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Downtown Skyline 1961

View northwest from Bay toward downtown buildings. Pier 16 at left, Railway Express Agency Pier, Ferry Building at right, Hobart Building. Embarcadero YMCA, Matson Building, Mark Hopkins, S-P sign on Southern Pacific Building (removed September 1961). International Building (601 California at Kearny) under construction. Embarcadero Freeway.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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