Nob Hill

Contains 1472 photos

View from Top of the Mark
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View from Top of the Mark

View east toward Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. Old Federal Reserve Building, Ferry Building, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building.

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Washington near Taylor
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Washington near Taylor

View east towards Bay Bridge. Cable Car barn to left; Washington-Jackson Cable Car Line

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California near Mason
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California near Mason

California between Mason & Powell. Fairmont Tonga Room at left, Stanford Court Apartments at right

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California near Mason
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California near Mason

Cable car passing Lochinvar Room at Mark Hopkins Hotel

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Powell & California
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Powell & California

View north on Powell. Cable car #515

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Powell near California
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Powell near California

Looking down Powell toward Market

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View From Top of the Mark
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View From Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark Panorama 1, View east to Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, Hunter-Dulin Building, and Financial District. Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Matson & PG&E Buildings in distance left. Bay Bridge beyond.

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View From Top of the Mark
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View From Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark Panorama 2, View south toward Potrero Hill , Mission Bay, Sir Francis Drake and St. Francis Hotels, Flood Building, Emporium.

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View From Top of the Mark
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View From Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark Panorama 3, View southwest to City Hall, Buena Vista Park, Tenderloin, Civic Center.

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View From Top of the Mark
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View From Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark Panorama 4, View northeast to Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Waterfront. St. Francis of Assisi Church at far left center, Sentinel Building at right.

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California & Powell
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California & Powell

View north on Powell. Cable car at left.

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California & Powell
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California & Powell

Cable Car #503. Unfinished Grace Cathedral at upper left. Fairmont Hotel at right.

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Jones near Pine
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Jones near Pine

Looking south on Jones. Cable car making turn from Pine onto Jones St.

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California near Powell
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California near Powell

View east down California to people waiting in street for approaching cable car. University Club on corner at left. In distance left, 720 California St. building with 2 story addition, Home Insurance Co. (later Fireman's Fund) Building with Colonial tower. In distance right, construction elevator for northern addition to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building (later Cogswell College and Ritz-Carlton Hotel). In far distance, Bay Bridge and Ferry Building tower.

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View from Top of the Mark
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View from Top of the Mark

View east towards Ferry Building Southern Pacific Building, Yerba Buena and Treasure Island and Bay Bridge. To right of center, Colonial tower of the Home Insurance Company Building built 1951, demolished 1983). At far left, Hall of Justice and County Jail on Portsmouth Square, U.S. Appraisers Building.

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Telegraph Hill
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Telegraph Hill

View northeast from Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach . St. Francis of Assisi Church at center on Vallejo near Columbus.

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Financial District
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Financial District

Elevated view east from Mark Hopkins

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

View east to Financial District / Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. S-P sign atop Southern Pacific Building in distance was installed March 1954 and removed in September 1961.

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View NE from Mark Hopkins
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View NE from Mark Hopkins

View from Top of the Mark looking towards Telegraph Hill

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

Looking east to Russ Building, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign on roof, installed March, 1954. Equitable Life Assurance Building under construction lower right center to right of Standard Oil Building.

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