Bay Bridge
Night view looking past Bay Bridge to skyline of SF. [1642 SF -Oakland Bay Bridge from Yerba Buena Island.]
Island
Contains 786 photos
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 N from Russian Hill
Elevated view north from a Russian Hill apartment tower to intersection of Hyde and Bay. Hyde Street Pier and Pier 45 at top center. Alcatraz in background.
Russian Hill
View NE from Hunters Pt.
View from Hunters Point Hill northeast to Yerba Buena Island showing Auto Wreckers and landfill. Construction Lumber Company in foreground, numerous freighters, Bay Bridge in left background. View is roughly from present-day intersection of Westbrook Court and Hudson Avenue, showing foundations of demolished wartime housing buildings. Huntersview on right, homes on left edge of photo are now the site of Youngblood Coleman Playground.
Bayview
View from Twin Peaks
View from Twin Peaks toward downtown. Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in center background
Midtown Terrace
View from Upper Market
View northeast from upper Market near Portola looking east to downtown and Noe Valley. Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island in background. Alvarado School, Castro St. Hill at center, St. Philip the Apostle Church at right.
Upper Market
Holiday Inn Construction
View north toward Telegraph Hill overlooking Holiday Inn under construction at Portsmouth Square. Coit Tower at left background. Alcatraz Island at center background. Probably taken from the Russ Building.
Financial District
View N toward Angel Island
View north past Golden Gateway to Angel Island. Aircraft carrier in bay.
Financial District
Aquatic Park
View north from walkway at Aquatic Park toward Hyde Street Pier before Maritime State Historic Park established. Alcatraz in background.
Lombard & Hyde
View west on Lombard from Hyde at the top of curvy block. Sign reads 'Winding Road, Slow to 5.' Coit Tower, Yerba Buena Island in background.
Russian Hill
View NW from Bay Bridge
View northwest toward Ferry Building from Bay Bridge. Piers, Embarcadero Freeway, Golden Gateway construction. Barge behind Ferry Building for BART tube. Telegraph Hill, Alcatraz, and Mt. Tamalpais in the distance.
Rincon Hill
View from Twin Peaks
View northwest from Twin Peaks toward downtown. Market Street at center. Bay Bridge at right.
Clarendon Heights
View from Upper Market
View northwest over Noe Valley from near Clipper and Portola. Intersection of 25th Street and Grand View at lower left. Newly built US101 freeway passing Potrero Hill at upper right. St. Philip the Apostle Church, Castro St. Hill at center.
Upper Market
View NE from Presidio
View Northeast towards SF bay from Inspiration Point. Palace of Fine Arts and Alcatraz at center
Presidio
Hyde & Francisco
View north on Hyde from Francisco St, California Street Cable car ascending Hyde Street hill. SF Bay, Alcatraz, Hyde Street Pier, and Municipal Pier in the background. Gibson's Grocery at the northwest corner of Hyde and Bay.
Russian Hill