Union Square
View northwest to Trinity Church; National Guard Armory, Pacific Business College; Temple Emanu-El toward Post Street between Powell and Stockton. [29]
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Contains 126 photos
Union Square
part 1 - Elevated view East from St. Francis Hotel near Geary. Little St. Francis in the park (Temporary St. Francis Hotel), rebuilt steeples of Temple Emanu-el at far left. Union Square Building and Union Square Hotel on Post under construction. Overlaps with wnp37.03437.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
part 2 - View East from St. Francis Hotel near Geary. Little St. Francis in the park (Temporary St. Francis Hotel), Dewey Monument, steel structure of Schroth Building (1908, architect Cunningham & Politeo), completed Whittell building, Butler Building at right and other large buildings under construction. Overlaps with wnp37.03437, continuation of wnp37.03438. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mrs. W.H. Crocker Camp. Relief station, Union Square. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across plaza to men lined up for entry. Union-Pacific Club ruins in background on Post Street.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View southeast from plaza to Dewey Monument, I. Magnin Building (opened 1948) and City of Paris.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View south across the square toward Dohrmann's Department Store
Downtown / Union Square
View E from Russian Hill
View east over North Beach to Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle atop. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert, J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers at right of Square. Same image as wnp71.0182 with different cropping. [9030 Panorama of San Francisco from Russian Hill, showing Goat Island and Bay.] See wnp 37.03797-37.03799.
Russian Hill
Lafayette Square
[View from the Park on Laguna and Washington Sts. 1908. S.F.] Lafayette Park and large mansions to north, Irwin Mansion at center..
Pacific Heights
Washington Square
Looking northwest across square. Line of houses at right along Filbert Street.
North Beach
Washington & Grant
View east to Portsmouth Square and Hall of Justice under construction in distance (building opened late 1900). 752 (Washington) sign under awning, soldier with rifle passing.
Chinatown
City Hall Square
View north to 'New City Hall Square' sign on Pioneer (James Lick) Monument (in its original location), City Hall behind. City Hall Square (name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902, now the corner of Grove and Hyde) [Leather Rose Album] In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. French-made cannon in front of monument was a Spanish-American war prize, presented by the Army in a ceremony on March 21, 1900. It is now in the Presidio.
Civic Center
Portsmouth Square
Elevated view northwest over park. Carriages parked along Kearny. Horsecar. [452. Kearny Street Plaza, San Francisco, Cal.]
Chinatown
Geary & Powell
View northwest across Geary and Powell to Calvary Presbyterian Church, dedicated in May, 1869. Since 1904, the site of the St. Francis Hotel. Union Square at right with low wooden fence. Plank sidewalks, horsecar tracks on Geary, no tracks on Powell. [1712. Calvary Church, S.F.]
Downtown / Union Square
Geary near Stockton
Elevated view north across Union Square from Geary. Volunteer Firemen posing in Union Square, Small portion of Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Temple Emanu-El, Pacific Business College, Walkerley Building (1886) on corner of Post and Stockton. Fire engine with "EXEMPT" in large letters at right. Plank sidewalk on Geary.
Downtown / Union Square
Monumental Fire House
[TEH381, FD-12, Monumental Engine House 1856, on the Plaza] West side of Portsmouth Square.(Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album). (G810 FD-012) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown