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Cesar Chavez near Connecticut
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Cesar Chavez near Connecticut

View east from center of Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) toward Connecticut Street. 1926 Connecticut at left. Footbridge across Ocean Shore Railway tracks at right. Southern Pacific trestle in the distance. (inscribed caption is inaccurate)[Army St De Haro St. East][dpwbook31 dpw7907]

Central Waterfront
San Jose Ave near Farallones
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San Jose Ave near Farallones

View northeast on San Jose Avenue between Farallones and Lakeview. First two houses on the left still stand (2021) at 2666 San Jose Avenue and 2660 San Jose Avenue. Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line streetcar tracks at center. [dpwbook31 dpw8016]

Oceanview
San Jose from Sickles
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San Jose from Sickles

View northeast on San Jose Avenue from Sickles; Warehouse Wm. Fisher Co. Quality Grocers Hay Grain & Coal; Ocean View Hardware on left. Buildings on right demolished. [dpwbook31 dpw8017]

Oceanview
Taraval from 31st Ave
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Taraval from 31st Ave

[Taraval St. E. from 31 Ave] [dpwbook31 dpw8055] Could be 37th Ave?

Parkside
Taraval & 37th Ave
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Taraval & 37th Ave

View west on Taraval from 37th Avenue during construction. Street car tracks in place. Large sand dunes on either side of street. Manhole center foreground. [Taraval St. W. from 37the Ave] [dpwbook31 dpw8056]

Sunset Outer
Taraval & Great Highway
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Taraval & Great Highway

View east on Taraval from Great Highway showing old terminal of L-line street car tracks. These original tracks between 46th Avenue and Great Highway survived until being replaced 2021. The Belgian blocks lining the rails were preserved and were reused to line the new tracks. [Taraval St. E. from Great Highway] [dpwbook31 dpw8089]

Sunset Outer
Taraval from 42nd Ave
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Taraval from 42nd Ave

View east on Taraval from 42nd Avenue during Taraval's construction. Street car tracks in place, street unpaved, large sand dunes on either side of street. Golden Gate Heights in background. [Taraval St. E. from 42nd Ave] [dpwbook31 dpw8090]

Sunset Outer
Market & Eureka
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Market & Eureka

View west towards Market Street Extension. Pedestrian entrances on both sides of street for Eureka Valley Station of Twin Peaks Tunnel. [dpwbook31 dpw8366]

Castro
Bosworth Bridge
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Bosworth Bridge

View north on Bosworth from south of Southern Pacific's Bosworth Street Bridge. The bridge showing cracks above the arch, it was slated for demolition in the widening of the Bernal Cut (now San Jose Avenue) Interstate Freeway I280 passes through this view today. [Bosworth St Bridge][dpwbook32 dpw8465]

St. Marys Park
Market near 19th
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Market near 19th

Market (then Falcon) near 19th (then Mono). Picket fence in front of Berendt Joost House, 104 Falcon Ave. (Now 3224 Market Street, the Miller-Joost house is SFLandmark no. 79) [Joost House Willow NW corner Falcon & Mono Sts.] [dpwbook32 dpw8520]

Eureka Valley
Market & 19th
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Market & 19th

View across Market to southeast corner of Falcon (now Market) & Mono (now 19th Street). [S.E. Cor. Falcon & Mono Sts. dpwbook32 dpw8522]. From left to right, 3201-3, 3207, and 3221-3223 Market extant as of 2023.

Eureka Valley
Sansome & Market
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Sansome & Market

View north across Market to Flatiron Building on left, Anglo California Trust Company Building at right. Balfour (later J. Harold Dollar) Building in distance. Buildings in block at right later demolished for construction of Crown Zellerbach Building. Streetcar #1593 at right. [Sansome St. looking north from Market St.] [dpwbook32 dpw8585]

Financial District
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

View northeast across Market at Battery from Ecker Street, which used to intersect Market. Solomon-Heineman Co. wholesale toys at left. Selig Bros. Tailors, 22 Battery (Postal Telegraph Building 1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Tilden Sales (Board of Trade) building, 420 Market, with water tower on top (demolished). Donahue Mechanics Monument in distance.[Market St. looking toward Battery St. from Ecker St.][dpwbook32 dpw8586]

Financial District
Market near Sansome
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Market near Sansome

View southeast across Market to Underwood Building 525 Market, Plymouth Cafeteria 509 Market, Sherwin-Williams Paints, Caloric Furnace, English Tailors. Hooker & Lent Building at far left. [Market St. Looking toward 1st St. from Battery St.] [dpwbook32 dpw8587]

Financial District
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

View north across Market to Postal Telegraph Building, Donahue Mechanics Monument, New Orleans Coffee Parlor, Board of Trade Building. [Market St. looking north toward Front St.] [dpwbook32 dpw8590]

Financial District