Harrison at Beale
View north on Beale toward the 1912 Harrison Street Bridge and downtown skyscrapers in the distance. The bridge would be replaced by 1927 [Harrison/Beale Bridge looking northwest dpwbookBRIDGESII dpwA4211]
Rincon HillDemolished
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Harrison at Beale
View northeast to replacement for original Beale St. Bridge (Harrison St. viaduct). Building with large electric Old Gold Cigarettes sign on roof. Standard Oil and Shell Buildings in distance. [Bridge over Beale Street at Harrison looking northwest] [dpwbookBRIDGESII dpwA5094]
Rincon Hill
3rd & 16th
View north on the elevated auto/streetcar viaduct above 3rd Street and 16th Street. The viaduct allowed automobile and streetcar traffic to pass through the extensive railroad yards in the area. to Bay Bridge in the distance [3rd & 16th Sts. Viaduct][dpwbookXXX dpwA7251]
Mission Bay
Grand View near 21st
View west from Grand View and 21st Street. Small mudslide, house at center distance (built 1903) still stands at 3638 Market. The houses at left on the east side of Market have been demolished or moved. [Grand View slide to west][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA5691]
Eureka Valley
Grand View near 21st
Grand View between 22nd Street and 21st Street. 216 Grand View at left. Small mudslide. Houses in left background still stand on Market (3699 and 3695 Market). [South End Grand View slide to west][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA5693]
Eureka Valley
16th & Lake
[16th Ave North of Lake St. Dr. Loutzenheiser's House] [pwbookSPECIMP17 dpwA3550] Looking northeast towards Public Health Service hospital
Lake Street
Broadway near Baker
View north across Broadway to Ulysses S. Grant School, demolished in 1972. John Reid, Jr. Architect [Grant School dpwbook33 dpw8708]
Pacific Heights
Fleishhacker Pool
Crowd assembled at Fleishhacker Pool, view southwest toward Pool House. (SF Zoo Parking Lot now occupies this site.)
Lakeshore
Union Square
View northwest across square, with men sitting on benches and grass, to St. Francis hotel, Argonaut Club Building (Built 1909, with additions in 1920, Sylvain Schnaittacher, architect) and Fitzhugh Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Ocean & San Jose
Elkton Yard looking east toward Firehouse and Balboa Park; scrapping MSRy #750
Cayuga
Union Square
Elevated view southeast from United Airlines Building (former Argonaut Club) at Powell & Post. Lighting on trees for Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign. Whittell Building, City of Paris, I. Magnin, Macy's, Blum's, Werner's, Dohrmann's, Western Air Lines, Union Pacific Railroad office with very large billboard on roof. Birdcage traffic signals. Gray Line bus. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
Pacific & Baker
House on Northwest corner with gabled roof, once owned by Domingo Ghirardelli (now demolished)
Pacific Heights
Geary near Laguna
View northeast from center of Geary to westbound Muni B-Line #149 with wings livery on Geary between Laguna and Buchanan. All buildings in view demolished for widening of Geary and redevelopment projects.
14th Ave & Lincoln
View south from Market St. Railway Boneyard. Man posing on Streetcar #1666; St. Anne's church and school in background.
Sunset Inner
Fox Theater
View northeast across Market at 10th Street to Fox Theatre, playing 'Absent Minded Professor', Gold Room cocktail bar, Riviera Snack Bar in retail space. Larkin Lane restaurant across Larkin in distance. 100 McAllister, former Empire Hotel, in distance. Muni K-Line PCC #1130
South of Market