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View from Coit Tower

January 1, 1944

View southwest to Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with completed bell tower. In center distance Clay-Jones Apartments, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large Moving sign on roof on Stockton, near Green at lower right. At lower left, St. Francis of Assisi Church. At center, far right, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church, Broadway near Mason. (Ansco Color transparency)