View from Telegraph Hill
Looking southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Fairmont Hotel tower at center.
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Looking southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Fairmont Hotel tower at center.
Telegraph Hill
View northwest to Russian Hill. At left, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. In foreground, roof of Pacific Union Club (Flood Mansion), Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments. Washington Mason Cable Car Power House at right.
Nob Hill
Elevated view north to downtown. House on right is 449 Noe. Low concrete wall blocks steep unpaved portion of Duncan.
Noe Valley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Twin Peaks view looking down Market, showing burned area, horses grazing on slopes
Clarendon Heights
[Panorama from Hill Park] Looking SE to Corona Heights, Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, Mission District and Bay View. Mission Dolores and Gothic Revival church (dedicated 1884) and cemetery center left. Jewish Cemeteries, later site of Dolores Park at center. [B 1829]
Buena Vista
View west on Cortland from Winfield, toward Twin Peaks. Streetcar tracks being installed. - United Railroads [U02399 Cortland Ave. west from Winfield Ave. 10-11-09]
Bernal Heights
View east on 24th to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 11-Line #797 at terminus, over Noe Valley to Potrero Hill. Corner grocery at left. Ice cream store at right.
Upper Market
View south to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-Line #802 with zip stripe livery, to Sunnyside district and Balboa High School.
Sunnyside
Rooftop view, east on Market, Humboldt Bank and Call Building
Downtown / Union Square
View east to California Street Cable Car, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Financial Center Building, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Yamato Hotel on right. Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge in distance. [7269]
Chinatown
View northeast from Kite Hill with Most Holy Redeemer Catholic church in foreground left; Castro Theater, City Hall at center and skyline from Russian Hill to Yerba Buena Island. Large Bank of Italy sign atop branch at Castro & Market changed to Bank of America in 1930.
Eureka Valley
From Treasure Island; ship in bay; skyline; [San Francisco's Famed Bay Bridge, the World's Longest and Costliest (8 1/2 miles in length)]
Yerba Buena Island
View from the Ferry Building. Showing site of Embarcadero Center; Hotel Terminal.
Financial District
Rooftop view northwest from foot of Market Street., maybe Market and Pine, the top of the PG&E.Building
Financial District
View from Lombard and Hyde showing Coit Tower, North Beach, Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island; woman with binoculars
Russian Hill