Contains 4015 photos
On Monterey Blvd looking southwest from top of Detroit Street Steps. Handrails of steps can be seen in grass. 420 and 414 Detroit St visible at center right. [South side Monterey at Detroit dpwbookMISC dpwA6849] Hillside now site of apartment building at 401-405 Monterey.
Sunnyside
On Monterey Blvd looking north to Joost Ave, between Congo and Detroit Streets. Steep area requiring attention from Dept of Public Works. Visible in center is back of house at 335 Joost Ave; on far right is 311 Joost Ave. Foreground area now filled in with apartment buildings. [North line Monterey Joost Ave. Slide #2 dpwbookMISC dpwA7014]
Sunnyside
On Monterey Blvd, looking north to Joost Ave, just west of Detroit Steps. Houses at 412 & 400 Joost Ave visible behind trees. Roof of 430 Joost Ave visible on left.. Chicken or pig house, middle ground, belonging to house at 426 Monterey (far left). [Joost Avenue fill west of Detroit dpwbookMISC dpwA7015]
Sunnyside
View west on Bernal Heights Boulevard under construction near the present intersection of Chapman Street. 80 Rosenkranz in the background center. Men excavating the hillside by hand, trucks lined up hauling dirt. [Bernal Hts. Blvd. near Rosenkranz St.][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA2908]
Bernal Heights
View west on Bernal Heights Boulevard under construction near the present intersection of Chapman Street. 80 Rosenkranz in the background right. Men excavating the hillside by hand, trucks lined up hauling dirt. [Bernal Hts. Blvd. near Rosenkranz][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA2909]
Bernal Heights
View east toward the current intersection of Bernal Heights Boulevard and Carver Street. 31 Carver at right. Islais Creek marshland in the distance.(The completed portion referenced is the section along Bradford to Nevada Street around the south side of the hill.)[Bernal Hts. Blvd., N'ly end of completed portion][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA2869]
Bernal Heights
View West on the proposed route of Bernal Heights Boulevard near Carver around the north side of the hill. Houses at center were technically on Alabama, uphill from Wathham and were demolished or moved. (the completed portion referenced is the section along Bradford to Nevada Street around the south side of the hill.) [Bernal Hts. Blvd., W'ly from end of completed portion][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA2870]
Bernal Heights
View west on the graded but unpaved Bernal Heights Boulevard near the present intersection of Chapman. 80 Rosenkranz at center with stairs leading up. [Bernal Heights Blvd.][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA3118]
Bernal Heights
View southwest toward Bernal Heights showing the effect of a large landslide on the northern slope which occurred on February 23rd, 1936. (This landslide still evident in 2021) The intersection of Alabama and Waltham in the foreground [Bernal Blvd entire mountain][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA4695]
Bernal Heights
Now Bayshore Freeway. View northwest from intersection showing unimproved Eve St. up to Holladay Ave.[Eve west from San Bruno dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA1607]
Peralta Heights
View west on Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) across Harrison Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School (then LeConte School) at left. The grounds of Poetsch & Peterson Tannery at right. Road markings and fence paint indicate that this was the end of the widened Army Street at the time, the street was widened west of this point in the 1940s. [Army St. west of Harrison dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA6172]
Mission
View north on Beale toward the 1912 Harrison Street Bridge and downtown skyscrapers in the distance. The bridge would be replaced by 1927 [Harrison/Beale Bridge looking northwest dpwbookBRIDGESII dpwA4211]
Rincon Hill
View northeast to replacement for original Beale St. Bridge (Harrison St. viaduct). Building with large electric Old Gold Cigarettes sign on roof. Standard Oil and Shell Buildings in distance. [Bridge over Beale Street at Harrison looking northwest] [dpwbookBRIDGESII dpwA5094]
Rincon Hill
View west on Harrison toward viaduct over Beale. Claremont Rooms 403 1st, in distance. [Harrison St. Bridge over Beale looking southwest dpwbookBRIDGESII dpwA4213]
Rincon Hill
Evans from Army St. (now Cesar Chavez) [dpwbookXXX dpw A6711]
Potrero Hill