Plaza

Contains 139 photos

View of Telegraph Hill
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View of Telegraph Hill

View northeast to Washington Square at right center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center left, on west side of Powell. Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Telegraph Hill, North Beach and Bay of SF from Russian Hill B2902 Taber]

Russian Hill
Stockton & Post
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Stockton & Post

View southwest on Stockton from Post, I. Magnin Department Store (former Butler Building) at center, Macy's, Blums, Union Square at right. Old Crow billboard with electric clock.

Downtown / Union Square
Pine & Quincy
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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
Union Square
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Union Square

View east along walkway with benches and people, toward Stockton St. Whittell Building, City of Paris and I. Magnin. Howard Building, Pan-Am Airlines, Wooster Opticians, Qantas billboard with electric clock.

Downtown / Union Square
California & Taylor
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California & Taylor

Elevated view northeast to Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club), Fairmont Hotel, Fairmont Tower under construction. Park Lane and Brocklebank Apartments at far left.

Nob Hill
View SE from Russian Hill
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View SE from Russian Hill

Looking southeast over North Beach from near Filbert and Hyde to Telegraph Hill. Washington Square at left, St. Francis of Assisi Church at right.

Russian Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (before major landscaping). Jobson's Observatory (1861-1869) on top of Russian Hill

Telegraph Hill
Pine near Powell
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Pine near Powell

View southeast across Union Square to Mission Bay. Temple Emanu-El and Thomas Starr King's First Unitarian Church

Nob Hill
Washington Square
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Washington Square

View southwest over North Beach. Union Street at left, Washington Square and flagpole at center. Major grading and landscaping of Washington Square was completed in April, 1869. Omnibus Railroad horsecar at northwest corner of Square on Powell St. Same image as wnp71.1480. [Panorama from Telegraph Hill (no. 19) 1356. Washington Square.]

Telegraph Hill
View from Russian Hill.
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View from Russian Hill.

View northeast over Washington Square (before major landscaping) to Telegraph Hill. [Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (No. 7.) 768]

Russian Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with grading and landscaping completed April, 1869) towards Russian Hill. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.184a. [984. Russian Hill]

Telegraph Hill
Green & Taylor
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Green & Taylor

View from near Green and Taylor Streets, northeast to Washington Square (with mature trees) and Telegraph Hill. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Duplicate of wnp24.186a.

Russian Hill
Union Square
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Union Square

["Nob Hill" from Phelan Building, San Francisco] Elevated view northwest across Union Square. Homes, Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Nob Hill mansions, and Temple Emanu-El. Building at lower left, Howard Block, built in 1873, then home of the Concordia Club at 102 O'Farrell.

Downtown / Union Square
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to scene at refugee camp w/deputies wearing badges. Earthquake ruins in background. Police Camp [19]

Chinatown
St. Francis Hotel
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St. Francis Hotel

Looking west from Union Square to heavily decorated hotel, for Portola Festival.

Downtown / Union Square