Public Square

Contains 126 photos

Telegraph Hill
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Telegraph Hill

View northeast from Russian Hill with Washington Square in foreground; Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Stulz Bros. Grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.), German Castle (Layman's Castle) on summit. [Telegraph Hill] Same original image as wnp27.4110 with different cropping.

Russian Hill
View of North Beach
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View of North Beach

View northeast from near Vallejo & Taylor Streets. Washington Square with mature trees, St. Francis of Assisi Church at right. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Same original image as wnp71.2152. [B 207. Telegraph Hill and Goat Island, San Francisco]

Russian Hill
View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View northeast to Telegraph Hill, Washington Square with mature landscaping in center. Taken from near Green & Taylor Sts. Yerba Buena Island in distance right. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. [B 200. Telegraph Hill and Goat Island]

Russian Hill
Powell & Post
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Powell & Post

[B 22. Powell Street, San Francisco, Cal.] View south. Union Square on left, Calvary Presbyterian Church on corner of Geary. Baldwin Hotel and St. Ann's Building in distance. The house at far right, 317 Powell St., was built in 1864 for Levi Strauss and David Stern. (WMK)

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

[B 18. Union Square, San Francisco, Cal.] Looking west along path paralleling Post towards Powell. First Congregational Church at right. Calvary Presbyterian Church at left. Same image as wnp14.10336.

Downtown / Union Square
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
Union Square
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Union Square

View west across plaza to garage entrance, Dewey Monument, St. Francis Hotel.

Downtown / Union Square
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
Washington Square
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Washington Square

Washington Square with Coit Tower in the background, people lounging in the park, Benjamin Franklin Statue.

North Beach
View of 1906 Fire
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View of 1906 Fire

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Alamo Square, after earthquake. Smoke in distance, lots of people sitting on lawn, refugee wagons on Fulton Street..

Alamo Square
California & Quincy
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California & Quincy

View southeast from St. Mary's Square, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Alexander Building, and Equitable Building.

Chinatown
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
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