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Joost near Acadia
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Joost near Acadia

Joost Ave, looking east in front of 165 Joost and 167 Joost (both gone). "Joost Ave Slide" between Acadia and Baden streets, an area requiring grading, drainage and resurfacing in late 1920s-early 1930s. [dpwbook41 dpwA1041]

Sunnyside
Monterey near Baden
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Monterey near Baden

Monterey Blvd, looking north toward backsides of houses at 167 Joost and 165 Joost (both gone). "joost Ave Slide", an area requiring grading, drainage, and resurfacing during late 1920s-early 1930s. Excavation on Monterey. Upheaval.

Sunnyside
Roosevelt from 17th
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Roosevelt from 17th

View north on newly paved Roosevelt Way from 17th Street. Corona Heights in background right. [Roosevelt N from 17th (Corona) dpwbook41 dpwA1076]

Buena Vista
Roosevelt at Saturn
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Roosevelt at Saturn

[Tank Hill from Roosevelt - Double Roadway at Saturn dpwbookSPECIMP17 dpwA1077]

Buena Vista
Roosevelt & Lower Terrace
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Roosevelt & Lower Terrace

View easterly on newly paved Roosevelt way from Lower Terrace. The street beyond turn at center had previously been know as Pluto Street (not Plato) but was subsumed by the new route of Roosevelt Way. [Roosevelt Way at Plato St & Lower Terrace][dpwbook41 dpwA1079]

Buena Vista
Bayshore & Fitzgerald
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Bayshore & Fitzgerald

View south to Bayshore Boulevard under construction, Bayview Hill background left. Kroehler Manufacturing Building at left (later Bayshore Business Center) still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. Houses to right later moved or demolished for US 101 Freeway) (AS) [Bayshore Blvd. Section 'B' South from Fitzgerald Ave. dpwbook41 dpwA1085]

Bayview
Roosevelt near Masonic
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Roosevelt near Masonic

View north on newly completed Roosevelt Way. This stretch of Roosevelt was completely new and connects to the former right-of-way of Pluto Street, part of which remains as Loma Vista Terrace. 330 Roosevelt, formerly 1665 Masonic, at center (with dormer window) still stands in 2021. Masonic intersects at left, Levant Street intersects at right, and Corona Heights is visible in the background right. [Roosevelt Way north from Plato St.(should be Pluto Street)][dpwbook41 dpwA1078]

Buena Vista
Bayshore near Alemany
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Bayshore near Alemany

View east toward construction crew driving piles to support storm drain. Southern Pacific trestle. man in suit and hat poses at left. [Bayshore storm drain dpwbook41 dpwA1080]

Bernal Heights
Potrero near 17th
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Potrero near 17th

View north on Potrero between 16th and 17th, work crew raking roadway, preparation for paving. Buildings on the east side of Potrero still stand (2021). [Potrero N of 17th dpwbook42 dpwA1138]

Mission
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

[Esplanade Section "E" looking north from bunkers] [dpwbook42 dpwA1158] Beach Chalet at right.

Golden Gate Park
Great Highway near Fulton
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Great Highway near Fulton

Construction workers on Esplanade extension. [Esplanade Section E Precasting Pedestal Piles dpwbook42 dpwA1160] Chutes at the Beach and Big Dipper roller coaster in background, Coast Guard Lifesaving Station at right.

Golden Gate Park
City Hall
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City Hall

Group posed outside City Hall. [Mayor Rolph and others posing w/ Polish Boy Scout master George Jelinski] [dpwbook42 dpwA1163]

Civic Center
City Hall
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City Hall

Mayor Rolph and others posing w/ Polish boy scout master George Jelinski [dpwbook42 dpwA1164]

Civic Center
China Basin
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China Basin

Old Third Street lift bridge across Mission Creek channel at China Basin. [A-1199 6/11/28 3rd and Channel Bridge looking westerly] [dpwbook42 dpwA1199]

Mission Bay
Francis & Alemany
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Francis & Alemany

View southeast on Francis Street from unpaved Alemany Boulevard. Men working on bulldozers grading the street. [Alemany-Bulldozing Francis S to Mission dpwbook42 dpwA1180]

Mission Terrace