Twin Peaks Blvd.
Twin Peaks Blvd [dpwbook13 dpw2574]
Midtown TerraceDpw
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Twin Peaks Blvd.
View northwest from near Christmas Tree Point showing initial grading of Twin Peaks Boulevard and hairpin curve. Eureka Valley / Castro in the background at left. [Twin Peaks Boulevard, looking northeast from top, below reservoir, road graded][dpwbook13 dpw2576]
Clarendon Heights
Hester near Bayshore
View northeaat on Hester Avenue near Bayshore during construction of the San Bruno Road extension. San Bruno Road was renamed Hester Avenue in 1933 with the construction of Bayshore Boulevard, bypassing this route. Horse teams excavating and grading. [dpwbook13 dpw2560]
Little Hollywood
Bayshore & Visitacion
View north on San Bruno Road (now Bayshore Boulevard) near Visitacion Avenue. Fay Improvement Co. wooden blockade in front of street construction.
Bayshore & Visitacion
View north on San Bruno Road ( now Bayshore Boulevard) near Visitacion Avenue
Visitacion Valley
Twin Peaks Blvd.
Construction of Twin Peaks Boulevard, grading with horse team looking west. (not sure of location)[dpwbook13 dpw2554]
Clarendon Heights
Twin Peaks Blvd.
View north on Twin Peaks Boulevard downhill below Christmas Tree Point. Steam shovel and men grading Twin Peaks Boulevard. [dpwbook13 dpw2555]
Clarendon Heights
Twin Peaks Blvd.
View north on unpaved Twin Peaks Boulevard near Panorama Drive. [dpwbook13 dpw2556]
Midtown Terrace
Mariposa & Hampshire
View west from the corner of Mariposa and Hampshire, Municipal Railway carbarn under construction, streetcar tracks leading into bays. [Seventeenth Street carbarn, completed front view] [dpwbook13 dpw2557]
Mission
Bayshore near Visitacion
View south on Bayshore Boulevard, then San Bruno Avenue, toward Visitacion. Workers spreading gravel for street paving. 4550 San Bruno Avenue, 6 Mile House, home of Henry Blanken, in the background. [dpwbook13 dpw2558]
Visitacion Valley
Hester near Bayshore
View west from Hester Avenue toward Visitacion Valley during construction of the San Bruno Road extension. San Bruno Road was renamed Hester Avenue in 1933 with the construction of Bayshore Boulevard, bypassing this route. Two homes in the distance still stand on Teddy Avenue. a Market Street Railway (MSRy) 16-line streetcar visible on San Bruno Avenue above the steamroller [dpwbook13 dpw2559]
Visitacion Valley
Civic Center construction
Elevated view north to Main Library construction. Building later became Asian Art Museum and new Main Library was built on lot in foreground. [dpwbook13 dpw2589] Larkin bet. McAllister & Fulton
Civic Center
City Hall construction
Elevated view of City Hall from Civic Auditorium. [dpwbook13 dpw2590]
Civic Center
Market near Sansome
View southeast on Market Street to Underwood Building 525 Market (at Ecker St. corner), Hooker & Lent Building at southwest corner of 1st and Market, Sheldon Building at southeast corner. Circular planters and string of lights hang from streetlamps. Holtermann's Electric Shop 535 Market. Man speaks to jitney driver in street. 7-Line streetcar. [dpwbook13 dpw2591]
Financial District
Market & Beale
View east on Market near Beale to A-Line streetcar inbound at center. Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building (with Marvin Shoe Company Sign) and Fife Building (1909, demolished 1966) before 1916 4-story addition. All buildings in view (except Ferry Building) demolished. [dpwbook13 dpw2584]
Financial District