Demolition

Contains 87 photos

Mission near 7th
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Mission near 7th

View of south side of Mission street near 7th. Hotel Gordon at left, A. Galet Glass company, Streetcar passing by.[Demolishing 1119 Mission St dpwbook5 dpw1437]

South of Market
Van Ness near McAllister
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Van Ness near McAllister

City Hall site Demolishing Buildings. Old Hall of Records in the background [dpwbook7 dpw1633]

Civic Center
Grove near Market
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Grove near Market

View east to extension of Grove St., across City Hall Avenue to Hyde and Market. Marshall Square with Lick (Pioneer) Monument in original location, which became the corner of Grove and Hyde. Marye Building on right. In background left, on Market St. near 7th are Grant Building, Odd Fellows Hall, American Theatre. New Main Library now on left portion of photo. [dpwbook10 dpw2089]

Civic Center
Civic Center Demolition
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Civic Center Demolition

Fulton Street, just east of Hyde. View Northeast, Crews working on Fulton Street. Argyle Apartments 146 McAllister, YMCA, St. Boniface Church in background. [dpwbook19 dpw4433]

Civic Center
McAllister Car Barn
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McAllister Car Barn

demolition of smokestack, homes along McAllister near Masonic

Western Addition
Washington & Davis
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Washington & Davis

Demolishing Produce District for Golden Gateway. View southwest across intersection to Sunrise Produce Company building.

Northern Waterfront
Fox Theater
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Fox Theater

Demolishing Fox Theater at 10th & Market, view east to people watching work from Polk Street

Civic Center
Geary & Market
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Geary & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across Market to dynamiting ruins of Hearst Examiner Building. Call Building at right. Monadnock Building at left. [6. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. Dynamiting the Monadnock(Sic)]

Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Post
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Kearny near Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to dynamiting of Masonic Hall ruins, Post & Montgomery. Union Trust, Crocker Buildings Duplicate of wnp27.2591. #1212

Downtown / Union Square
San Bruno Ave. near 15th
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San Bruno Ave. near 15th

View north from middle of the 200 block of San Bruno Ave to building being demolished. The Stauffer Chemical Co. borax refining building shown is still on the next block, at 550 15th Street (now known as Showplace Square West) and the Central Freeway is in the background.

Showplace Square
Sansome near California
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Sansome near California

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Pulling Down Walls Sansome Street near California Street]

Financial District
Kearny near Post
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Kearny near Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Dynamiting the Examiner Building] View south to Palace Hotel at left, Chronicle, Call and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings at right.

Downtown / Union Square
Haight & Cole
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Haight & Cole

Demolition of building on north side of Haight Street between Cole and Shrader, former location of the Park Masonic Hall, later home to the I-Beam nightclub.

Haight Ashbury
Market & 9th
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Market & 9th

View west from Market near Larkin of Fox Theatre demolition.

Civic Center
Market, possibly near Pine
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Market, possibly near Pine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of explosion, likely dynamiting of ruins, down Market St. Automobile with 'Building Committee' banner. Probably other stereoview card image of wnp24.0097a. [Down Market St. April 1906 EF-53] [F810 EF-053] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District