Open SF History Photos

View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

View northeast from Twin Peaks Boulevard toward downtown, Bay Bridge, and Yerba Buena Island. Noe Valley, Eureka Valley, Castro Hill in the foreground. Alvarado School at lower right. [Oakland and San Francisco Bridge in distance April 22, 1937]

Noe Valley
Market near Short
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Market near Short

View South (uphill on Market Street under construction for Market Street Extension. some houses on the right still stand. (2019). Stairs and retaining wall have been replaced in a later widening project. [dpw7084] [Market St Ext.]

Eureka Valley
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach. Crowds watching Life Saving Service lifeboat in surf. View north towards Second Cliff House and Seal Rocks.

Ocean Beach
Market near Clayton
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Market near Clayton

View North on Market (then Falcon Avenue, an extension of 18th Street) near Clayton. Streetcar tracks of the 33-line (Joost's SF & SM Electric Railway 18th & Park Line) Two houses at left, now 3276 Market and 3268 - 3270 Market, still stand. The Miller-Joost House, 3224 Market Street SF landmark 79 built 1867, can be seen above the 'Kleeno' advertisment. Tank Hill in the background. [6153 7-28-19 #156-158-160-162 Falcon Ave][dpw6153]

Eureka Valley
Clayton near Corbett
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Clayton near Corbett

Clayton Street looking Northerly towards Corbett, before sidewalks installed, tracks of the 33-line (18th & Park Line) at left.

Eureka Valley
Twin Peaks Boulevard
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Twin Peaks Boulevard

Men, steam shovel, and horses grade roadway. [Twin Peaks road construction][dpw2554]

Clarendon Heights
Laguna Honda Bld
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Laguna Honda Bld

Laguna Honda near Clarendon. West side of Laguna Honda Boulevard. Water Tanks and intake buildings, looking North toward Sutro Forest, with Mt. Sutro in background. Present-day site of Forest Hill Christian Church. Duplicate of wnp36.00325 with slightly different cropping. [dpwbook6 dpw1597]

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda
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Laguna Honda

Clarendon Hall, Laguna Honda Hospital, tennis courts.

Laguna Honda
Laguna Honda
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Laguna Honda

Fence, view from Laguna Honda Blvd and Clarendon

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North on 7th Avenue during road widening. [dpwA1495 Laguna Honda Blvd West Wall Shoring]

Forest Hill
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North on Laguna Honda Boulevard from Clarendon, Completed Blvd.

Forest Knolls
7th Ave & Laguna Honda
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7th Ave & Laguna Honda

View South on Laguna Honda Boulevard, before construction of wall

Forest Knolls
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

Construction of retaining wall on west side of boulevard

Forest Hill
Point Lobos Wave Motor
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Point Lobos Wave Motor

View southwest. North Seal Rock in distance.

Lands End
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

view North from towards Clarendon

Laguna Honda
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North of Laguna Honda Blvd and reservoir from Clarendon Ave. [A2107 Laguna Honda Boulevard ]

Forest Knolls
Laguna Honda Blvd
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Laguna Honda Blvd

View North, construction of retaining wall and widening roadway. [DPW A1496 West Wall Shoring]

Forest Knolls
17th Ave & Kirkham
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17th Ave & Kirkham

Undeveloped hillside at Golden Gate Heights [DPW A821 Kirkham St E from 17th Ave]

Sunset Inner
Market at Corbett
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Market at Corbett

View North, Market Street Extension Project. Corbett (left) intersects with Market Street from right. This section of Market (Now called Cuesta Court) would be bypassed in the 1960s Upper Market Street project by a viaduct occupying the space of the houses on the right. Duplicate of wnp36.02546 [dpw7078 Market St Ext]

Upper Market
Laguna Honda Reservoir
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Laguna Honda Reservoir

View southeast across the reservoir toward Clarendon and Laguna Honda Boulevard. [DPW A3137]

Forest Hill