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View west on Market from Steuart. Southern Pacific Building at left. Matson Building, Crown Zellerbach Building, Hobart Building in distance. First two blocks on the right side demolished. Weinstein Co., Fife Building on right. Path of Gold lamppost on left.
Financial District
View east from high in the Russ building, intersection of Pine and Sansome at lower right. Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island, and Bay Bridge in background. Golden Gateway under construction at left, with Embarcadero Freeway behind. J. Harold Dollar Building (AKA Balfour Building, 1920) is tallest building at center, Robert Dollar Building just beyond. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at center. Ferry Building, Fife Building, Southern Pacific Building (One Market). Royal Globe Insurance Building (built 1907) and Insurance Center Building (built 1927) foreground center on Pine St..
Financial District
View from the roof of the Southern Pacific Building (now 1 Market) toward Ferry Building Tower and Embarcadero Freeway. (not sure what construction is going on)
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Crowd surrounding Mechanics Monument. Ferry Building tower visible. Dante's Inferno restaurant, Tilden Sales Building.
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View southeast toward 2nd Street intersection, Balboa Building, West Coast Life Insurance Building, SF Muni PCC streetcar #1135. demolition completed for 555 Market tower in background left. Underwood Building at far left.
Downtown
View north at intersection, terminus of California Cable Car line, with Muni cable car and passengers. People eating lunch in small plaza with rounded concrete benches. Weinstein Co. store, Fosters cafeteria in background.
Downtown
View east from Crown Room of Fairmont Hotel towards financial district, Ferry Building and Bay Bridge.
Downtown
View east to Ferry Building from intersection of Market, Davis and Beale Streets. Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building (with modern facade) and Fife Building (1909, demolished 1966). All buildings at left in view demolished. PG&E and Matson Lines Buildings at far right.
Downtown
View northwest from Russ Building roof to International Building (601 California) and Hartford Building (650 California) under construction, Mt. Tamalpais and Marin County in background
Financial District
Elevated view northwest to Hartford Building (650 California) under Construction. Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial Tower (built 1951, demolished 1983). Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Kohl Building, Wells Fargo Building (464 California) at far right.
Financial District
Taken from roof garden of Russ Building toward Golden Gateway Construction and bay. Cupola of Commercial Union Assurance Bldg (315 Montgomery), Assessor's Building at left. Embarcadero Freeway, Treasure Island in background.
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Construction. View northeast from roof garden of Russ Building. Old Federal Reserve Bank at left. Embarcadero Freeway along waterfront, Treasure Island in background
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Standard Oil Building under construction. 555 Market (smaller Standard Oil tower).
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Looking east. PCC Car. John Harder photo
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View south across Market to MUNI PCC #1109 N-Line, Balboa Building (1908, Bliss & Flaville, demolished 1977) with British Columbia House and Pierre Salinger's U.S. Senate campaign office.
Financial District
Elevated view looking west on California St. Buildings left of center of the photo (Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, opened 1930, demolished 1969)were demolished to make way for the Bank of America Building (555 California). Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel at right. International Building (1961, 601 California) at center. [Moulin Studios 163963B-16]
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Elevated view looking west on California St. Fisheye effect. 650 California under construction at center. 450 Sutter, International Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel. [Moulin Studios 16339...]
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Looking east towards Embarcadero Freeway and Ferry Building. Ensign Cafe. 3 Market Liquors. Trolley bus #693
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View of northeast corner building (not extant), Schroeder's restaurant building at 240 Front under renovation. 100 California (built 1959) in background.
Financial District
View of northwest corner with A.B. Dick in ground floor. Western Union on opposite corner. Modern building at center left is Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect).
Financial District