Elevated view east from center of Market toward 1st Street to cars parked in
the middle of the street during Municipal Railway (Muni) Strike. Parking regulations were suspended to allow cars to park on unused streetcar tracks. The strike lasted from Sunday February 17 through Saturday February 23, 1952. From left Donahue Mechanics Monument, Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building, Tilden Sales Building , Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Ferry Building, PG&E Building,
Financial District
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Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across Market toward 3rd Street showing many Muni and Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcars, mostly inbound. Monadnock Building (with Great Northern Railroad, Eureka Federal Savings & Loan, Meussdorffer Hats 675 Market, Pressler's Men's Clothing 687 Market), Hearst/Examiner Building, Call Building (with Owl Drugs), Kamm Building, Humboldt Bank Building in background. At right, signs for Florsheim Shoes and Hymans Leasing, Tascone's Coffee Shop. Lotta's Fountain. Among pedestrians are men and women in uniform. Two soldiers in Jeep at bottom, center. Same image as wnp67.0647 with tighter cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
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Fisherman's Wharf
View east across fishing boats moored in boat basin to restaurants: Fishermen's Grotto, Alioto's, and Tarantino's.
Fishermans Wharf
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Judah & La Playa
Elevated view northeast on Judah across Lower Great Highway toward the Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line (N-Judah) turn around. Streetcar #117 at left. Dick's at the Beach, the Red Mill, Lou's Coffee Shop at left. Billboard advertising Sally Rand show on Powell in the background. Homes under construction on 48th Avenue in the background right.
Sunset Outer
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Grant & California
View north on Grant from California St. Old St. Mary's church at right. Far East Cafe, Shangri-La Art Goods, United Dept. Store, Kan's Restaurant, Lotus Bowl, Paulist Library.
Chinatown
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Van ness & Chestnut
Muni F-line Streetcar #27 turning West onto Chestnut from Van Ness. Drug and Liquor store on northwest corner.
Marina
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The Chez Paree
View south to 115 Mason Street near Eddy. Sign with leg originally hung in front of Barbary Coast Club on Pacific.
Tenderloin
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Irving near 8th Ave
View southeast across Irving between 7th & 8th Ave. N-Judah streetcar, PCC streetcar #1152. West Coast Pharmacy, The Wishing Well, Compton's, The Embers Cocktails. Construction at UCSF Medical Center in background.
Sunset Inner
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Market near 4th
View East toward 4th Street from the sidewalk between Stockton and Powell. Central Tower,Humboldt Bank Building, 49 4th Street, and Pacific Building on the right. Crowds of pedestrians, Sommer and Kaufman shoe store on left.
Downtown / Union Square
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Ulloa & Lenox
View east on Ulloa to Muni K-Line streetcar #1, Muni streetcar #1161. Mt Davidson in background. West Portal Station at left.
West Portal
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California & Powell
View east down California towards Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign atop (installed March, 1954). At center, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's Church, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building under construction (Completed 1954, demolished 1991). Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel. At right, Delis Garage.
Nob Hill
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Haight & Masonic
View east across Masonic to Drogstore Cafe, Dudley Stone School, Buena Vista Park in distance.
Haight Ashbury
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California near Mason
View east from center of California Street, Fairmont Hotel Tonga Room, KSFO, University Club on left. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign atop, Bay Bridge in distance. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel) at right.
Nob Hill
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International Settement
View to south side of Pacific St., The House of Blue Lights, Bee & Ray Goman's Gay 90s.
North Beach
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Market & Embarcadero
View west from Ferry Building. Streetcars, Hotel Terminal, Southern Pacific Building, pedestrian bridge at right. [5928]
