It's always interesting to see what the passage of time can do. This block looked so much nicer 80 years ago, 1562 California Street, San Francisco, taken in 1945. Golden Gate Undertakers is now Nob Hill Mall. Betty's Cafe is now Cordon Bleu, a Vietnamese restaurant (!) And back then, there was no graffiti. (Color photo is a screenshot from Google Earth.)
I love these "then and now" comparisons; thanks for tracking that one down @Nancy123!
It's always interesting to see what the passage of time can do. This block looked so much nicer 80 years ago, 1562 California Street, San Francisco, taken in 1945. Golden Gate Undertakers is now Nob Hill Mall. Betty's Cafe is now Cordon Bleu, a Vietnamese restaurant (!) And back then, there was no graffiti. (Color photo is a screenshot from Google Earth.)
Betty's Cafe is now Cordon Bleu, a Vietnamese restaurant (!)
This is a great thread.
Thank you for posting these great photos!
My grandfather in the early 1950's would turn the wheels in, put it in reverse and finally pull the handbrake on.
If you go to Google Street View, you can click through almost 20 years of captures of this little stretch of road. It's almost like watching something decay.
Might be a reflection of the ~100 years of colonial rule that the French imposed on Vietnam.
Possibly?
Delger Building on facade of lower right in photo...
It may be the same as this building:
Interesting contrast with the 1940's work. The older stuff needed to get a lot in a small space (wartime/post-war materials) and document things/events, while the 1960's had far more space to use for illustration.
National Shirt Shops Coast to Coast, San Francisco, in the 1940s.
Anyone know where this was located? I don't have the street names available. I'd like to see what's there now on Google Streets.
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