Chinatown
View southeast across Grant to Sing Fat Co. building with pagoda on top, stained glass globe streetlamps in front. Astoria Hotel in distance left.
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Powell & Market
View south to Washington and Jackson Line, Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #527 on turntable. Hales, Emporium in background.
Downtown
Mission & Excelsior
View northeast to Excelsior Wine & Liquor Store. Market Street Railway (MSRy) work streetcar #0916. Background buildings still stand, 2023.
Excelsior
3rd St at 20th St
View northwest to southbound Market Street Railway (MSRy)16-Line streetcar #952. Building at right still stands in 2022, but with a flat roof and no turret. 'Mac's Corner' store at right.
Dogpatch
Chestnut near Scott
View northwest across Chestnut to Muni F-Line #26 at terminus. Ritz Cleaners, The Anchor bar 2276 Chestnut. Bank of America and El Presidio (later Presidio) Theater in background left. Buildings still stand in 2024.
Marina
18th & Mission
View northeast to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-Line trolley bus #880. Christmas decorations strung over street. Lachman Bros. furniture, Redlick's with '17 Reasons Why' sign, Shapiro Furniture Co., Payless Furniture Co, New China Cafe Chop Suey restaurant.
Mission
Valencia near 22nd
View northeast across Valencia to northbound Market St. Railway (MSRy) 9-Line #278 with large Coast Guard recruitment ad painted on side. Building at right extant 2019 with stucco exterior and much decorative trim removed. 'A' Gasoline ration sticker on car at left. [5-1944]
Mission
Ocean near Lee
View southeast across Ocean Avenue to Muni 12-line trolley bus #764 entering Ocean from Phelan Loop at Lee Street. Beep's Drive-In at far right. Ocean Avenue Veterinary Hospital, College Grill, Union 76 service station.
Ingleside
Washington & Fillmore
View north across Washington to Washington & Jackson St. Muni Cable Car #518 with passenger. Joe's Smoke Shop in background.
Pacific Heights
Demolition of Fox Theatre
View northeast across Market near 10th to demolition in progress, with Civic Auditorium visible behind. Muni 7-Line Trolley Bus #561, 8-Line Trolley Bus, and PCC #1153. A & C Liquors Groceries at left.
South of Market
18th & Castro
View southwest across intersection to Castro Cable car #3 loading passengers. Sign Reads 'P.H. McCarthy Club' (SF Mayor 1909-1912). Wulzen's Drug Store at right.
Castro
Columbus & Kearny
View across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North Beach
Market near Pine
View north across Market to early office buildings during reconstruction period after 1906 catastrophe. Boyd Block at left. At center, Sherwood (later Bourn) Building 320 Market (At street level, The Sazerac bar 302 Market, 306-308 Columbian Woolen Mills wholesale merchant tailor, 310 Sylvan Selig clothes, 316 Pacific Tank Co. National Wood Pipe Co, 322 Paul Seiler Electrical Works, 326-328 Toledo Computing Scale Co., 330-332 D. Levin trunks bags suitcases cutlery, 334-336 Frank F. Wear High Grade Specialties Hobart Electrical Mfg. Co. ; On second floor, Union Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel, Culver Co. Lumbermen; 3rd Floor Loop Lumber Co. Another building under construction at right. Plank sidewalk
Financial District
Oakland City Hall
View north from center of Washington Street to City Hall decorated with flag bunting for 4th of July. Washington Street no longer goes through in this area. John P. Maxwell, hardware, kitchen utensils. Large display of paper lanterns. Howell-Dohrmann Co., Marvin's Hair Dressing, Wing Chung Lung & Co. Bazaar 1163 Washington [July 4/01 Oakland's City Hall]
Vinton & Grant
View northeast across Grant from Vinton Ct. to Old St. Mary's church, Wing Hing Co., Shanghai Low restaurant, City of Canton, lanterns above sidewalks.
Chinatown