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View from Nucleus Bldg

January 1, 1867

[TEH40 T.E. Hecht View from Nucleus Bldg 1867 V-104] Elevated view north from the Nucleus Hotel at southeast corner of Third and Market. Kearny St lower center. The entrance to St. Mark's Place (renamed Morton Street in 1869) is visible just off Kearny Street. The date of this photograph, 1867, was just two years before brothels started colonizing this residential alley. Old St Mary's Church, Grace Church in background. St. Francis of Assisi church in distance right. wnp37.00682 is a cropped version of this image.