View from Telephone Building
View east from the top of the Telephone Building, New Montgomery near Mission, toward Yerba Buena Island.
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Pacific Telephone Bldg
Elevated view looking southeast from around 3rd and Market past Rialto Building. Clock Tower Building (Schmidt Lithograph) at far right.
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Harrison & Hawthorne
[Harrison &Hawthorne} [dpwbook47 dpwA2719] View north.
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Harrison near Vassar Pl.
View southeast across Harrison to crew excavating portion of Rincon Hill that obstructed the street right of way. A. Fleishhacker and Co. "The Paper Box House" at southeast corner of 2nd and Harrison. At center, 400 2nd St., commercial building with water tank on roof, built 1917. Still stands 2021, though facade has been modernized. [Harrison St. dpwbook47 dpwA2768]
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Hawthorne & Harrison
View North on Hawthorne from Harrison, Telephone Building at center. [dpwbook47 dpwA2769]
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View from 5th & Mission
Elevated view east on Mission. Buildings on right demolished for parking garage. Hotel Del Mar, Evergreen California Hat Co., Evergreen Ladies Hats, 827 Mission, Pacific Telephone Building in distance center. [Mission St. east from Pickwick Hotel] [dpwbook47 dpwA2623]
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Market from 6th
Elevated view from the David Hewes Building 995 Market at 6th Street (at the time known as the Western States Life Building) Paramount Theatre, City Hall, Empire Hotel, Twin Peaks in the distance.[Market W from 6th dpwbook48 dpwA2508]
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Market near 6th
View east on Market to approaching N-Line streetcar, Loew's Warfield Theatre, Mechanics Savings Bank Building (as Bank of Italy), Marion Davies Theater, Flood Building, Humboldt Bank Building with Bank of America sign on top, St. Francis Theater at right. [Market E of 6th dpwbook48 dpwA2506]
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Market & 9th
Elevated view across intersection to buildings on north side of 1200 block of Market, including Fox Smoke Shop, bookstore, Hotel Dowd. Market St. Railway (MSRy) 8-Line streetcar approaching intersection. Public Library Main Branch at upper left. Birdcage traffic signals. [Market & 9th Sts. dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpwA2500]
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South of Market Aerial
Wide View East over South of Market, Downtown, North Beach, Yerba Buena Island
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Downtown Aerial
View northeast above Powell and Market
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11th & Mission
Elevated view southeast across the intersection of 11th & Market toward the art deco Goodyear Tire Shop. Twin Spires of St. Joseph's Church, 10th & Howard, in the background. The Ganter & Mattern Building (built 1912) at left still stands in 2022. George Read & Son, California Belting Company
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Market near Mason
Elevated view down Market Street East from Hewes Building, Admission Day Native Sons Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Davies Theatre, Bank of America Headquarters (One Powell), Flood Building, Humboldt Bank Building with Bank of America signage, Kress, Hale Bros. with KPO radio towers on roof, 4 streetcar tracks. [DPW A2622]
Downtown
Call Building
Elevated view looking northwest across 3rd St. to Market. Call Building, Magee Building with Owl Drug Co., Mutual Savings Bank Building. 450 Sutter Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel in distance.
Downtown
Market between 7th & 8th
View of people lined up at National Hotel during the depression. Mexican Chili, The Crisp Waffle, Wonderland Marquee.
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Mission & 4th
View northeast from Mission Street at 4th to wrecked Market St. Railway (MSRy) 10-Line streetcar #912 after accident.
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Harrison near Vassar Place
View east on Harrison to excavation of portion of Rincon Hill that obstructed the street right of way. A. Fleishhacker and Co. "The Paper Box House" at southeast corner of 2nd and Harrison. At right, 400 2nd St., commercial building with water tank on roof, built 1917. Still stands 2021, though facade has been modernized. [Rincon Hill Job]
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Market near 7th
Premier Theatre. Opened as the Imperial Theatre in 1912, renamed the Premier in 1929, then became the United Artists in May 1931, renamed again as the Market Street Cinema in 1972, Federal (later Aida) Hotel at Right.
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3rd & Harrison
Terminal of the 33-line MSRy #757 - scrapped in 1935, all buildings demolished
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View NW from 3rd & Market
Elevated view northwest from Hearst Building, 3rd and Market. Mutual Savings Bank Building (Bank of Italy), Nob Hill, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Fairmont Hotel
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