Contains 205 photos
View northwest toward Nob Hill from Sir Francis Drake Hotel at Sutter and Powell (opened 1928). Left to right: Grace Cathedral, Hotel Huntington, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio transmission tower atop, Morsehead Apartmentsf (1001 California), Mark Hopkins Hotel, Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel).
Downtown / Union Square
View east from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Financial District, Bay Bridge, and Yerba Buena Island
Nob Hill
View northeast down Market, probably from the Hobart Building. Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building in the distance, Flatiron Building at lower left.
Financial District
Elevated view north from Market Street toward the intersection of Sutter and Sansome. Holbrook Building, Standard Oil Building (1922)at center, beyond it earlier Standard Oil Building (1912, 2 stories added in 1916) and Royal Insurance buildings. Anglo and London Paris National Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) in foreground center (with northern annex addition by architect George W. Kelham under construction) and Flatiron Building at left. Buildings on the right-hand side of Sansome, Including Anglo-California Trust at lower right, have since been demolished and replaced by the Crown Zellerbach Building and plaza.
Financial District
Aerial view north above Montgomery and Bush. Russ Building at left, Mills Building with Mills Tower (completed 1932) at right. Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery) with cupola on left. Merchants Exchange Building top center. Standard Oil Building lower right corner. Bohemian Garage painted on roof at center left. San Francisco Curb Exchange Building at lower left corner.
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest over intersection of Market, Montgomery, and Post. Palace Hotel at lower left next to Metropolis Bank Building with Bank of America sign atop. Mechanics Institute Building, Crocker Building, Crocker Bank Building, Hunter-Dulin Building (111 Sutter), Wells Fargo Union Trust Building, Hobart Building.
Financial District
View northwest over Financial District over Bush and Market. Shell Building in foreground right, Standard Oil Building foreground left, Russ Building at left center, Commercial Union Assurance Building with cupola (315 Montgomery) at center. To its right, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, completed 1930, demolished 1969). To right, Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel. Mills Building and Mills Tower (completed 1932). Portsmouth Square at upper right corner, Old St. Mary's Cathedral top center.
Financial District
Telephoto view northeast from Twin Peaks toward Civic Center and downtown. Market Street at right.
Clarendon Heights
Aerial View southeast above SF Bay west of Fort Mason and Aquatic Park. Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, Russian Hill, North Beach, Downtown, Embarcadero Freeway and Bay Bridge are notable. The first unit of the Fontana Apartments is under construction at lower center.
Elevated view east from Nob Hill probably from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at center, Bay and Yerba Buena Island beyond. Notable skyscrapers include Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Standard Oil Building, Hobart Building, Matson Building, PG&E Building (under construction, completed 1925). Pacific Telephone Company business offices (430-444 Bush) under construction between Bush and Pine at right center, across from Pacific Telephone Building at 445 Bush. Original Federal Reserve Bank, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, Bank of Italy at left. At right of center, Mills Building, Alexander Building. (Notably absent is Russ Building, 1927).
Nob Hill
View southerly from Fisherman's Wharf toward Russian Hill. Eichler Summit Apartments under construction at center. Cost Plus sign on right. Possibly Beach Street between Powell and Mason.
Aerial view northwest along Market Street from above 6th and Market.
Tenderloin
View north on Fremont Street off-ramp near Harrison and Folsom toward downtown skyscrapers Hobart Building, Russ Building, Standard Oil, and Shell Building in the distance. [Taken from Max's car]
Rincon Hill
View northwest toward Rincon Hill. Bay Bridge approach, South of Market, Downtown, Embarcadero Freeway, North Beach, Alcatraz, and Belvedere Island at top of view. [14481-A]
South Beach
Aerial view southeast from above Fort Mason.Aquatic Park at lower left. Galileo High School football field in lower center, Russian Hill at center, Downtown in background. Bay Bridge at far left background. Fontana Apartments at North Point under construction across from Galileo playing field. [1502-C]