Contains 4536 photos
Dedication ceremony. West Portal, Mayor Rolph addresses the crowd at West Portal after walking through the Twin Peaks Tunnel on the first day of completion. Among the crowd, property owners of the west side districts who were taxed a potion of the tunnel construction costs. [dpwbook20 dpw4528]
West Portal
Dedication ceremony. Mrs Rolph, Mayor James Rolph, city engineer M.M. O'Shaughnessy, and VIPs at the West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel after walking through the tunnel on the first day of completion. [dpwbook20 dpw4529]
West Portal
East Portal, Market and Castro, Twin Peaks Tunnel dedication, crowds assembled for walk through the tunnel. [dpwbook20 dpw4530]
Castro
View north on Davis. California Packing Corporation, 101 California St. on left. Street Construction. [dpwbook20 dpw4646]
Financial District
View northeast on Laidley toward Mateo, houses on Mateo in the background. Laidley Street between Roanoke and Mateo buckled and cracked from sliding hillside. [dpwbook20 dpw4650]
Fairmount
View southwest on Laidley toward Roanoke, houses on Roanoke in the background. Laidley Street between Roanoke and Mateo buckled and cracks from sliding hillside. House on north side of Laidley either demolished or moved. [dpwbook20 dpw4651]
Fairmount
View southwest on Laidley toward Roanoke, houses on Roanoke in the left background. Laidley Street between Roanoke and Mateo buckled and cracks from sliding hillside. House on north side of Laidley either demolished or moved. [dpwbook20 dpw4652]
Fairmount
Sliding hillside n Laidley looking northwest toward Bemis St. "Laidley Slide", a troublesome area requiring DPW work during late 1920s. [dpwbook20 dpw4653]
Glen Park
View north on Leavenworth from Chestnut showing completed retaining wall and split street [dpwbook37 dpw4655]
Russian Hill
View south on Leavenworth St. from Francisco St. Newly completed retaining wall at right. [dpwbook20 dpw4656]
Russian Hill
Brick pavement raised by slide in ground. Ghirardelli Square clock tower in background [dpwbook20 dpw4658]
Russian Hill
Clayton northeast from Corbett (faded). Original Pemberton steps and retaining wall on left, both replaced in the 1990s. [dpwbook20 dpw4659]
Clarendon Heights
View east across Civic Center to man standing by lamppost holding a survey instrument. Main Library at left, Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in original location at far right at corner of Hyde and Grove Streets, [dpwbook20 dpw4535]
Civic Center
View southeast to man standing by lamppost with survey instrument. Portion of Pioneer Monument in original location at background left, trees and bushes in wooden planters. [dpwbook20 dpw4537]
Civic Center
View southeast across the intersection of Noe and Liberty, original wooden stairs going up Liberty. 763 Noe at right still stands in modified form.(2020)[dpwbook20 dpw4539]
Eureka Valley