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View west across Portrero Avenue. The Good Samaritan Community Center seen here was replaced by the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, which occupies a new building at the same location. Bliss & Faville, Lewis Hobart architects.
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On the National Register of Historic Places (94000995), the Ohlandt Newlyweds House was designed by Wolfe & Son and built by Nicholas and Matilda Ohlandt as a wedding present for their daughter, Emma, in 1888.
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1246 Potrero. West side of Potrero between 24th and 25th Street. Both buildings in photo substantially unchanged in 2020.
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Lafayette Laundry and a residence at 2977 24th Street.
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South side of 24th Street between Alabama and Florida. The Kitchen Cupboard, 2929 24th Street, and Mrs. Biggs Bakery
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Detached garage unit at 1208 Alabama Street near 24th Street. The garages still exist, although are heavily altered. The building at left, 1210-1214 Alabama Street, consists of three flats, built 1905.
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2712 17th Street. Multi-family residential unit on 17th Street. Next door is a Foster an Kleiser billboard which is running a Budweiser advertisement, Making friends is our business.
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2840 25th Street. View northeast across intersection to residential apartment building on 25th Street at Hampshire Street, built in 1914. Exists in 2020 with shingle exterior replaced by stucco. 1295 Hampshire St. is also address.
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1698 Bryant Street at 16th Street, built 1907. In 1951 it housed Double Play Liquors on the NW corner, which was operated by the Stanfel family--Anna L., Stanley N., Leland F., Melvin P., Peter and Richard.
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Multi-family residence at 2604 -2606 Bryant Street, south of 24th Street. Ornamentation around doors and windows since removed and facade below cornice covered with asbestos shingles.
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1686 Bryant Street near 16th Street, is a mixed-use commercial and residential on the west side of the block, built in 1907 in the Mission Revival style. The living quarters above have square bay windows with art glass transoms. In 1951, Transfer Quick Lunch and a Shaving Parlor occupied the commercial space at street level.
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2814 25th Street. View north across 25th St. near Potrero Ave. to George Stelling Sheet Metal Shop. Building still stands in 2020. Visible behind it, at 1290 Potrero is the now demolished Good Samaritan Community Center.
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2720 17th Street. George A. Gray Electrical Products on 17th Street between Florida and Bryant Streets.
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2440 16th Street. Northeast corner of 16th and Florida. Light standards of Seals Stadium in the background. The Transfer Quick Lunch on 16th Street was one of many hash houses that were typically located in small storefronts or basements in rooming-house and industrial districts.
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2088 Bryant Street near 19th Street, west side of block. According to the San Francisco Planning Department, this San Francisco Stick style building was built before 1889 as a single-family dwelling. It was converted to flats before 1897.
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1740-1742 Bryant Street near 17th Street, west side of block. Two-unit dwelling, built in 1905. Classical Revival style, stripped of ornament and clad in Transite siding, with an unusual two-sided bay window on second story and stained glass in upper panes of the chamfered bays. Its twin at left, 1744-1746 Bryant, was extensively restored/renovated as of 2008.
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1744-1746 Bryant Street near 17th street. Two-unit dwelling, built in 1907. Classical Revival style, stripped of ornament and clad in Transite siding, with an unusual two-sided bay window on second story and stained glass in upper panes of the chamfered bays. Has been restored/remodeled as of 2008. Its twin is at right.
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1728 Bryant Street, on the west side between 16th and 17th Streets. This Queen Anne style residence, built 1897, has a chamfered bay and fish scale style shingles on its gables. It has since been modified with a commercial facade to become a mixed use building.
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2401 16th Street. The Double Play (named that because Seals Stadium was directly across the intersection) at 16th and Bryant looks no different today than it did 60 years ago. People are still waiting for the bus there. However, you can't get a haircut in the back room anymore.
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2014 Bryant Street near 18th Street. This small wood frame industrial building, built 1907, held the Wooden Box & Novelty Co., part of Korbel Box Co., in 1951. The Korbel Box Co., which manufactured cigar boxes, was founded by Francis Korbel and his brothers, immigrants from Prague, who went on to found Korbel Winery. The structures in this image have all been demolished and a six-story residential sturcture built.
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