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View from Coit Tower Aug 15, 1959

View southwest to Nob Hill over North Beach and Chinatown. 450 Sutter and Sir Francis Drake Hotel in distance left. On Nob Hill, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with single bell tower. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. in front of Grace Cathedral completed in 1958. In right distance, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). St. Francis of Assisi Church below center.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

View from Coit Tower View from Coit Tower

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