Skyline

Contains 951 photos

View of Downtown
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View of Downtown

View northwest from St. Francis Hotel. On Nob Hill from left, Huntington Hotel in center distance (1924, Weeks & Day architects), Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California (1915, Houghton Sawyer architect), Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (aka California Art Institute (former site of Mark Hopkins Mansion and later site of Mark Hopkins Hotel) has For Sale sign, Fairmont Hotel at top right, At far right Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel). Grant Hotel and Hotel Herbert also in view.

Downtown / Union Square
View West toward Nob Hill
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View West toward Nob Hill

Metropolitan Life Building, Fairmont Hotel and Russian Hill viewed across Chinatown through the top arches of 315 Montgomery St. building.

Financial District
View east from Nob Hill
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View east from Nob Hill

Downtown skyscrapers, Standard Oil Building under construction

Nob Hill
Downtown in Ruins
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Downtown in Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south from Telegraph Hill. From left, Merchants Exchange, Kohl Building, Mills Building, Palace Hotel and Crocker Building at center, Chronicle Annex, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building at right. Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square at far right. [Panorama looking east].

Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Downtown in ruins. Panorama looking southwest. Old Hall of Justice, Sentinel Building / Columbus Tower extreme left, Old St. Mary's in center, Whittell Bulding, Butler Building, Flood Building behind. Grace Church at right, behind ruins of Chinatown.

Telegraph Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

Elevated view Southeast down Kearny to Columbus Tower / Sentinel Building, Old Hall of Justice and County Jail, Central Tower (former Call Building). Nob Hill at right.

Telegraph Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

View South toward the Financial District, Produce District, Embarcadero, Bay Bridge

Telegraph Hill
View from the Bay
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View from the Bay

View of Russian Hill, Ghirardelli Factory at right

SF Bay
View from Telegraph
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View from Telegraph

View to Russian Hill. Ss. Peter & Paul Church and Washington Square at left.

Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View northwest from water to skyline. Pacific Telephone Building at far left, Ferry Building, Alcoa Building (later One Maritime Plaza) under construction at far right.

Pacific & Mason
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Pacific & Mason

Northeast view toward Telegraph Hill from Nob Hill, North Beach reconstructed, 1906 ruins in foreground. Ruins of St. Francis Church at center.

Nob Hill
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

View East, Looking down unbuilt Glendale Street towards Market and Grandview intersection.[Uncle Leo] (Camera Movement)

Clarendon Heights
View from Corona Heights
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View from Corona Heights

View northeast over Eureka Valley to downtown. McKinley Elementary School lower right. [Uncle Leo]

Corona Heights
View from Corona Heights
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View from Corona Heights

View east over Eureka Valley. McKinley Elementary School in foreground, U.S. Mint, downtown [Uncle Leo]

Corona Heights
Downtown
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Downtown

Elevated view northwest from Market Street towards North Beach and Telegraph Hill. Old Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Appraisers Building. Russian Hill in distance left.

Financial District