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 MarketDpw
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O'Farrell & Scott
View from corner of O'Farrell Street. [New Girls High School (Scott St) dpwbook5 dpw1438] Since construction in 1913, this school building has been remodeled and changed identity to Benjamin Franklin Middle School and later Gateway/KIPP Academy.
Western Addition
Civic Center Proposal
Proposed Civic Center aerial view sketch from Van Ness Avenue to the Bay[dpwbook5 dpw1458]
Civic Center
Civic Center
Civic Auditorium (also Exposition Auditorium) sketch, as seen from about Larkin and Fulton Streets. [dpwbook5 dpw1459]
Civic Center
Grove near Polk
Elevated view from Market St. northwest on second day of move of Newton J. Tharp/Commerce High School. The building was completed in December, 1910 on Grove between Polk and Larkin, then moved (over 7 1/2 months) to Franklin & Fell Sts. in 1913 to make way for Civic Center Plaza. Three steam donkeys to the left are pulling the building in this photo. [Moving Commerce High from Larkin & Grove dpwbook5 dpw1461]
Civic Center
Dolores Park
[Mission Park from 18th dpwbook5 dpw1465] Dolores Park, view southwest from 18th and Dolores Streets.
Mission Dolores
18th & Church
[From Mission Park to 18th / Church dpwbook5 dpw1466] View northwest from park
Mission Dolores
22nd & Church
Church and 22nd looking north, Edison School at left. General view in preparation for J-Church construction. Right of way will pass through far corner on the right. [dpwbook5 dpw1467]
Dolores Heights
Fort Mason
Fort Mason Pump Station [dpw1468] Foot of Van Ness Avenue. Official designation: 'Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System.' Fort Mason officers' quarters in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View South from Hotel Whitcomb
Elevated view south from Hotel Whitcomb (which at that time served as City Hall), showing extensive residential and industrial development in this area south of Market. Mission Street at bottom and 8th St. at left. Buildings on Minna St., behind undeveloped land along Mission, still stand in 2021. Bottom left, the Argo Hotel 1203 Mission, Barr Bros. Barrel House 136 8th St. at Minna St. corner. Potrero Hill in background. [View South from City Hall dpwbook5 dpw1473]
South of Market
Grove near Larkin
Elevated view northwest to Commerce High School moved off old foundation for relocation. It was constructed after the 1906 earthquake, then plans for the new Civic Center required that it be moved to another location.The building now stands at Fell and Franklin. St. Paulus Church (Turk & Gough) in the background. [dpwbook6 dpw1474]
Civic Center
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Hetch Hetchy dam site before dam and reservoir construction [dpwbook6 dpw1489]
Outside SF
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Landscape view of Hetch Hetchy reservoir site within Yosemite National Park. [dpwbook6 dpw1490]
Outside SF
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Wapama Falls near dam site before construction of reservoir. [dpwbook6 dpw1491]
Outside SF
Hetch Hetchy Valley
Upper Hetch Hetchy Valley before dam and reservoir construction [dpwbook6 dpw1494]
Outside SF