Downtown Aerial
Aerial view over South of Market looking northwest to Financial District and Nob Hill.
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Downtown Aerial
Aerial view looking north to downtown above Fire Department Training Tower, at Bryant and Division St, probably taken from the Hamm's Brewery tower. The Central Freeway now occupies the area the foreground of the photo, including the location of the tower. The block on the left on the far side of Bryant is the present day site of Costco.
Mission
Bay Bridge
Water level view of Bay Bridge tower under construction. Yerba Buena Island in background.
Bay Bridge
View west from ferryboat of Bay Bridge under construction. San Francisco in distance.
Bay Bridge
View west from ferryboat of Bay Bridge under construction. San Francisco skyline in distance.
Bay Bridge
[San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Piggott Photo 1100] View west from Bay of suspension span section under construction.
California & Montgomery
Elevated view looking west on California St. Buildings left of center of the photo (Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, opened 1930, demolished 1969)were demolished to make way for the Bank of America Building (555 California). Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel at right. International Building (1961, 601 California) at center. [Moulin Studios 163963B-16]
Financial District
California near Kearny
Elevated view looking west on California St. Fisheye effect. 650 California under construction at center. 450 Sutter, International Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel. [Moulin Studios 16339...]
Financial District
View S from Mark Hopkins
View south from Mark Hopkins Hotel, toward Potrero Hill, Hall of Justice, US101 & I80 freeways. Sir Francis Drake and St. Francis Hotel (before construction of 32 story tower that began in early 1969) at left, Hilton Union Square Hotel at far right opened in 1964. Architect - William B. Tabler, Sr. It has since been extensively remodeled with a different facade. Beyond Hilton is David Hewes building with modern cladding.
Nob Hill
View NE from Buena Vista Park
Telephoto view northeast from Buena Vista Park to East Bay Hills. Jefferson Square, Coit Tower, Nob Hill, Central Freeway, Federal Building, War Memorial Opera House, Transamerica Pyramid. Berkeley Pier in distance.
Buena Vista
20th & Church
View north to Municipal Railway (Muni) PCC J-line streetcar #1006 with wings livery at Dolores Park. Mission High School, U.S. Mint, Civic Center in background.
Dolores Heights
View from Twin Peaks
View southeast over Noe Valley to Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights, with Hunters Point beyond. Gas storage tanks (gasometers) on Pennsylvania St. and Army St. (later Cesar Chavez) since removed. Hunters Point Power Plant in center distance, since demolished.
Clarendon Heights
Golden Gate Bridge
Bridge viewed from Marin Headlands looking east. City skyline and Bay Bridge in distance. [San Francisco Skyline & Golden Gate Bridge K 0091]
Outside SF
View W from Telegraph Hill
View from Pioneer Park at base of Coit Tower towards Russian Hill and Golden Gate Bridge. Pay binoculars in foreground. [Golden Gate Panorama K 1064]
Telegraph Hill
Highway 101 near Vermont
View north near the Vermont Street Exit towards Highway 101 - Bay Bridge split. [San Francisco Skyline and Freeways K 1052]
Potrero Hill