wnp27.6056

View from the Fairmont

May 15, 1963

View east to Ferry Building, Bethlehem Steel HQ (100 California), Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), International Building, Shell Building, Russ Building, Alexander Building, Standard Oil Building, Equitable Building. Old St Mary's Church and Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (later Ritz-Carlton) at bottom, Bay Bridge.

Location

843-881 Powell St, 94108

Nob Hill

Keywords

Artifact

Date Added: January 17, 2018
Contributor: Courtesy of a Private Collector

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

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