Sutter & Kearny
View east on Sutter from Kearny. Municipal Railway (Muni) 2-line streetcar #264 taking on outbound passengers. Hotel Sutter and Pompei Grill at right, Pauson & Co. clothier at left.
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Union Square
View northeast towards Post and Stockton. Hotel Plaza and Joseph Fredricks Building in background. People sitting in the square. Tulips in foreground.
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy & Market
View west on Eddy across Market, Powell intersects from the right. The block at left, housing Gray's Suits and Gallencamp's shoes (as one block of Eddy) was demolished for Hallidie Plaza. Bank of America at right. (black and white positive film)
South of Market
Powell & Market
View north across Market to Powell, Eddy intersecting from the left. Powell Street cable car on the turntable, Flood Building with Local Loan and Owl Drug at right. Bank of America Building with large electric clock in doorway, Hotel Powell at left. The Douglas Building at left with Dr. Hoagland dentist, Gray's Suits, and Gallenkamp Shoes was demolished and is now the site of Hallidie Plaza. (black and white positive film)
South of Market
View SW from Telegraph Hill
View southwest from Telegraph Hill toward Nob Hill, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels at center. Fairmont Tower under construction at center
Telegraph Hill
O'Farrell near Powell
Alcazar Theatre, O'Farrell between Mason and Powell showing 'Once More with Feeling', Le Trianon restaurant at right
Downtown / Union Square
View from Coit Tower
View southwest to Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with completed bell tower. In center distance Clay-Jones Apartments, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large Moving sign on roof on Stockton, near Green at lower right. At lower left, St. Francis of Assisi Church. At center, far right, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway near Mason. (Ansco Color transparency)
Telegraph Hill
Bush near Stockton
Man in lobby of Hotel Court on Bush Street between Grant and Stockton.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View northwest across Union Square from Geary & Stockton. Dewey Monument, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter Medical Building
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View northwest across Union Square to Sir Francis Drake Hotel and Plaza Hotel
Downtown / Union Square
View from Nob Hill
View southeast from the Hotel Huntington. 450 Sutter at center. Bay Bridge Hunter-Dulin Building, Hobart Building, Central Tower, Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The intersection of Mason and Pine in the foreground.
Nob Hill
California near Grant
View east on California at Sabin Place to approaching cable car with signage on front and on top for Pope & Talbot Co. 1949 centennial, before much of California Street was rebuilt. 720 California St. (then Hartford Insurance building) at left, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette sign on west wall, Russ Building, House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sing Fat Building. Clunie Building in distance left, with Bank of America ad on west side. In distance, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Chinatown
Market near 7th
View east on Market toward 7th during BART construction. Municipal Railway (MUNI) PCC streetcar #1016. Construction equipment. Locker Club on north side of Market, demolished for United Nations Plaza. Crocker Center (McKesson) at Post and Market under construction in distance
South of Market
Geary at Kearny
View east on Geary to Lotta's Fountain and Sheraton Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building with Eureka Federal Savings & Loan. Muni N-line streetcar #124 with wings livery, ad for St. Francis Mural Room and sign for Football Today at Kezar Stadium. Stag Bar and Dinty's Kitchen on right in Flannery Building. Granville's Jewelers on left. Top Hat bar and Dr. M.B. Rich optometrist. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary near Kearny
View east down Geary to Lotta's Fountain, Sheraton Palace Hotel, Chronicle and Monadnock Building (with Eureka Federal Savings). Mun C-Line streetcar #208 with wings livery. Foster's Cafeteria, Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers on left, Stag bar on right. Birdcage traffic signal. (Rail service on Lines B & C ended in December 1956)
Downtown / Union Square