Candlestick Park aerial
Looking north. Hunters Point, Downtown skyline in distance.
Demolished
Contains 7898 photos
14th Ave Near Lincoln
View south across Market St. Railway's (MSRy) 'Boneyard' Lincoln Way storage yard to St. Anne's church and school, Golden Gate Heights and Grandview Park; Muni (former MSRy) #893 in advanced state of decay, and #886 at left. Both were scrapped in 1946.
Sunset Inner
Geary & Presidio
View east on Geary from Presidio (before tunnel construction) Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line streetcar #125. Associated gas station with Flying A logo on north east corner
Lower Pacific Heights
Market & 1st
View southeast across Market toward 1st Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-Line streetcar #831. South side of Market between 1st and Fremont completely demolished. Sheldon Building behind streetcar.
Financial District
Cabrillo & Great Highway
View northwest to Sacramento Northern Birney streetcar #62 on rail fan excursion at Cabrillo Loop, Playland at the Beach. Cliff House in distance.
Richmond Outer
Market & Fulton
Market St between 7th and 8th Streets, looking southwest across Market. Muni M & L cars outbound #150; crowd boarding; kid on cow catcher. Strand Theatre, Hotel National, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, a huge food mall, is visible behind cars, demolished 1959; current site of Trinity Place: (See sf.curbed.com article for good history of Crystal Palace.) Hotel Whitcomb and Merchandise Mart in distance. Market Street decorated for Shrine Convention. (parade was July 21, 1946)
Civic Center
West Portal & Vicente
View northeast on West Portal from Vicente. Empire theatre at right (then known as the Portal), showing 'Wild Party'. Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) at left. Twin Peaks Tunnel portal in distance. [West Portal Ave. looking E from Vicente St.] [dpwbook45 dpwA2125] Duplicate of wnp67.0027
West Portal
Bosworth Bridge
View east at the Bosworth Bridge construction site during the widening of San Jose Avenue through the Bernal Cut. Ray Oil Burner Building on San Jose Avenue in the background at center. 574 Arlington Street in background left. [Bernal Cut Southerly walls dpwbook45 dpwA2139]
St. Marys Park
Carolina near 23rd
View north on completed regrade of Carolina Street toward 23rd Street (intersecting at left) Small houses at right demolished and Carolina now continues south from 23rd Street. [Carolina St looking north from So. of 23rd St.][dpwbook37 dpwA3434]
Potrero Hill
Golden Gate near Laguna
View east on Golden Gate between Laguna and Buchanan, workers digging in large trench for sewer line. the Future Margaret S. Hayward Playground in the background left. All buildings in this view were demolished of moved in Western Addition / Fillmore redevelopment. (See also wnp36.03946, taken the same day.)[Fillmore Main sewer Section C dpwbook47 dpwA2722]
Western Addition
Utah & 18th
View south on Utah Street toward 18th Street. (US101 Freeway now passes through this view, every building, except 590 Utah at the extreme right, has been demolished or moved, the slope of Potrero Hill heavily graded) [Utah/18th dpwbook47 dpwA2761]
Potrero Hill
Harrison near Vassar Pl.
View southeast across Harrison to crew excavating portion of Rincon Hill that obstructed the street right of way. A. Fleishhacker and Co. "The Paper Box House" at southeast corner of 2nd and Harrison. At center, 400 2nd St., commercial building with water tank on roof, built 1917. Still stands 2021, though facade has been modernized. [Harrison St. dpwbook47 dpwA2768]
South of Market
3rd & Channel
View north on 3rd Street toward the 3rd Street Bridge (now Lefty O'Doul Bridge) showing railroad and streetcar tracks. [3rd & Channel Sts. bridge looking north] [dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA3732]
Mission Bay
Carolina near 23rd
View southeast across Carolina from 23rd Street showing ungraded and unpaved intersection. 1123 Carolina Street at right still stands (2021). [South along East side Carolina at 23rd Sts. dpwbookXXX dpwA1962]
Potrero Hill
Peralta & Mullen
View southeast on Mullen Avenue at Peralta before grading of Peralta. Note line of street on sidewalk cuts. Current sight of Mullen-Peralta Mini Park. [Peralta/Mullen dpwbookSPECIMP17 dpwA7057]
Peralta Heights