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Embarcadero & Commercial circa 1956

Elevated view west up Commercial Street. Muni 8-Line trolley bus #741 and 55-Line #0289 diesel bus in foreground. Exposition Fountain, Harbor Coffee Shop, Golden Cafe. On horizon, from left, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Brocklebank Apartments, original Federal Reserve Bank, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955. Area in foreground demolished and now site of Embarcadero Center.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Embarcadero & Commercial Embarcadero & Commercial

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