Downtown -Market Street runs at a slant across the City; it makes 45-degree angles with streets lying north of it, and right angles with streets lying south.
Market Street
One thinks of high-rise San Francisco lying north of Market Street. Actually, it lies along Market, extending a few blocks north and south. Slightly more of it is probably located north of Market, on Montgomery and the streets east of there. But every large American city has a high-rise "wall," which looks like every other city. We show here a photo of San Francisco's wall looking down Market Street just to prove that it exists.
Of course with San Francisco's high rises, one still gets street car islands.
What distinguishes Market Street is its triangular cross section buildings on the north side of the street, because of the street's slant with respect to the prevailing grid on that side of the street. And several Beaux Arts beauties are located on the south side of the street, such as the Palomar Hotel. This was a principal street long before 1906, and it shows no sign of losing its commercial vitality at the turn of the 21st century. However, what you do see here was either built or rebuilt after 1906. No building on Market Street this side of Gough (about one mile west of the photos) survived the fire except for the Ferry Building.
Market Street continues on the next page.
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End of the line for the
Powell Street cable cars.
Hallidie Plaza at foot of
Powell Street looking toward Nob Hill. A cable car turntable
is located here.
The Crabtrees of Old
San Francisco
The Market Street "wall" looking west from Battery
and a place to catch the street car.
We interrupt this Web page
for a
GM commercial in progress.
Phelan Building (1908)
760 Market at O'Farrell
Emporio Armani, 1
Grant Ave at Market
Flood Building - Rebuilt
after 1906.
Market at Powell (Hallidie
Plaza)
The Gap wasn't present when
James Flood was alive.
Mechanics
Monument