SF Pictures of the Day II

[Charles Pearson]

Yellow and white trimmed Victorian, 1918 15th Street at Dolores

Spanish-American War "First to the Front" statue, erected by cittizens of SF, entrance to Dolores Street at Market

Home of the Miracle Deal, S&C FORD, Market Street at Dolores

Edited July 24, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Market Street Scenes

Treelined Market looking east to the Ferry Building...

Historic Milan Streetcar headed for The Castro...

...looking west with Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower in the distance...

Self-cleaning Public Toilet patterned after public toilets in Paris

Dining, cocktails and live jazz at MECCA SF

Art Deco apartment building and modern Condo building, Market at 14th

Woodhouse Fish Company

Edited July 24, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

The City looking west of Church Street at Market up 14th Street at old St. Josephs and Bunea Vista Park...

[Charles Pearson]

Buena Vista Park Northwest: Overlooking Haight-Ashbury to the Golden Gate...

[Charles Pearson]

...A GIANTS win in the fog last night against the BRAVES w/o Bonds...Magic number: 3

Chronicle Photo by Chris Stewart

Edited July 26, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

In the late afternoon (26 July), fog and partial light views of The City from the rooftop of

our Dolores Street residence:

Doomsday: Twins Peaks & Sutro Tower have disappeared in the fog...

A ray of partial light breaks through and brings hope...

...Neighbors gardens/backyards and a bench no one sits...

A blanket of fog under a patch of blue, Sanchez Street Hill rising in distance of Mission/Dolores...

Dolores Street palms blowing in chilly-greyness...

St. Matthews Lutherean steeple in Mission/Dolores with Bernal Heights in the distance...

Steeple of St. Matthews and Tower of Mission-Dolores Basilica, Dolores at 16th Street

Rooftop of our Dolores Street residence

The neighborhood's uninspired highrise - a 1970s home for Senior Citizens...

...looking down our 1929 built Apt. stairwell to the lobby floor from 3rd floor...

Edited July 27, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Walk in the MISSION

Dolores Park Cafe, 18th Street at Dolores

The Women's Building, 18th Street between Valencia & Gurerrero

Grocery Store, 18th Street between Gurerrero & Dolores

Popular LUNA PARK for dinner or cocktails (narrow interior and very loud), Valencia near 18th Street

Mission Street near 24th Street with Bernal Hts Hill hovering in the distance...

Office Tower, Mission and 23rd Street

old El Captain Theatre, now shops, apts & a parking lot, Mission Street...

The best steaks! and good jazz at BRUNO'S, Mission near 20th...

old New Mission Theatre marquee, now the popular Foreign Cinema restaurant, Mission Street

Edited July 30, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Walk in the Mission, Part II

Mission Street meets hilly Bernal Heights...

Mission Street at 24th Street BART Station

Items for sale on Mission Street...

McDonalds, Mission Street at 24th

Mission Street looking east toward downtown

24th Street between Mission and Valencia

Modern church building, 24th Street at Valencia

Edited July 31, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

One of many produce markets on Mission Street

Heavy fog smothers Diamond Hts, Twin Pks, while sunlight warms The Mission district below, Valencia at 21st Street

CutLoose sells women's clothes, Valencia Street at 24th

Construction Zone: Passageway and Graffiti, Valencia Street (between 22nd and 23rd Street)

Shady side-street off Valencia...

One of a dozen+ Bookstores on Valencia and a small urban park, Valencia Street (between 19th and 20th Streets)

...Logo of Good Vibrations adult "toy" store, Valencia Street at 17th (across from Mission Police Station)

Imposing Mission Police Station, Valencia Street at 17th...

Edited August 1, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Walk in the Mission (continued)

Map of the Mission District

Roxie Theatre, 16th Street near Valencia

16th Street (between Valencia and Guerrero)

Bar Kilowatt, rowdy 49ers Sports bar, 16th Street at Abion Alley

Smokers Ashtray tops trashcan outside of popular Elixier pub, 16th Street at Guerrero (behaved dogs allowed inside)

Body Manipulations, 16th Street (between Guerrero and Dolores)

Body Manipulations window display

Edited August 1, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

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Edited August 7, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

^{Lush Dolores Street (between 16th and 18th Street at the Park)}

[Charles Pearson]

Ferry Plaza at Lunchtime...

The Ferry Building

Inside the remodeled Ferry Building

Ferry Bldg and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill...

Edited August 8, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

The Embarcadero SOUTH...

North of Market Skyline from Pier 14

South of Market Skyline from Pier 14

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge and Fire Station 1 w/ Rescue Boat

Edited August 8, 2007 by Zahc

[Neo]

Amazing photos! I have unfortunately never been to San Francisco but my wife and I keep talking about wanting to go there and spend a week. Thanks for sharing these!

[Charles Pearson]

Bay Bridge and... "Cupid's Span" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, The Embarcadero

Foot of Folsom Street and Bay Bridge (the handsome bridge opened Nov. 12, 1936)

South of Market high-rise homes, Folsom Street

Beale Street looking north into the Financial District

Edited August 9, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

A North Beach "Requirement", espresso & dessert or live music on a Saturday afternoon at Caffe Trieste...

601 Vallejo Street at Grant...

Edited August 10, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Entrance to Chinatown, Grant Street at Bush

Heart of Chinatown, Grant Street near Sacramento

Gone, but not forgotten: Russ Solomon's "TOWER RECORDS" (1960 - 2006), Columbus at Bay, North Beach

Motorbikes and scooters in front of Caffe Trieste, North Beach

Edited August 11, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Scenes from North Beach

Columbus Ave with view of the TransAmerica Pyramid on Montgomery Street in the Financial District...

Map...

Washington Square with view of twin-spired Sts. Peter and Paul Church...

...with view of Coit Tower

View of Russian Hill highrises/homes

Grant Avenue

Live Worms Gallery...

I Dream of Cake...

FlowerStand

Edited August 11, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Downtown

Neiman Marcus, Geary St. at Stockton Street on Union Square

Grant Ave at Geary Street

Grant Ave. (a new department store (???) U/C w/former BofA HQ bldg, now known as 555 California St, in fog & sun)

Grant Ave near Market Street

Contrasting Styles: old Wells Fargo Branch--Grant Ave., & Four Seasons Skyscraper--Market Street

Tall Tower of The Argent Hotel (3rd Street) seen from Grant and Market...

BART's Powell Street Station (my entrance)

BART passengers enrounte to Daly City...

BART's 16th Street Station (my exit)

Dinner & cocktails tonight at Pureto Alegro, Valencia Street...

Edited August 12, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Downtown

Little Boy in Lakers T-Shirt at play in Alley...

Shoppers & lovers...

Maiden Lane...(between Grant & Kearny)

Maiden Lane headed west towards Union Square w/St. Francis Hotel & Towers in the distance on Powell Street

Nob Hill

St. Mary's (circa 1854), California Street at Grant

Abstraction One: 19th Century (St. Mary's Church), California Street

Abstaction Two: 20th Century (Anonymous Office Tower), California Street

Cable car climbing up Nob Hill, California Street

North Beach

Buy "The New York Times" at S&S Grocery...

Rum in window, S&S Grocery...

Bimbo's Nightclub

Church tower & spikes, Vallejo & Grant

The Embarcadero

Fog City Diner, Embarcadero near Broadway Street

Edited August 13, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

The Castro District

A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro Street

Sanchez Street...

16th and Dolores Street

The Financial District

Fog over 555 California Street Skyscraper

Kearny and Pine Streets at 555 California Building Plaza

Pine Street...

Edited August 14, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Amazing photos! I have unfortunately never been to San Francisco but my wife and I keep talking about wanting to go there and spend a week. Thanks for sharing these!

You and your wife might find San Francisco difficult to leave after a just week, the very way I did on vacation here twenty-four years ago. I was young and restless then; a rebel who simply wanted to be 3,000 away from "his" parents/family influence. But that was then & I've grown somewhat. Still, SF is an one of easiest towns to live in. Practically every neighborhood feels like a separate village with its own little downtown...

I love this site, other cities and other places...but SF is home. I enjoy sharing it because I've fallen in love with it all over again...Too, posting & sharing here is rather enjoyable and lot less stressful than 50 hours of non-stop work at the place that pays my bills...

Edited August 14, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]

Edited August 16, 2007 by Zahc

[Charles Pearson]