Castro near 24th
View south on Castro toward 24th Street. Post Office, Bank of America to left. Castro cable car #5 going uphill. Castro Street Car House at Jersey street (Now demolished), undeveloped hill top in the background.
Noe ValleyUnbuilt
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30th & Church
View northwest across 30th to J-Line #178 with wings livery at terminus. Goldmine Hill, Upper Noe Valley Recreation Center in background. Cropped, higher contrast version at wnp27.2637.
Fairmount
California near Grant
View east on California at Sabin Place to approaching cable car with signage on front and on top for Pope & Talbot Co. 1949 centennial, before much of California Street was rebuilt. 720 California St. (then Hartford Insurance building) at left, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette sign on west wall, Russ Building, House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sing Fat Building. Clunie Building in distance left, with Bank of America ad on west side. In distance, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Chinatown
Mission & Trumbull
View northwest across Mission Street from Trumbull just south of Mission viaduct. MSRy streetcar 40-Line Interurban #1230. Future Diamond Heights and Fairmount tract in background. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893), St. John's School (1910, later demolished) and St. John's Ursuline Convent (1916) in distance right.
Mission Terrace
47th & Wawona
View north on 47th Avenue at Wawona. L-line Zoo Terminal. Streetcar #142 and others.
Parkside
View from Telegraph Hill
View north from Telegraph Hill toward waterfront and Fisherman's Wharf. Pier 45 at left. Natural gas tank (gasometer) and gas works. Railroad yard. Fog over the bay. Mt. Tamalpais in background. (Ansco Color transparency)
Telegraph Hill
View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest toward Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde St. Pier, Pier 45. railroad yards, Standard oil fuel storage tank facility, gas storage tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. (Ansco Color transparency)
Telegraph Hill
Green near Mason
View northeast to 857 Green Street, between Mason and Taylor. This was the home of California Senator and Governor Hiram W. Johnson, beginning in about 1909. The garages still stand, but the hillside and small house have been replaced by the high rise Royal Towers Apartments, built 1963. (Ansco Color transparency)
Russian Hill
View from Mark Hopkins
View east from Top of the Mark toward Bay Bridge. Ferry Building at center.
Nob Hill
Embarcadero & Market
View west on from the foot of Market Street across a fenced-in landscaped area in ferry loop plaza. MUNI starters kiosk at center. Buildings on the immediate blocks closest to the camera have all been demolished for plazas. Hobart, Call Buildings in the distance. Ensign Cafe, Alameda Cafe, Hotel Terminal, Southern Pacific Building, Matson Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Financial District
Embarcadero near Mason
View southwest from Embarcadero and Mason toward Russian Hill. Cars parked in lot. A. Sabella's Capri Room. Fisherman's Wharf in background. (1000 Chestnut Apartments built 1955; 1080 Chestnut built 1962 in the distance)
Fishermans Wharf
Jefferson near Leavenworth
View south near Jefferson between Leavenworth and Jones toward Russian Hill. Cars parked in parking lot. Beach Auto Parts, 555 Beach. Buildings of The Anchorage Shopping Center now obscure this view.
Fishermans Wharf
Marina Green
View southeast from dirt parking lot near Marina Blvd and BuchananSt. Fort Mason piers at left. San Francisco Gas Company powerhouse and gas storage tank (gasometer) at right. Apartment houses on Russian Hill in background. [12th Day]
Marina
Twin Peaks
Christmas Tree Point, Twin Peaks before parking lot construction. View northwest toward Richmond District and Marin County. Twin Peaks Reservoir at center.
Clarendon Heights
Taylor & North Point
View south on Taylor from North Point. Showing skyscraper apartment buildings on Russian Hill. North Beach Place public housing at Bay & Taylor. Parking lot on right is now Hyatt Centric hotel.
Fishermans Wharf