Geary & Stockton
Demolition of City of Paris building underway, viewed from Union Square.
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Geary & Stockton
Demolition of City of Paris building
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
Demolition of City of Paris building
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
Demolition of City of Paris building, viewed from Union Square
Downtown / Union Square
Jones near Filbert
View north through automobile windshield. [164-Steep hill near Lombard zig zag]
Russian Hill
Jones & Filbert
View south up hill. Street work underway. [165-Steps to walk up hill - cross parking]
Russian Hill
California near Stockton
View east through automobile windshield. From left, 720 California (then Hartford Insurance Building), Cathay House in Trade Mark Building, Old St. Mary's Cathedral and rectory, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954, demolished 1991), Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (around then Fireman's Fund) on left. Yamato Sukiyaki in Sun Fat Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building on right. [162 - Frisco hills]
Chinatown
Market near 7th
View east to Ferry Building in distance. Municipal Railway L-Taraval line streetcar #1020. Muni buses. Emporium sign, Kress, Federal Hotel, Odd Fellows Temple. Town House restaurant. Chinese American Cafeteria. Grant Building. David Hewes Building with modernized exterior. BART entrances boarded up.
Civic Center
Market & 7th
Municipal Railway M-line streetcar #1152. 6-line trolley bus #567. Federal Hotel, Hamburger restaurant.
Civic Center
Market & Dolores
View west to Corona Heights and fog in distance. Municipal Railway N-line streetcar #1129 passing. Safeway sign tower with store under construction or renovation. St. Francis Lutheran Church steeple.
Mission Dolores
Market near 8th
View west. San Franciscan Hotel, Towne House restaurant. Municipal Railway streetcar #1158.
Civic Center
Fort Mason
View west to Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands in distance. Gas House Cove and Marina, parking lot, autos.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Franklin & Bay
View north on Franklin into Fort Mason from Bay Street. Woman waving from Fort Mason gateway pillar.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Market near 8th
View east. Orpheum Theatre on left and Embassy, United Artists and Strand Theaters on right. Grant, David Hewes and Odd Fellows Buildings. Sign for Del Webb's TowneHouse hotel to open in early 1961 at construction site on southeast corner.
Civic Center
Lombard near Franklin
View east on Lombard Street to Russian Hill.
Marina