Piers

Contains 153 photos

Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

Aerial view east toward downtown from above Polk Gulch, Bay Bridge in the background. Indicating date are: United States Appraisers Building (completed 1944) at upper left. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop (before it was painted red) in front of Ferry Building in left distance. Clunie Building at center left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side. Notably absent is the PG&E Building Annex (1947). Nob Hill hotels and Grace Cathedral at lower left. (Cropped version of wnp27.7581)

Nob Hill
View from the Fairmont
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View from the Fairmont

View northeast from the roof of the Fairmont Hotel. (Fairmont Tower now obscures this view) Hall of Justice and adjoining County Jail on Portsmouth Square and Sentinel Building at center, Appraisers Building behind. Treasure Island in early stages of construction in the background. Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, East Bay Hills.

Nob Hill
Bay Bridge Construction
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Bay Bridge Construction

Elevated view looking east, probably from the Shell Building showing Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge construction. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings at center. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building.

Financial District