Contains 678 photos
View South on 3rd Street from Folsom. Remnants of Greek Town. Regal Hotel, Venus Club, Hellas Hardware Cosmopolitan Market, Nevada Club, Do-Nut King Bakery. Bay Bridge Approach crosses the view. 3rd Street (Lefty O'Doul) Bridge in the background.
South of Market
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Coit tower atop Telegraph Hill at far right.
Financial District
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Matson Lines Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop. Texaco service station.
Financial District
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign atop building. At left, Rincon Annex Post Office, Matson Lines Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Financial District
Elevated view southeast, new annex at Steuart and Mission, over large parking lot toward Bay Bridge, Railway Express Agency pier, Harbor Hotel, Embarcadero, YMCA. Ferry Hotel, Audiffred Building (with Mail Box Grill and large replica mailbox sign and clock hanging above corner entrance, Rincon Annex Post Office, Texaco service station at Steuart and Mission intersection. At far left, state agriculture building, 58 Club.
Financial District
View toward the southeast corner, 9th Avenue Liquors.
Sunset Inner
View east from the south sidewalk on 16th between Dolores & Guerrero. Municipal Railway (Muni) 22-Line streetcar #922 with wings livery. Modern House, Rose Cleaners.
Mission Dolores
View North on 7th Street toward Howard. Empire Hotel (now part of Hastings College) in the background. The buildings on the far corners have been demolished, but some buildings on 7th Street still stand. (2019)
South of Market
View north on 11th Street toward Howard, Market Street in the background. Thompson Tire Co, 120 11th. at left, D.H. Rhodes & Co., paint factory 169 11th street still stands in 2022. Birdcage traffic signals. Masonic Temple at Van Ness & Market visible in background center.
South of Market
View northeast across Pacific Avenue to Gay N' Frisky Club (590 Pacific Avenue), Lee's New Hot Dog Stand, The Carousel, Lucca's, Gene's, DeSoto Plymouth, Associated Parking. In right distance, large sign spanning Pacific at Montgomery St. reads 'Thank You! Come Again.' (Area once known as the Barbary Coast and International Settlement.) Most buildings still stand 2022.
North Beach
View north across Market and up Powell St. Flood Building, Owl Drug .Co, Cable Car on turntable, St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake Hotels in distance. Bank of America Building, Powell Theatre on left. Birdcage traffic signals. Woolworth's opened in Flood Building street level in October, 1952.
Downtown / Union Square
Looking southeasterly across Market, California Notion & Toy Co, C. Barrango Mannequins, 579 Market, Land Bros Trading Mart. All buildings on the south side of Market shown here to the PG&E Building at Beale have been demolished. Ferry Building in the distance at left.
Financial District
View northerly across Market between Montgomery and 2nd Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line Streetcar #201 with wings livery. Hobart Building in the background.
Financial District
View northwest across Market to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line Streetcar #125 with wings livery. Chronicle Building with Florsheim Shoes and Peck-Judah, 660 Market, See's candies in background. The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956.
South of Market
View west across Market to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line #77 passing Lotta's Fountain. Fosters cafeteria, Mell's Broiled Hamburgers, California Savings, Schmidt Building, Rosenstock Building, Granville's Jewelers in background center. W & H Cigars and Liquors, Security Finance Co. in Chronicle Building at right. The Stag bar in Flannery Building at left. Birdcage traffic signal. (The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956).
Downtown / Union Square