Union Square
Looking north adjacent to Powell Street.
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Union Square
Looking from Powell toward Stockton. Plaza Hotel, Whittell Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Pine & Quincy
View northeast across St. Mary's Square. Home Insurance Co. building with Colonial tower at Kearny & California (built 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), rear of Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).
Chinatown
Pine & Market
View west up Pine, across Market. Left to right: Hobart Building, Zellerbach Building, Shell Building, Russ Building. Oceanic Building, 2 Pine Street (Originally Tillman & Bendel Building. George A. Applegarth architect, 1908, 3 stories added 1918) at right.
Financial District
New Montgomery & Market
View east down Market Street. Union Trust, Hobart, Crown Zellerbach. Hoffman Grill, Pig'n Whistle Cafe at right.
Financial District
Bush & Market
View west towards Battery. Mechanics Monument/Donahue Monument (Douglas Tilden), Zellerbach, Standard Oil, & Shell Buildings. Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect)Many people seated on Monument, concrete benches. Woman feeding pigeons.
Financial District
Mechanic's Square
At Bush & Battery looking north. People seated on monument on sunny day. Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Tilden Sales Building.
Financial District
California & Quincy
View east to (from left) Sanborn Building, Stauffer Chemical Co. Building, 636 California , Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954, demolished 1991), Fireman's Fund Building (built as Home Insurance Company Building 1951, demolished 1983), 550 California Building, completed 1960), Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Wells Fargo Headquarters Building, 464 California, under construction. Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop (sign removed in September 1961) in distance, Clunie Building with Bank of America sign on side., St. Mary's Square Parking Garage with Flying A service station (with park on roof), International Building under construction, at right.
Chinatown
Drumm & Market
California Street Cable Car at its Terminal.
Financial District
Drumm & Market
View east to California Street Cable Car #51 boarding passengers. This car used to run on O'Farrell/Jones/Hyde line. Southern Pacific Building in the background. Santa Marina Building, Weinstein Co. at left.
Financial District
San Jose
Valley Fair Shopping Center, Don-Ell's Pastry Shop, Cable Car restaurant
Outside SF
San Jose
Valley Fair Shopping Center, Don-Ell's Pastry Shop, Cable Car restaurant
Outside SF
Hyde & Beach
Powell & Hyde St. cable car #526 being turned on the turntable at Aquatic Park. South End Rowing Club in left background, Haslett Warehouse on right.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Hyde & Beach
Powell Street cablear #526 on turntable at Aquatic Park. MUNI pier and San Francisco Rowing Club in the background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Hyde & Francisco
View northeast to Cable Car #524 ascending Russian Hill. At right, Tudor Revival residence 898 Francisco, built 1914, Clarence R. Ward and J. Harry Blohme architects, for sculptor Haig Patigian.
Russian Hill