Embarcadero near Union
View west across Embarcadero and railroad tracks to warehouses, Telegraph Hill, and Coit Tower. George L. Burger Potatoes and Onions. National Ice and Cold Storage (Union & Battery).
Northern WaterfrontLandmark
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Ferry Building
Blurry view wesst from water to Ferry Building with 'Port of San Francisco' sign and downtown skyline. Notably missing is the Southern Pacific's S-P sign, installed in March 1954. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building.
SF Bay
Fort Point
View west from water level to Fort Point, Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge on foggy day.
Fort Point
View west from water level to Fort Point, Presidio and Golden Gate Bridge on foggy day.[(HPT)]
Outside SF
Palace of Fine Arts
View east from Doyle Drive to Marina District. Palace of Fine Arts is San Francisco Designated Landmark 88
Presidio
Coit Tower
View up to tower from Pioneer Park.
Telegraph Hill
Third Cliff House
Totem pole, billboard for Sky Tram, Seal Rocks restaurant, and Pronto Pup.
Sutro Heights
Mission Dolores
[390, Mission Dolores, oldest church in S.F. Perkins] View west across Dolores near 16th, Mission Dolores and Gothic Revival parish church (dedicated February, 1884) destroyed in 1906 Earthquake. Cemetery on left extends into present street right of way. 16th St. not yet extended west through church property.
Mission Dolores
South Van Ness near 25th
Howard (now South Van Ness) near 25th Street, showing horsecar #19. Looking northwest. House with witch's-hat tower is 1348 South Van Ness. Other houses may have been since rebuilt or altered. [W.S. Howard St., Instantaneous View, Horse Car near 25th Street, August 18, 1886, S.F. Cal., MB Coll]
Mission
Doyle Drive
View south on Doyle Drive leading to Richardson Avenue. View of men working on off-ramp onto Lombard Street and Marina District. Rare view of the rear of the Palace of Fine Arts showing details of the exhibition hall that were lost in the 1960's rebuild. Pacific Heights in the background.[WPA Album] [5640, 165-03-1047, N-1412, 5-24-37]
Presidio
Kearny & Market
View north across Market toward Kearny Street, Lotta's Fountain, de Young / Chronicle Building, cop with young lady, Hayes and Stanyan Park Ferries Cable Car at right.
South of Market
New Montgomery near Minna
Construction of Telephone Company Building at 140 New Montgomery
South of Market
Berkeley
Addison near Shattuck, view east on Addison. Across the Southern Pacific tracks is the Studio Building (1905) at 2045 Shattuck in background at left, with Mason-McDuffie Co. on ground floor. The building is a City of Berkeley Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. At right is the Francis K. Shattuck building at 2100 Shattuck (1901, architects Louis S. Stone and Henry C. Smith, 1901). Horses and carts line street.
Outside SF
Otis & McCoppin
View southwest across intersection to proposed Pacific Telephone Co. building site. At left, 150 Otis, built 1916 as Juvenile Detention Home, later converted to Veterans housing. Bekins Storage facility beyond. (SF Landmark # 248).[New Market Office Site 5-17-27]
South of Market
Otis near Duboce
View north towards proposed Pacific Telephone Co. site, Wayne Lumber & Millwork sign on front of building. At left, 150 Otis, built 1916 as Juvenile Detention Home, and later converted to Veterans housing. (SF Landmark # 248). Pacific Telephone Market exchange building in distance right at Otis & Gough.
South of Market