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View north on unpaved Lenox from Ulloa. West Portal Branch Library site at left, West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel at right. A work crew with shovels seem to be grading the street by hand. 120 Lenox under construction in the background. A rainy day. [Lenox St at Ulloa] [dpwbook36 dpw10268]
West Portal
View west on Ulloa toward Lenox Way from West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel. work crew shoveling dirt. Fernando Nelson and Sons Temporary Shop and Warehouse in background on the future site of West Portal Library. [Lenox Way at Ulloa] [dpwbook36 dpw10270]
West Portal
View northerly on unpaved Lenox from Ulloa St. Workers shoveling dirt next to the West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel [Lenox & Ulloa][dpwbook36 dpw10272]
West Portal
View northeast across Grant toward Maiden Lane. Benioff's, Matthew Geller in Juvenile Building, built 1909, A.C. Lutgens architect. At right, Livingston Bros. Building, built 1920, G. Albert Lansburgh architect. Banner and large decorative lampposts at entrances to Maiden Lane.
Downtown / Union Square
Crab Alley. Sidewalk crab stands and vendor under canopy. (Very blurry)
Fishermans Wharf
View north towards Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. Columbus monument not yet installed, will arrive in 1957. Also called Pioneer Park. At center, top of 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
Where Jones, Market, McAllister meet.
Tenderloin
View east at California and Powell to California St. Cable Car loading passengers. At left is the University Club, in background the Hartford Building at 650 California. Completed in 1964, it was the tallest building in California at the time. Bay Bridge, International Building in background.
Nob Hill
View North up Kearny from Broadway. Note downhill traffic allowed on Kearny. Enrico's Coffee House, Swiss Chalet, Vanessi's.
North Beach
Fisherman with boat. Debris floating in water on right.
Christmas Tree Point, view west over Noe Valley. African-American couple.
Midtown Terrace
Chinatown, view north on Grant, Muni cable car passing on California. Cathay House in Sing Chong Building, Far East Cafe. Lanterns strung along street and across intersections.
Chinatown
View south on Vermont Street from the top of the completed crooked section near 20th Street. [Vermont S from 20th (crooked)][dpwbook37 dpwA933]
Potrero Hill
[Santa Rosa rail bridge, looking southeast from Congo Street. [dpwbook40 dpwA464] Circular Ave from lower right, following line of railroad tracks, now location of I280 freeway.
Sunnyside
View north toward the intersection of Circular Avenue and Congo Street, from Southern Pacific railroad tracks (now I280 freeway). First block of Congo Street visible on left. Backs of houses on first block of Flood Avenue visible center. Santa Rosa rail bridge on far right, not readily apparent.[dpwbook40 dpwA466]
Sunnyside