Embarcadero from Bay
Telegraph Hill and Pier 29 viewed from boat on the bay.
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View from Coit Tower
View west to Russian Hill and Columbus Avenue. Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large 'Lyon' sign on roof on Stockton, near Green at lower left. Washington Square and Ss. Peter & Paul Church in foreground. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church on Broadway near Mason at far left center.
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View from Telegraph Hill
Elevated view north from eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, over Embarcadero to Alcatraz/Angel Island, Mt. Tamalpais background left. Trucks at loading dock in foreground, boxcars at railway siding at right. Balclutha at left. Warehouse building with loading dock is 150 Francisco, redone as Wharf Plaza subsidized housing in the 1980's.
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View SW from Coit Tower
View southwest over Chinatown and North Beach to Nob Hill, Mt. Sutro in background. In left and center distance, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with one bell tower. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. in front of Grace Cathedral completed in 1958. Clay-Jones Apartments, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). Behind 1360 Jones, Comstock Apartments (completed 1961) is under construction. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway and Mason, at center right, St. Francis of Assisi Church at lower left. Washington Square lower right. Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large Lyon sign on roof on Stockton, near Green. Russian Hill at right.
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View from Coit Tower
View from Telegraph Hill to Embarcadero and the bay, Piers 35, Pier 33 (center), Pier 31, Pier 29. Seawall Warehouse, built in 1853, demolished in 1969, originally built as the North Point Dock Warehouse
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View from Coit Tower
View from Coit Tower to Russian Hill, Twin Peaks
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Pier 23
Ferry Boat viewed from hilltop overlooking Pier 3
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View from Telegraph Hill
Looking northwest. Marin Headlands, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Embarcadero, Mt. Tamalpais. Circular area at center at foot of Powell Street is site of former gasometer (gas holding tank).
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View from Telegraph Hill
View west over North Beach towards Russian Hill and Golden Gate Bridge.
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View from Telegraph Hill
View north from Coit Tower towards Bay, Alcatraz, Angel Island and Marin. At right 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
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Night view from bay [After dark from offshore, San Francisco's skyline is a sparkling necklace reflected in the deep blue of the bay. Telegraph Hill, capped by Coit Tower and framed by the lacy network of the Bay Bridge, looms above the Embarcadero]
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Financial District
View south from Telegraph Hill over downtown to Portrero Hill in Distance. Shell, Crown Zellerbach, Alaska Commercial, J. Harold Dollar, Standard Oil, Pacific Telephone, Equitable, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Russ Building, Hunter-Dulin Building. Wells Fargo Building (464 California) under construction.
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View from Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge & SOMA, looking southeast; Southern Pacific Building (S-P Sign removed August 1961) Fife and Matson Buildings with large electric signs atop. Embarcadero Freeway at left. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at right. Embarcadero Freeway at left.
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View from Telegraph Hill
Bay Bridge & SOMA, looking southeast; Southern Pacific Building (S-P Sign removed August 1961) Fife and Matson Buildings with large electric signs atop. Embarcadero Freeway at left. Bethlehem Steel Corp. Building / 100 California (1960, Welton D. Becket architect) at right. Embarcadero Freeway at left.
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View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest to Nob Hill, Comstock Apartments (completed 1961) under construction, Mt. Sutro in background. Spires of Guadalupe Church, Broadway and Mason, at bottom right. At left, Clay-Jones Apartments, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928).
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Montgomery near Green
View south on Montgomery between Green and Vallejo. 1955-58 Volkswagen Beetle at left.
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Montgomery & Vallejo
Looking down toward Broadway, wider view.
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Vallejo near Montgomery
Vallejo St. west of Montgomery. Steep street, paved with concrete.
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Genoa Place
View south from Filbert toward downtown.
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Union near Montgomery
View west to Russian Hill. Trees at center are on south side of Washington Square. 330-334 Union on right with tiled roofs on rounded bays.
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