Contains 8537 photos
View east on Mission between 4th and 5th Street. Track Removal operation (Mission street lines converted from streetcars in 1949). Webber's Stationers 871 Mission; Hotel Del Mar at left, Mohr Building (built 1924) at right. All buildings in the is view demolished, except for the Pacific Telephone Building in the background.
South of Market
View south near Valley Street from Southern Pacific Old Main line. Engine #1381 crossing Valley Street, 167-169 Valley visible at right. The Poole-Bell House on Laidley Street and undeveloped Diamond Heights in the background right. The tracks and berm were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter.
Noe Valley
View northeast toward undeveloped Diamond Heights. Old Southern Pacific main line, Ocean & San Jose (near Balboa Park, BART and I280 Freeway now dominate this view)
Mission Terrace
View south in Bernal Cut (now San Jose Avenue) Southern Pacific Old Main line Steam Engine #1448, Northbound
St. Marys Park
View West on Pacific Street from Front Street across an empty lot. Old Ship Saloon, Hans Alsheimer Proprietor visible at Pacific & Battery. Billboard for Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
Northern Waterfront
Approximately Beach near Polk. View west along railroad tracks on future site of Aquatic Park Casino/Maritime Museum. Fontana Warehouse at left, Black Point / Fort Mason in the background right. Ghirardelli factory powerhouse, at far left, still stands at Beach and Polk as part of Ghirardelli Square.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View southeast from the old Fort Mason pier (now site of Muni Pier) toward the future site of Aquatic Park. Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory, Fontana Warehouse. Dolphin and South End Rowing Clubs buildings at foot of Van Ness Ave. prior to be being moved. Railroad trestle leading to Fort Mason Tunnel. Black Point /Fort Mason at right.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View south on Tingley Street from around San Jose Avenue. Ocean Shore Railroad right of way (future Alemany Boulevard) at center. A few of these houses still stand though nearest houses demolished for I280 freeway.
Mission Terrace
View south on Gorham Street from around San Jose Avenue. Ocean Shore Railroad right of way (future Alemany Boulevard) at center. The far house still stands at 51 Gorham, the near house demolished for I280 freeway.
Mission Terrace
View west on Day Street from Dolores toward Church. Southern Pacific Old Main Line Trestle crossing Day.
Noe Valley
View southeast at the intersection of Sickles and San Jose Avenue, San Bruno Mountain in the background. Southern Pacific's Ocean View Station at center. Southern Pacific tracks coming from background left and crossing Market Street Railways Cemetery/Interurban streetcar line in the middle of the intersection. Tell House Saloon on Sickles to left of station. I280 Freeway mostly covers this site.
Outer Mission
View north on Mission from 24th, the Central Realty Building (Lippman Bros Department Store) at left still stands, as do most of the buildings on the west side of Mission.
Mission
Guerrero & 26th View Northeast towards Valencia along Southern Pacific track. Tracks past far side of Guerrero are what would become Juri Commons.
Dolores Heights
View southeast from the corner of Front & Vallejo across the Southern Pacific Railyard to businesses on the first block of Broadway. Tower of the Ferry Building visible in the background. Kockos Bros. Wholesale Grocers (Broadway and Davis), Hotel Evans (89 Broadway), Swift & Co. meatpacking (Pacific & Davis), Albers, Coast Auto Works (33 Broadway), Wellman Coffee sign.
Northern Waterfront
View west along railroad tracks at the end of Jefferson Street. Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory (now Ghirardelli Square), Fontana Warehouse at left, Black Point / Fort Mason in the background right.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason