Van Ness & Hayes
View northwest across Van Ness to Saint Ignatius Church and College. Present site of Davies Symphony Hall.[SC44 ] [St. Ignatius 128] Wooden sidewalks.
Civic CenterCivic Center
Contains 1861 photos
9th & Market
View northwest to Larkin and Hayes intersection with Market. Mechanics' Pavilion in background. Union Beer Depot. Market St. Cable Railway Co. #32 Haight Street open cable car. [310 S.F., CA]
Civic Center
Hall of Records
View west along City Hall Ave to Hall of Records and City Hall, from Larkin Street
Civic Center
Nob Hill from City Hall
[B 205. Panorama of San Francisco from New City Hall] Elevated view northeast from roof of City Hall building on McAllister towards Nob Hill with mansions and church/synagogue steeples on horizon.
Civic Center
Old Civic Center
View west on former intersection of City Hall Ave (now gone) and McAllister Street. Old Hall of Records at right. Orator's platform in sand lot; graffiti on fence reads 'Warner's Safe Remedies' [B 201. New City Hall and Sand Lot, San Francisco - Taber]
Civic Center
Market & Larkin
View northwest to Larkin and Hayes intersection with Market. Mechanics Pavilion in background. Union Beer Depot. Market St. Cable Railway Co. #32 Haight Street open cable car.
Civic Center
City Hall
New City Hall under construction, View South on Larkin from McAllister toward Larkin Street entrance showing unfinished area on the northeast corner.
Civic Center
Leavenworth & McAllister
View west on former intersection of City Hall Ave (now gone) and McAllister Street. Old Hall of Records at right. Orator's platform in sand lot; graffiti on fence reads 'Warner's Safe Remedies' [B 201. New City Hall and Sand Lot, San Francisco - Taber]
Civic Center
McAllister near Hyde
View south from McAllister to main entrance of City Hall. Duplicate of wnp37.04042 [B 49 New City Hall]
Civic Center
Market & Larkin
View northwest to Larkin and Hayes intersection with Market. Mechanics' Pavilion in background. Market St. Railway Co. Valencia Street cable car #32, open car. (formerly a horsecar). Union Beer Depotk [F810 STC-031] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)(Open Cable Car, 1885, Larkin-Mkt St)
Civic Center
St. Ignatius College.
Interior of school theater auditorium with stage and set decorations. [St. Ignatius Hall 1886, cor Hayes - Van Ness SC-9] [F810 SC-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Civic Center
McAllister near Hyde
[2 McAllister St. Front, architect, A. Laver] view east on McAllister toward Hall of Records; Murphy-Grant Building in distance (O.V. Lange architecture publication)
Civic Center
Van Ness & McAllister
Probably Mechanics' Pavilion on right.
Civic Center
Hall of Records
View northeasterly from tower of City Hall east over Hall of Records dome. Turkish Drug Store, F.V. King signs, McAllister cable car lower left. Hopkins and Stanford mansions on Nob Hill in distance upper left. First Congregational Church, Temple Emanu-El, Trinity Church in distance center. [NE from City Hall 1888 TEH703 PB-20] [F810 PB-020] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Source image is Taber 2787. See sharper version, wnp37.02434.
Civic Center
Market & 9th
View east on Market Street toward 9th Street. Market St. Cable Railway cable car on the Valencia Street line at left. Market St. Cable Railway cable car on the Hayes Street line at center rear. Sutter Street Railway cable car (Dummy & Trailer) on the Larkin Street line at center. California Pottery & Terra Cotta Co., City Hall (dome not yet constructed), Hall of Records, Murphy Building. J. Schultze Drugs listed at 1249 Market 1885-1889. Edward H. Kemp Old San Francisco. Market, Hayes,& Larkin Street.
Downtown
Market & 10th
This was the entrance to the Panorama Building at 1331 Market Street, built in 1887. It led to a huge circular drum in the rear of the lot where 360 degree paintings of dramatic historical events were on view. The city had one other panorama building, at Eddy and Mason streets (WMK) Gettysburg panorama and museum. Civil War decorations all over. In 1896 the building became the Rambler Biclorama, an 'Elegant Riding Academy'.
South of Market
View from Old City Hall
[2787 Birdseye view of San Francisco toward Nob Hill, from roof of new City Hall] Dome of Hall of Records, F.V. King signs, Turkish Drug Store, Nob Hill mansions, First Congregational Church, Temple Emanu-El, Trinity Episcopal Church in distance. Cable car on McAllister St. lower left.
Civic Center
McAllister & Leavenworth
Elevated view east on McAllister toward Leavenworth from the Hall of Records. Murphy Building (Prager's Department Store) at center. Cable Car crossing McAllister from Leavenworth to City Hall Avenue. (Notably missing is the Hibernia Bank building, an empty lot here.) The two houses in the middle of McAllister between Jones and Leavenworth are, from east to west, The Waldeck lodging house at number 26, and former county tax collector and Eighth Ward supervisor Charles R. Story, who lived there since 1865. Across Leavenworth Street is the New Record lodging house, built in 1872 by owner James Cosgrove. (PF) The People's Theatre Family Resort, Yosemite House, Sterling Furniture Co. [McAllister St. SF 1890 City Hall Ave C. SS-115] [F810 SS-115] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Civic Center
McAllister & Leavenworth
View west from McAllister and City Hall Ave (now gone), with old Hall of Records in foreground and city hall behind it. Mechanics' Pavilion in the distance, now site of Civic Auditorium. After cable car line on City Hall Avenue (1889) but before City Hall Dome (1895c). Larkin Street addition to City Hall, in distance right, completed in 1891.[City Hall Albumen print]
Civic Center
Hyde near McAllister
View north from roof of City Hall. Grant Primary School on Golden Gate Avenue at center; Crocker, Hopkins and Stanford Mansions on Nob Hill at far right. [Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco, - No. 7, From New City Hall, Looking North along Hyde St. New Series Plate 101, With S.F. News Letter July 4, 1891, Britton & Rey Arto. (Artotype)]
Civic Center