Open SF History Photos

Market near Corbett
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Market near Corbett

Market extension East from Corbett. View approximately from the present-day intersection of Corbett and Cuesta. Cuesta Court was originally part of Grand View Avenue and then Market Street, until it was bypassed by a viaduct in the 1960s. All of the houses adjacent to Market Street in this view were demolished during subsequent widening projects. [dpwbook19 dpw4356]

Upper Market
Forest Hill Station
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Forest Hill Station

Laguna Honda Station (aka Forest Hill Station) on Twin Peaks Tunnel under construction. [Forest Hill Station dpwbook19 dpw4357]

Forest Hill
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

Construction. Tunnel Interior, Center looking easterly. Last of core nearly removed. [dpwbook19 dpw4358]

Dolores Park
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Dolores Park

Mission Park, J-Church J-Line dedication. View northwest across park. [dpwbook20 dpw4573]

Mission Dolores
Ord & Market
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Ord & Market

View west to 160 Ord (Tank Hill, background left) between the start of construction of the Twin Peaks Tunnel and the Market Street Extension. Market Street now continues past the left side of this house, and the three buildings in the left background fronting on Hattie Street were demolished when it was extended. [dpwbook19 dpw4352]

Eureka Valley
Market at Ord
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Market at Ord

Market Street Extension, View west from Ord street between 18th and Corbett. This view is from the current westbound lane of Market Street and was taken as a survey for the extension in the middle of the proposed right of way. Backyard at right is in back of 160 Ord. The three left-center buildings were demolished for the extension. The two houses on the right, 29-31 Hattie and 35 Hattie, were demolished after a 2016 fire. (see wnp36.01586 for the view from Hattie Street) [dpwbook19 dpw4353]

Eureka Valley
Market near Romain
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Market near Romain

Upper Market (then Falcon) near Romain. 427 Falcon on right of way [dpwbook19 dpw4354]

Eureka Valley
Market near Romain
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Market near Romain

Market Street Extension, 3 homes on the southeast corner of Falcon (later Market) and Romain, 401, 407, and 411 Falcon Avenue. These home were either demolished or moved for the widening and extension of Market Street.[dpwbook19 dpw4355]

Eureka Valley
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

Construction. Tunnel Interior, View west at Center of tunnel. Removing last of core. [dpwbook19 dpw4359]

Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Portals of the Past, 1906 earthquake and fire monument near Lloyd Lake. Columns from the entrance to the Alban Towne Mansion on Nob Hill, destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Portals moved to Golden Gate Park in 1909. [3/1/26 P-13 Portals of the Past]

Golden Gate Park
Mariposa near Carolina
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Mariposa near Carolina

Mariposa between Carolina and Arkansas. Man measuring the unpaved rock-strewn street, possibly for grading purposes? Jackson Playground with clubhouse in original location in background .[dpwbook19 dpw4428]

Potrero Hill
Mariposa near Vermont
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Mariposa near Vermont

View East on Mariposa from Vermont. Houses on Rhode island on right. The cliff at right was excavated for homes by the mid 1920s [dpwbook19 dpw4429]

Potrero Hill
Carolina & Mariposa
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Carolina & Mariposa

View Southeast from the corner of Carolina and Mariposa. Western Pacific Railroad Tracks; Jackson Playground on left. [dpwbook19 dpw4431]

Potrero Hill
Mariposa near Carolina
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Mariposa near Carolina

View east on Mariposa between Carolina and Arkansas. Jackson Playground on left in its original location in the middle of the block. [dpwbook19 dpw4431]

Potrero Hill
Civic Center Demolition
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Civic Center Demolition

Fulton Street, just east of Hyde. View Northeast, Crews working on Fulton Street. Argyle Apartments 146 McAllister, YMCA, St. Boniface Church in background. [dpwbook19 dpw4433]

Civic Center
Innes near Fitch
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Innes near Fitch

Hunters Point Boulevard Project, View west on Innes Avenue between Fitch (now Aurelious Walker) and Griffith. Steamshovel excavating and grading Innes Avenue. [dpwbook19 dpw4438]

Hunters Point
Innes near Hawes
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Innes near Hawes

View east on unpaved and ungraded Innes Avenue from Hawes and the current intersection of Hunters Point Boulevard. First house at right is 967 Innes, built 1917, which still stands in 2020. Hunters Point Boulevard Project. [dpwbook19 dpw4439]

Hunters Point
Innes near Fitch
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Innes near Fitch

View west on unpaved Innes Avenue between Fitch (now Aurelious Walker) and Griffith. Men hand grading and widening Innes, by first digging a ditch. Two Saloons on the north side of Innes. India Basin in the background right. [dpwbook19 dpw4440]

Hunters Point
Innes near Aurelious Walker
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Innes near Aurelious Walker

View east toward Hunters Point, Men hand grading and widening Innes Avenue between Griffith and Fitch (now Aurelius Walker) by first digging a ditch. Hunters Point Boulevard Project. [dpwbook19 dpw4441]

Hunters Point
Innes near Griffith
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Innes near Griffith

View east on Innes near Griffith. Mule teams and workers grading Innes Avenue. Albion Brewery (SFLandmark 60), built 1870 at right. [dpwbook19 dpw4442]

Hunters Point