View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest toward Fort Mason, Aquatic Park and Fisherman's Wharf, Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais beyond. Gasometer (storage tank) at foot of Powell Street.
Telegraph HillGas Tank
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Pennsylvania near 25th
View north on Pennsylvania. Gas tank next to three houses that still stand.Circles indicate workmen on the tank. [ World's largest natural gas holder recently completed. Holds 17,000,000 cubic feet of gas. 300 foot diameter and 379 feet high.]
Potrero Hill
View S from Mark Hopkins
View south from Mark Hopkins Hotel, toward Potrero Hill, Hall of Justice, US101 & I80 freeways. Sir Francis Drake and St. Francis Hotel (before construction of 32 story tower that began in early 1969) at left, Hilton Union Square Hotel at far right opened in 1964. Architect - William B. Tabler, Sr. It has since been extensively remodeled with a different facade. Beyond Hilton is David Hewes building with modern cladding.
Nob Hill
View from Twin Peaks
View southeast over Noe Valley to Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights, with Hunters Point beyond. Gas storage tanks (gasometers) on Pennsylvania St. and Army St. (later Cesar Chavez) since removed. Hunters Point Power Plant in center distance, since demolished.
Clarendon Heights
View N from Telegraph Hill
Parking lot at Pioneer Park. Taken from steps to Coit Tower. Embarcadero piers, SF Bay, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Marin County in background. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. At far right, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View from Mt. St. Joseph
View north from Mt. St. Joseph to Potrero Hill and Bay Bridge. Southern Pacific tracks at center. Auto Wreckers at left foreground.
Silver Terrace
Bay & Columbus
View northeast toward the intersection of Columbus, Jones, and Bay. (Taken from Bret Harte Terrace) Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #43. Joseph Musto Sons - Keenan Co. Marble Works.
Russian Hill
View from Bernal Heights
View east toward Industrial Area / Produce Terminal from Bernal Height above Marin Avenue. Bayshore Boulevard at bottom. Small house on right no longer stands.
Peralta Heights
View SE Twin Peaks
View southeast from Twin Peaks over Noe Valley to Bernal Heights, Holly Park, Hunters Point. St Luke's Hospital to left of center. James Lick Middle School at bottom center. Gas storage tank (gasometer) on Army St. (later Cesar Chavez) later removed, at left.
Clarendon Heights
Fisherman's Wharf
View east from present day Al Scoma Way. Fishing boats at the pier, Tarantino's Restaurant, DiMaggio's Restaurant, and gas tank (gasometer) and gas works in the background.
Fishermans Wharf
Potrero Aerial
Aerial view southwest above Bethlehem Shipyard (Union Iron Works). Potrero Hill in the background. Portion of shipyard redesigned as Crane Cove Park.
Central Waterfront
Diamond Heights Aerial
View northeast over under construction Diamond Heights development, Noe Valley, Mission District, Bernal Heights, South of Market, and Potrero Hill. Houses have been built on the lower portion of Red Rock Hill, but the rest of Diamond Heights is still undeveloped. Portions of Midtown Terrace at bottom left, Miraloma Park , Glen Canyon and Glen Park at bottom, Twin Peaks at far left. [15078]
Sherwood Forest
Pier 70
View southeast across 20th street to abandoned Bethlehem Shipyard, originally called Union Iron Works. All buildings in this view were restored in the late 2010s. Gas storage tanks at right later removed. Remnant of Irish Hill.
Central Waterfront