Skyline

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View From Upper Market
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View From Upper Market

View northeast toward Downtown from near Market and Clipper, Noe Valley in foreground. St. Philip The Apostle Church (Diamond & Elizabeth Sts.), Castro Hill at center right. Alvarado School left of center.

Upper Market
Telegraph Hill
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Telegraph Hill

View south from Pioneer Park at summit of Telegraph Hill, future site of Coit Tower. Eucalyptus trees, flagpole. Nob Hill at right.

Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge from Ferryboat
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Bay Bridge from Ferryboat

View northwest from deck of steamer Sacramento approaching Bay Bridge, with two women posing. San Francisco in background.

Bay Bridge from Ferry
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Bay Bridge from Ferry

View west from deck of steamer Sacramento, with two women posing. Pacific Telephone building background center, Ferry Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel at right.

Bay Bridge from Ferry
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Bay Bridge from Ferry

View northwest from deck of steamer Sacramento approaching bridge, with two women posing. Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill background center.

Bay Bridge from Ferry
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Bay Bridge from Ferry

View west from deck of steamer Sacramento, with two women posing. Pacific Telephone building background center, Ferry Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel at right.

View of Nob Hill
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View of Nob Hill

Elevated view northwest to Hopkins Institute of Art, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel at upper center. Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at far right. Head building, Shreve Building at left, tops of renovated Temple Emanu-El towers at center left.

Downtown / Union Square
575 Market Construction
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575 Market Construction

View north from South of Market toward 575 Market (Chevron Tower/ Standard Oil Building) under construction. Financial District skyscrapers, Hunter-Dulin, Balboa, Hobart, Wells Fargo (44 Montgomery), Bank of America (555 California), Russ Building, Old Standard Oil Building, 555 Market (Standard Oil/Chevron Tower), Transamerica Pyramid, Crown-Zellerbach Building all visible.

South of Market
525 Market Construction
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525 Market Construction

Elevated view northwest from South of Market toward 525 Market (Tishman Building, later First Market Tower) under construction at right. In background, Aetna (later McKesson) Building, St. Francis Hotel tower, Hobart building, Wells Fargo Building (44 Montgomery), Standard Oil Building (555 Market, later Chevron Tower). Intersection of 1st and Mission (Foster's Cafeteria) at lower left.

South of Market
100 Pine
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100 Pine

100 Pine under construction. Central Tower, Hobart and Shell Buildings visible at left.

Financial District
Hyatt Regency
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Hyatt Regency

Elevated view west from Ferry Building to Hyatt Regency hotel (John Portman, architect) under construction at Embarcadero and Market. Mutual Benefit Life Building (One California, built 1969) at left.

Financial District
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
View from Top of the Mark
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View from Top of the Mark

Looking northwest toward Golden Gate Bridge and Palace of Fine Arts (at left). Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. at lower right completed in 1958.

Nob Hill
View from Upper Market
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View from Upper Market

View northeast over Noe Valley, Eureka Valley, Downtown, to Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island. Alvarado School, Castro Hill.

Upper Market
View from Upper Market
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View from Upper Market

View northeast over Noe Valley, Eureka Valley, Downtown, to Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island. Alvarado School, Castro Hill.

Upper Market