View from Mark Hopkins
View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. California Street at left, Pine Street at right. 555 Pine under construction
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View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. California Street at left, Pine Street at right. 555 Pine under construction
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View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. California Street at left, Pine Street at right. 555 Pine under construction
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View southeast from the Top of the Mark toward South of Market. 44 Montgomery, Hunter-Dulin, Embarcadero Freeway, Pacific Telephone Building
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View southeast from the Top of the Mark toward South of Market. 44 Montgomery, Hunter-Dulin, Embarcadero Freeway, Pacific Telephone Building
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Telephoto View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. 555 Pine under construction with the Russ Building behind it. 44 Montgomery and Hunter-Dulin Building at right.
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Telephoto View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. California Street at left, 555 Pine under construction. Bay Bridge in the background.
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Telephoto View east from the Top of the Mark toward the Financial District. California Street at left, 555 Pine under construction. Bay Bridge in the background.
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Telephoto View southeast from the Top of the Mark toward South of Market. 44 Montgomery, Hunter-Dulin, Embarcadero Freeway, Pacific Telephone Building
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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
View northeast from Corona toward Downtown. Old McKinley School at center, German Hospital (Franklin Hospital, later CPMC Davies Campus) behind that. US Mint, City Hall, Bay Bridge.
Corona Heights
View northwest from Huntington Hotel at California and Taylor toward Russian Hill and the Golden Gate. Unfinished Grace Cathedral at center, Huntington Park at right. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. On northeast corner of Sacramento and Taylor at far right, 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. completed in 1958, under construction here.
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View northwest from Huntington Hotel at California and Taylor toward Russian Hill, Angel Island, Alcatraz and North Beach. Grace Cathedral at left, Huntington Park at center. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance left. On northeast corner of Sacramento and Taylor at center, 11-story building 1190 Sacramento St. completed in 1958, under construction. At lower right, Sproule Mansion (1907-1967, northeast corner of Sacramento and Sproule Lane), built for George Whittell and sold in 1917 to William Sproule (1858-1935), president of Wells Fargo Express and the Southern Pacific Railroad). It was then extensively remodeled by Bliss & Saville architects. It was demolished in November, 1967 after an unsuccessful fight for its preservation
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View north on Fillmore between Broadway and Vallejo. MSRy counterbalance cars #625 and #627
Pacific Heights
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
View southeast on 30th from Church toward Chenery. MUNI Magic Carpet J-Line streetcar #1004 with wings livery. Bernal Heights in background.
Noe Valley