Downtown View
View northerly toward Nob Hill from Telephone Building. Call Building (Central Tower), de Young (Chronicle) Building
South of MarketVista
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Financial District View
Elevated view north from Pacific Telephone Building. Left to right, Palace Hotel, Hunter-Dulin Bldg, Hobart Bldg, Equitable Bldg, Standard Oil Bldg, Coit Tower, Angel Island, Shell Bldg.
South of Market
California & Powell
View east on California Street from a Powell Street Cable Car. Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building (with SP sign added March, 1954) in the background. At center, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's Church, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (completed 1954, demolished 1991). Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel.Delis Garage on right with Chevron gas station.
Nob Hill
Bay & Taylor
View south across intersection to Muni cable car #503 on turntable, passengers boarding.
North Beach
View N from Telegraph Hill
View north towards Fisherman's Wharf and Bay. Marin County in distance. At right, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View from Twin Peaks
Looking northeast over downtown. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island in background.
Midtown Terrace
View from Twin Peaks
Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, Bayview Hill
Clarendon Heights
View SE from Mark Hopkins
View of downtown and Bay Bridge from Top of the Mark.
Nob Hill
View from Twin Peaks
Looking towards Buena Vista Park
Clarendon Heights
Russian Hill
View southwest to high-rise apartment towers viewed from Fisherman's Wharf
Fishermans Wharf
View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest over Chinatown and North Beach to Nob Hill,. In left and center distance, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont (with tower) Hotels. Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, 1170 Sacramento apartments completed 1963, Grace Cathedral. Clay-Jones Apartments with tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. Behind 1360 Jones, Comstock Apartments (completed 1961). Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway and Mason, at center far right, St. Francis of Assisi Church at lower left. Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large sign on roof on Stockton, near Green. Chinatown public housing at center and center left.
Telegraph Hill
View from Coit Tower
View west toward Russian Hill from Telegraph Hill, Washington Square Park, Palace Theater, Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church in foreground. Apartment tower under construction in distance. Far left center, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church.
Telegraph Hill
View from Twin Peaks
Looking west to Golden Gate Heights. Taken from a tour bus
Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
View north towards Mount Sutro over Midtown Terrace, Forest Knolls. First Sutro TV Radio transmission tower, Sutro Mansion (Sutro's Castle') at right.
Midtown Terrace
View E from Russian Hill
View towards Telegraph Hill from Lombard St.
Russian Hill