Enjoying a relatively calm Veterans Day in Downtown San Francisco: In a few more weeks it will be Black Friday and this area will look similar to the Oklahoma Land Rush!
Lefty O’Doul’s on Geary Blvd. from Union Square in the 1970’s:
It’s a rare day when there are more people waiting to board a cable car in the 1940’s at the Powell Street cable turntable than there were today!
The corner of Powell and Geary Streets in 1948:
Market Street at Powell with the Flood Building on the left just after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire: Buildings were being blown up to prevent the spread of the fire. The crowned Cal Building on the right, a survivor of the disaster as well as the Flood Building, is behind the dome roofed Humboldt Building built after the earthquake.
Chinatown will get its share of holiday shoppers as well in a few weeks.
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
I’m still amazed at how some of our oldest buildings are still there and look exactly the same — and not only that, they look pretty damn good for their age! 🙂
Well said, Jon!