Playground

Contains 154 photos

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Cesar Chavez & Potrero

Elevated view north at the intersection of Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), Potrero Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard. Municipal Railways (Muni) 25-line streetcar #168 turning south onto Bayshore. James Rolph playground at left with game in progress and bus shelter on corner, Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., The Good Samaritan Community Center (Bliss & Faville, Lewis Hobart architects) at 25th and Potrero, SF General Hospital, Potrero Hill, downtown skyline in the background. The view is entirely dominated by the US-101 freeway today.

1946 Peralta Heights

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30th & Church

View northwest across 30th to J-Line #178 with wings livery at terminus. Goldmine Hill, Upper Noe Valley Recreation Center in background. Cropped, higher contrast version at wnp27.2637.

1958 Fairmount

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Greenwich near Hyde

View east on Greenwich from Hyde curving section of street in foreground, now demolished. Telegraph Hill and Yerba Buena Island in background. North Beach Playground at center.

1926 Russian Hill

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Hyde & Lombard

View east on Lombard from Hyde Street toward Telegraph Hill, taken from inside automobile. Coit Tower and Yerba Buena Island in the distance.

1962 Russian Hill

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View NWfrom Coit Tower

View northwest toward Golden Gate Bridge, North Beach, Russian Hill, Aquatic Park, Fort Mason, Marin Headlands.

1973 Telegraph Hill

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Civic Center Aerial

Aerial View southeasterly over Civic Center and South of Market. City Hall at center.

1951 Western Addition

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Cesar Chavez & Potrero

Elevated view north on Potrero from bluff above Army Street (now Cesar Chavez), before construction of US101 Freeway. James Rolph Playground at left. Site of Potrero del Sol Park at right. Good Samaritan Community Center, Borden Dairy Delivery Co. building at center. S.F. General Hospital, Potrero Hill in distance right. Bus shelter at lower left. [Looking down Potrero Ave from Peralta St.]

1955 Peralta Heights

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Eureka Valley Rec Center

View northwest from the field at Eureka Recreation Center, Collingswood & 19th Street. Most Holy Redeemer Church and Corona Heights in the background

1960 Castro

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Children's Playground

[2019 Children's Play Grounds, Golden Gate Park Weidner Photo SF] Children's Playground. Gondola swings, carousel, and Sharon Building. Rustic building at right.

1910 Golden Gate Park

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Unknown Location

Two girls playing baseball (posed) in an unknown playground, maybe a school yard?

1940

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North Beach Aerial

Aerial view looking southwest from biplane above North Beach toward Russian Hill. Washington Square, Ss. Peter & Paul Church and North Beach Playground at center. Golden Gate Park at upper right.

1925 North Beach

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Shriners Hospital

Playground at Shriners' Hospital, 19th Ave near Lawton St. 'Whirly-Go-Round installed on the playground of The Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children Built by C.W. Parker Amusement Co. Leavenworth, Kansas.'

1930 Sunset Outer

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Lone Mountain Aerial

Aerial View east from above the intersection of Stanyan and Anza, toward Lone Mountain College at right center. Calvary Cemetery, Ewing Field at top. Odd Fellows Columbarium, Rossi Playground. Undeveloped (and blocked off) Parker Avenue at bottom. Geary Blvd at left.

1937 Lone Mountain

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Douglass Playground

Lower Douglass Playground, view north towards the rec center, Douglass near 26th.

1938 Diamond Heights

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St. Mary's Playground

View south from Crescent Avenue toward St. Mary's Playground and undeveloped Mission Terrace and Excelsior neighborhoods.

1941 St. Marys Park