View from Coit Tower
view North, Embarcadero and Alcatraz
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View from Twin Peaks
View southeast toward Bernal Heights and Bayview. James Lick Middle School below and right of center, St. Philip the Apostle Church below and left of center. Alvarado School at lower left. Gas storage tanks (gasometers) on Army (later Cesar Chavez) and Pennsylvania streets at center left, later removed.
Upper Market
View from Twin Peaks
View Northeast, Market Street
Clarendon Heights
View from the Bay
View of Russian Hill, Ghirardelli Factory at right
SF Bay
Vicente & 47th Ave
View west to Great Highway and Ocean Beach dunes.
Parkside
California & Powell
View east down California towards Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign atop (installed March, 1954). At center, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's Church, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building under construction (Completed 1954, demolished 1991). Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel. At right, Delis Garage.
Nob Hill
View of Downtown
Elevated view east from the St. Francis Hotel. Russ Building, Mills Tower, Standard Oil Building, Equitable Building, Hunter-Dulin Building, Wells Fargo Building (completed 1966), Hobart Building, high rise under construction, Whittell Building. Hotel Plaza at lower left.
Downtown / Union Square
View from Diamond Heights
View northeast to Downtown, Bank of America Building (555 California) under construction, Noe Valley in foreground. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Diamond Heights
Powell near California
View south from Fairmont Hotel tower window to Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter, Whittell Building, Potrero Hill.
Nob Hill
View E from Russian Hill
View east down Lombard near Leavenworth to Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower. North Beach Playground in center.
Russian Hill
View from Telegraph
View to Russian Hill. Ss. Peter & Paul Church and Washington Square at left.
Telegraph Hill
California near Mason
View east from center of California Street, Fairmont Hotel Tonga Room, KSFO, University Club on left. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign atop, Bay Bridge in distance. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel) at right.
Nob Hill
Bay Bridge
View northwest from water to skyline. Pacific Telephone Building at far left, Ferry Building, Alcoa Building (later One Maritime Plaza) under construction at far right.
View from Fairmont Hotel
View east from Fairmont, Sacramento St. at center with old Federal Reserve Bank, Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building (100 California). Alcoa Building (One Maritime Plaza) under construction at left, Appraiser's Building, Golden Gateway Center project. Hartford Building (650 California), International Building at right. In distance, Ferry Building with Embarcadero Freeway, Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island.
Nob Hill
Pacific & Mason
Northeast view toward Telegraph Hill from Nob Hill, North Beach reconstructed, 1906 ruins in foreground. Ruins of St. Francis Church at center.
Nob Hill