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View west to the Good Samaritan Episcopal Church at 1290 Potrero Avenue, Lewis Hobart, architect. the Church was heavily damaged in the Loma Prieta earthquake and was demolished in 1994, along with the community center at left. The Good Samaritan Family Resource Center was built in its place. At right is the Ohlandt Newlyweds House at 1260 Potrero, built 1888.
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2637 24th Street. View south across 24th Street to warehouse for Nicholl's Hardware at right next to fence with advertisement for Christopher's Rich Wholesome Milk: Builder of Champions. Fenced lot and low building since replaced by larger structures.
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Bottom of the Hill at 1233 17th Street is one of San Francisco's best music venues, but In 1951 this was the site of the 17th St. Restaurant Club.
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1435 17th St near Arkansas St.
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1423 17th Street. Built around 1907 this building was home to the Salvotti family, owners of Salvotti's saloon and restaurant on the corner at 1401 17th Street (at left)
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Industrial Enameling Co. at 1239 17th Street
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1431 17th St near Arkansas St.
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Salvotti's lunchroom at 1401 17th Street was built by Giuseppe ad Hilda Salvotti in 1907 from lumber salvaged in the 1906 earthquake. In 1975, their son, Jules, sold the family business which has been known as the Connecticut Yankee since 1989. It has operated as a workingman's saloon and restaurant for over 100 years.
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Wright Electrical Supplies at 2015 17th Street operated from the ground floor while the upper floors were residential apartments.
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This single family home at 2013 17th Street was built in 1907.
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2021 17th St, near Vermont St.
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This single family home at 2009 17th Street was built in 1907.
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401-415 Utah Street, on the southeast corner of 17th Street, was built in 1913 and consists of apartments above a corner store front. It has an unusual combination of angled, round, and square bay windows. The storefront is occupied here by the Del Monte Grocery. The block at left (including the Lois Sharpe Home for Mentally Deficient Children) along 17th was demolished for a church, built in 1962.
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Residence at 2224 Mariposa St, built 1951.
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2325 Mariposa, single family home, built 1936. Garage on right has been replaced by flats.
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Judnick's bar at 2001 17th Street
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A 1906 Victorian at 2005 17th Street between Kansas and Vermont Streets.
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2700 24th St, northwest corner of 24th St and Potrero Ave.
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1298 Potrero Avenue at 25th Street is a concrete commercial structure, built 1947. This view is northwest across Potrero, to U-Toast-It Fountain Lunch Restaurant and Coffee Shop. Visible at right behind billboard is 1290 Potrero, the now-demolished Good Samaritan Community Center.
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156 Missouri Street between 17th and Mariposa Streets. This small two-story cottage with gable roof and picket fence was replaced with a multiunit building in 1962.
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