Diamond Heights

Contains 161 photos

Red Rock Hill
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Red Rock Hill

Man posing next to rock outcrop at Red Rock Hill, now part of Diamond Heights redevelopment. Outcropping apparent on 1938 aerial photos.

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Portola & Clipper
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Portola & Clipper

Night view northeast over Noe Valley and Castro Hill to downtown and Bay Bridge. St. Philip The Apostle Church (Diamond & Elizabeth Sts.) to right of center.

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View from Diamond Heights
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View from Diamond Heights

View east from top of Red Rock Hill over Noe Valley towards the bay. Large gas tanks (gasometers) on Army (now Cesar Chavez) St. and Pennsylvania Avenue have since been removed. Potrero Hill in distance left, Bernal Heights far right. SF & San Jose (Southern Pacific) trestle at Dolores and 27th at center right.

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Douglass Playground
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Douglass Playground

View North from the upper playground. telephoto view?

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Douglass Playground
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Douglass Playground

[Recreation & Parks] Upper Douglass, Baseball game in progress. View west, up hill toward future Diamond Heights. Convenience station/restroom structure.

Noe Valley
Douglass Playground
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Douglass Playground

[Recreation & Parks] Upper Douglass Playground,Boy playing baseball, Twin Peaks behind.

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Clipper Street Extension
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Clipper Street Extension

Clipper Street Extension, view west from slope of Diamond Heights about even with Hoffman Street on future route Clipper Street. Two homes in background are 195 & 197 Portola. Homes at the center are on Clipper Terrace. [DPW A6323]

Noe Valley
View  from Clipper
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View from Clipper

View northeast over Noe Valley. Downtown, Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge in distance left. Portrero Hill and S.F. General Hospital in distance right. Spires of St. Philip the Apostle Church (Diamond & Elizabeth) lower center, Castro St. Hill at left.

Noe Valley
Clipper Street Extension
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Clipper Street Extension

Department of Public Works view of proposed route of Clipper Street, Two homes at right still exist on Market Street. Two at left were demolished [DPW A6322]

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O'Shaughnessy Blvd
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O'Shaughnessy Blvd

View southeast from Portola. Miraloma Park on right, Glen Canyon on left. Road closed sign.

Glen Park
Clipper Street Extension
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Clipper Street Extension

View northwest toward Twin Peaks. Gabled house in the right foreground is 4545 25th Street. [DPW A6325]

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Glen Park Aerial
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Glen Park Aerial

Miraloma Park, O'Shaughnessy Blvd., Diamond Heights before Development, San Jose Avenue (Section 100 of 190 - 1948 Aerial Survey of San Francisco) (A larger version of this image has been provided to and can be seen at the David Rumsey Map Collection)

Noe Valley
Diamond Heights Aerial
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Diamond Heights Aerial

Diamond Heights before redevelopment, Douglass Playground, Noe Valley (Section 099 of 190 - 1948 Aerial Survey of San Francisco) (A larger version of this image has been provided to and can be seen at the David Rumsey Map Collection)

Noe Valley
Noe Valley Aerial
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Noe Valley Aerial

Twin Peaks, Alvarado School, Clipper Street, Douglass Palyground, James Lick Middle School (Section 098 of 190 - 1948 Aerial Survey of San Francisco) (A larger version of this image has been provided to and can be seen at the David Rumsey Map Collection)

Noe Valley
View  from Diamond Heights
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View from Diamond Heights

Diamond Heights before development, view southeast from Gold Mine Hill about the current site of Topaz Way toward McLaren Park with Bayview Hill in the distance. Graded area in the foreground is today's Walter Haas Playground

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Diamond Heights
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Diamond Heights

Horse being loaded or removed from truck, across from Current site of Diamond Heights Shopping Center, now-demolished houses at the corner of Douglass and 28th Street.

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Diamond Heights
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Diamond Heights

View northwesterly toward Twin Peaks from Gold Mine Hill across the future site of Diamond Heights Shopping Center. A row of houses at center still stand on Duncan near Diamond Heights Boulevard.

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Noe Valley
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Noe Valley

View from Gold Mine Hill (blurry)

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View from Gold Mine Hill
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View from Gold Mine Hill

View northeast over Noe Valley to Downtown, bay and East Bay Hills.

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View from Gold Mine Hill
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View from Gold Mine Hill

View east on clear day from Gold Mine Hill to bay, East Bay Hills, Mt. Diablo. Bernal Heights in background at right, Potrero Hill and S.F. General Hospital at left. Noe Valley in foreground. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church and school to right of center. At lower right Kate Kennedy School (Mission Education Center). Gas holders on Pennsylvania and Cesar Chavez (then Army) in distance center.

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