Downtown / Union Square

Contains 2840 photos

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Geary, Kearny, & Market

Elevated view west over crowded street scene to Geary; Flannery building at left with large billboard atop, Lotta's Fountain; Chronicle Building on the right, Schmidt Building with Korn Hats, Rosenstock Building with Golden Pheasant restaurant, Whittell Building in distance. Outbound D-Line streetcar at Kearny, inbound D-Line approaching on Geary. Flannery Building signage on 2nd and 3rd floors for dentist Dr. Charles Henry ('Doc') Strub, who, in 1919, became part owner and president of the San Francisco Seals baseball team until 1938. J. Edlin Merchant Tailor on 4th Floor, Slavin Hair Grower on 5th Floor, General Cigar Co. at street level. United Cigars, William T. Valentine Suits at northwest corner Geary & Kearny.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Union Square

Elevated view north from Geary. Chancellor Hotel, Fitzhugh Building under construction.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Union Square

View north from Geary. Fitzhugh Building under construction; Bullock & Jones Building under construction

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market near 3rd

Elevated view of fire at 660 Market Street, which destroyed a three story building. Numerous fire trucksand a maze of firehoses in Market Street. Photograph taken from roof of Palace Hotel.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market Street Fire

View northeast on Market between Kearny and Montgomery. Firefighters and crowd assemble on Market Street. Fire at 660 Market Street.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Palace Hotel

Monadnock Building, from Kearny and Market, looking east, showing buildings and Palace Hotel

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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View of Downtown

View northwest from St. Francis Hotel. On Nob Hill from left, Huntington Hotel in center distance (1924, Weeks & Day architects), Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California (1915, Houghton Sawyer architect), Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (aka California Art Institute (former site of Mark Hopkins Mansion and later site of Mark Hopkins Hotel) has For Sale sign, Fairmont Hotel at top right, At far right Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel). Grant Hotel and Hotel Herbert also in view.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market & Kearny

Elevated view east past Lotta's Fountain to Monadnock Building, Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building, Balboa Building, Underwood Building, Ferry Building in distance. 9-line streetcar passing.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market & Kearny

Looking east toward Ferry Building in distance. Palace Hotel. MSRY streetcar #1579.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Geary & Stockton

View across Union Square to St. Francis Hotel. Dewey Monument at right.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Geary near Powell

View north across Union Square to Fitzhugh Building almost finished with construction with signs for ground floor for lease. Designed by Reid Brothers. P. J. Walker & Co., general contractor.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market & Powell

View northwest across Market to Powell and Eddy, Bank of Italy headquarters (opened 1921, later Bank of America, Bliss & Faville, architects), Hotel Turpin.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Union Square

From rooftop of Fitzhugh Building; looking southeast [Burton Photo Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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Market & 3rd

President Harding Funeral looking east from Market & Third Sts.

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Architectural drawing. [Proposed Building for 660 Market St. Lewis P. Hobart] [Crocker Estate Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Architectural drawing showing elevated view northeast across Market to design for new 660 Market Building, Crocker Building at right. Source for photo image is wnp27.4560. [660 Market St., Lewis P. Hobart Architect] [Crocker Estate Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Construction site [Crocker Estate Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Elevated view north across Market to 660 Market, Realty Building (built 1907, demolished late 1923), during salvage at beginning of demolition. Signage for tenants who vacated, 1923 political campaigns, Hetch Hetchy Protective League. [Crocker Estate Album, Lewis P. Hobart Architect, Dinwiddie Construction Co., General Contractors]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Construction site [Crocker Estate Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square

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660 Market

Elevated view northeast across Market to Realty Building, 660 Market Street (built 1907, demolished by Crocker Estate Co. 1923) with Army Recruiting Office, H. Sutliff Pipe Shop, Jet Andrews Fisher Hats, Shaw & Allen Haberdashers, The Waldorf Barber Shop, The Waldorf Fizz, Lyon & Hoag Real Estate, A.J. Henry Notary, Center & Spader Real Estate, Miller Bryant Pierce Co. Typewriter Ribbons, S.A. Born Building Co., Stanley Kelley Co., C.H. Bessett Building Co. To right, forced sale sign, B.A. Thomas Signs, Waffle King Inn Restaurant, Palace Model & Machine, Mother's Bread truck, A. & J. Levin, United Cigar Store. Crocker Building at far right. Ad for Benno Moiseivitch Exposition Hall concert, Feb. 1, 1923.(AS)[Crocker Estate Album]

1923 Downtown / Union Square