Powell & Geary
View northeast to Municipal Railway (Muni) cable car # 508 crossing Geary at Union Square. B-line streetcar #95 in background, color. [M0095-B-03 C508-59-09 ca 1956]
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Contains 2840 photos
Union Square
View northeast across Geary to plaza, garage entrance, Hotel Plaza, Hotel Drake Wiltshire, Fred Benioff.
Downtown
View from Coit Tower
looking south to the Financial District, the Equitable Life Bldg. doesn't have the digital clock/thermometer at the top (added in early 1957); and the new Union 76 tower looks completed (late summer 1955).
Telegraph Hill
Powell & Market
Powell & Mason Street cable car #511 on turntable looking north. Powell Hotel and Powell Theatre at left.
Downtown / Union Square
View of Retail District
Elevated view southeast from 450 Sutter. Hobart Building, Pacific Telephone Building, Central Tower. In distance, Union 76 clock tower on Bay Bridge approach.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Grant
View east on Geary St. towards (Sheraton) Palace Hotel. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar. Granville's Jewelers, Foster's Cafeteria, Hotel Graystone, J & D Cigars Liquors, Lane Bryant. (Rail service on Lines B & C ended in December 1956).
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Looking north on Geary from Market. Lotta's Fountain on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
Streetcar heading north on Geary. Lotta's Fountain on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Market
View North on Stockton, Muni electric trolley/ Muni bus Roos Bros. on right, Stockton Tunnel in the distance. Foreman & Clark, Leed's Shoes, Macy's on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Market
Looking north on Stockton St. Foreman & Clark with large clock on corner over Mayflower Restaurant, See's Candies, Macy's, Leed's Shoes, Roos Bros. on right. Traffic cop in intersection.
Downtown / Union Square
Market Near Montgomery
K-Ingleside Streetcar at 600 Market near Montgomery.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
View west across Market to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line #77 passing Lotta's Fountain. Fosters cafeteria, Mell's Broiled Hamburgers, California Savings, Schmidt Building, Rosenstock Building, Granville's Jewelers in background center. W & H Cigars and Liquors, Security Finance Co. in Chronicle Building at right. The Stag bar in Flannery Building at left. Birdcage traffic signal. (The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956).
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
B Street Car #77. Lotta's Fountain on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
B Street Car #77. Lotta's Fountain on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Hazy view north across Market Street toward Kearny. Chronicle/de Young Building, birdcage traffic lights
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Market
View northeast across the intersection of Grant and O'Farrell toward 3rd and Market. Municipal Railway (Muni) K-line Streetcar #172, birdcage traffic light, Metropolis Bank Building, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Central Tower (former Call Building), Carl Wilke Cafeteria. Union Trust Building, SFLandmark 131, at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
Busy Street Scene, looking west down Ellis. Mayflower Donuts, Crocker-Anglo Bank, John's Grill, Foreman & Clark Men's Clothes. Hotel Gates, Hotel Pasadena, Sport Club, Rialto Bowling. Muni Bus #2259 with wings livery. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
Market at O'Farrell & Grant. Busy street scene, looking north on Grant. On right Union Trust (Wells Fargo) building, old I. Magnin building, H. Liebes, White House department store. Geary line streetcar in background
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
View northeast on Market between 4th and Grant. Phelan Building at left and Wells Fargo Union Trust in background center.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View southeast across Market. Central Tower (former Call Building) Humboldt Bank Building, Portola and State Theatres, Pacific Building, Emporium, SF Muni N-Line PCC #1012 with wings livery.
Downtown / Union Square