Vista

Contains 7784 photos

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View SW from Coit Tower

View southwest over Chinatown and North Beach to Nob Hill, Mt. Sutro in background. In left and center distance, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with one bell tower. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. in front of Grace Cathedral completed in 1958. Clay-Jones Apartments, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). Behind 1360 Jones, Comstock Apartments (completed 1961) is under construction. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway and Mason, at center right, St. Francis of Assisi Church at lower left. Washington Square lower right. Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large Lyon sign on roof on Stockton, near Green. Russian Hill at right.

1960 Telegraph Hill

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View N from Russian Hill

View north from Russian Hill over North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf. SF Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance.

1960 Russian Hill

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US101 construction

View north toward Potrero Hill. This segment of US101 (between Army/ Cesar Chavez Blvd. and Augusta Street, just south of Alemany Blvd.) was built between April 1949 & May 1951. Judging by the progress of the construction, the photo looks to have been taken sometime in 1950. (TA)

1950 Potrero Hill

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Bayshore near Augusta

US101 Freeway construction, view northwest toward Alemany Boulevard overcrossing and Bernal Heights in the background. Sign at right reads 'Another Freeway for your Safety'. Kunst Bros. Paint Co. sign on fence on Bernal Hill.

1953 Portola

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Forest Hill

View from Edgehill, Forest Hill left, Mt. Sutro right, Forest Hill station at lower right.

1953 Laguna Honda

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Twin Peaks

From Noe Valley near Alvarado School

1953 Eureka Valley

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Twin Peaks

View west from Dolores Heights, Liberty and Rayburn.

1953 Dolores Heights

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Twin Peaks

view west from 22nd and Cumberland

1953 Eureka Valley

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Twin Peaks

View southwest from Corona Heights

1953 Corona Heights

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O'Shaughnessy near Portola

View north toward Twin Peaks from O'Shaughnessy Blvd near Portola, site of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (McAteer High School). Corner of building at left was part of driving range, Jeep used to collect golf balls. Original Sutro radio TV transmission tower in distance left. (TM)

1953 Glen Park

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View west from Twin Peaks

toward Laguna Honda Hospital and Forest Hill

1953 Midtown Terrace

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View from Edgehill

View northeast from Edgehill toward Laguna Honda Hospital and Youth Guidance Center, Twin Peaks in background.

1953 Laguna Honda

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Turk & Lyon

View south across Turk near Lyon from Arbol Stairs. Billboards lining south side of Turk Street; Twin Peaks and Mt. Sutro in background

1953 Anza Vista

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Market & Merritt

View Southwest on Market Street from Merritt before the street was further widened and divided. Victorian apartments at 56-58 Danvers (across a grassy lot now called Merritt Park) at center. Twin Peaks in the background.

1953 Eureka Valley

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Visitacion Valley

View Southwest from Bayview Hill toward Visitation Valley and San Bruno Mountain. US101 Freeway will be built across foreground. Cow Palace in distance at left.

1953 Visitacion Valley