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View from Coit Tower Jun 1953

View southwest to Nob Hill over North Beach and Chinatown. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels. Brocklebank, Park Lane Apartments, Grace Cathedral with single bell tower, Cathedral Apartments behind. In center distance, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect 1928). At bottom left, St. Francis of Assisi Church. At bottom right, Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large Lyon sign on roof, on Stockton near Green. Far right center, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church on Broadway near Mason.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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