3rd & Jamestown
View south across 3rd Street (then Railroad Avenue) toward Harrison School (later renamed Bret Harte School) Bayview Hill in the background. [dpwbook13 dpw2613]
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3rd near Key
View southwest on 3rd Street (then Railroad Avenue) between Jamestown and Key Avenue , Bayview Hill at left. Steam shovel excavating and widening 3rd Street, railroad tracks at right. Grounds of Harrison School (later Bret Harte) at left.[dpwbook15 dpw3328]
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Meade near Jennings
View southerly possibly on Meade Avenue near Jennings toward Bayview Hill, bucket excavator digging trench for South Bay View Sewer. (Significant alterations to the area by 3rd Street, Bayshore Boulevard, and US101 Freeway development over the years make it difficult to identify this location)[dpwbook15 dpw3330]
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3rd near Jamestown
View northerly across 3rd Street (then Railroad Avenue) between Jamestown and Key. Railroad track work and street widening in progress. Harrison School (later Bret Harte) at right. Hunters Point and Yosemite Slough in the distance. [dpwbook17 dpw3588]
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3rd near San Bruno
View north on 3rd Street (then Railroad Avenue) near San Bruno Avenue. Widening project? work crew and road equipment from Tibbits Pacific Company. Track of the 29-line Streetcar[dpwbook17 dpw3589]
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3rd near Jamestown
View north on 3rd Street (then Railroad Ave) near Jamestown. Street widening at grading with workers and steamshovel. Streetcar in the background, Hunters Point Ridge in the distance. [dpwbook19 dpw4259]
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Yosemite Slough
View North across Yosemite Slough toward The Bayview and Hunters Point from about the future site of Alice Griffith public housing above Carroll Avenue. Posts in the water identify a proposed channel and bay fill around them. [dpwbook28 dpw6777]
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Key near 3rd
View southerly on Key Avenue toward Bayview Hill, showing new paving and graded sidewalk. [Key Ave to Bayview Hill dpwbook33 dpw8899]
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Bayview Hill
View south from the then intersection of Meade Avenue and Keith Street. The site is now under US101 Freeway near Bayshore Boulevard. Photo documents the route of proposed Bayshore Boulevard and a home in the right of way. Bayview Hill in the background left. [South from Meade Av & Keith St] [dpwbook34 dpw9092]
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Bayshore near 3rd
View North on new cut of Bayshore Boulevard near 3rd Street. Bayview Hill at right, Third Street in the distance. [Bayshore Blvd. Section D past Bayview Hill, Hunters Pt. Ridge in background dpwbook43 dpwA1487]
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Bayshore near 3rd
View South at new Bayshore Blvd. from 3rd Street. [Section D near Bayview Hill dpwbook43 dpwA1488]
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Bayshore Boulevard
View North on newly constructed Bayshore Boulevard between Crane and Wheat [DPW A2200]
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Bayshore & Wheat
View South on Bayshore Boulevard at Wheat Street. Marina-style house at left still stands at 1641 Bayshore, as does large stucco building under construction beyond. Area to right later cleared for Bayshore Freeway, US 101. Bayview Hill (Bayview Park) in distance. [Bayshore Section C S to Bayview hill dpwbook45 dpw2100]
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Bayshore Blvd. near Wheat
View north to Motorcade parade celebrating the opening of Bayshore Boulevard. Apartment building at right, 1645 Bayshore, extant 2019. In center distance, Kroehler Manufacturing Building at right still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. [Bayshore Blvd Dedication, Bayshore north (Sic) of Wheat dpwbook45 dpwA2217]
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View from Bayview Hill
View north toward Yosemite Slough, WPA Workers constructing Gilman Beach Playground excavating the hisllside by hand.
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Bayshore near 3rd
General Strike - View North on Bayshore Boulevard at Third Street. (US101 freeway now covers the site)[Truckloads of produce rolled towards San Franciscans July 17, the first in several days, convoyed by State Highway Patrol Officers and SF Police. ]
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Gilman Playground
[Recreation & Parks] View north towards Hunters Point. Dock and boathouse in cove prior to the Bay in this area being filled for construction of Candlestick Park, The shoreline is now a half mile further to the east.
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Gilman Playground
[Recreation & Parks] Dock and boathouse in cove. View east towards the part of the Bay filled in for Candlestick Park. The shoreline is now a half mile further to the east.
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3rd & Salinas
view southerly toward Bayview Hill, 16-Line streetcar #992
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Bayshore near Visitacion
MSRy line 16-line #960, on Third St. Last day; Bayview Hill in background. Fitzgerald Packing at 1324 Fitzgerald Ave.
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