distance [dpwbook5 dpw1431] Hotel Fenton 259 7th,
South of Market
Van Ness & McAllister
View west across and empty lot for City Hall being excavated by steam shovel and horse team toward the intersection of Van Ness and McAllister. Hotel St. James at center. St. Paulus Church in the distance at right[Excavating for City Hall dpwbook5 dpw1435]
Civic Center
Grove near Polk
Elevated view from Market St. northwest on second day of move of Newton J. Tharp/Commerce High School. The building was completed in December, 1910 on Grove between Polk and Larkin, then moved (over 7 1/2 months) to Franklin & Fell Sts. in 1913 to make way for Civic Center Plaza. Three steam donkeys to the left are pulling the building in this photo. [Moving Commerce High from Larkin & Grove dpwbook5 dpw1461]
Civic Center
Fort Mason
Fort Mason Pump Station [dpw1468] Foot of Van Ness Avenue. Official designation: 'Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System.' Fort Mason officers' quarters in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Grove near Larkin
Elevated view northwest to Commerce High School moved off old foundation for relocation. It was constructed after the 1906 earthquake, then plans for the new Civic Center required that it be moved to another location.The building now stands at Fell and Franklin. St. Paulus Church (Turk & Gough) in the background. [dpwbook6 dpw1474]
Civic Center
Van Ness & Grove
View north on Van Ness toward Grove, Commerce High School (Newton J. Tharp Commercial School) being moved. The building was just completed at Grove and Polk when plans for the the new Civic Center were finalized. Rather than demolishing it, it was moved from the site to the northeast corner of Fell and Franklin, where it still stands in 2021. [dpwbook6 dpw1540]
Civic Center
Stockton & Bush
Excavation in progress for south portal of Stockton Street Tunnel. View north from Bush St. [Stockton Tunnel Excavation dpwbook6 dpw1542]
Downtown / Union Square
Tank Hill
Clarendon Heights Tank with barbed wire fence around it. [dpwbook6 dpw1587]
Ashbury Heights
Frederick & Arguello
Construction work in progress on Polytechnic High School. View of steel girders and steel mat on floor preparatory to pouring concrete. [dpwbook6 dpw1552]
Parnassus Heights
Stockton & Bush
Construction view of south portal of Stockton Street Tunnel. [Stockton Tunnel (S portal) dpwbook6 dpw1583]
Downtown / Union Square