They’ll be closing up the Hyde Street Pier this spring and removing the historic ships for a complete restoration of the pier. It’s projected that the Hyde Street Pier may be closed for as long as three years. I’m sure it needs it and it will be a labor of love, and unlike the Cliff House and Union Square, it probably won’t lose some of its charm after they reopen it. (Thumbnail images)
Hyde Street Pier during the 1960s: Nice shades! (Vintage Everyday)
Fog closes in on the Hyde Street Pier in a Peter Stratmoen picture from 1975.
Somebody got a little mixed up in this travel poster putting the Bay Bridge behind the Hyde Street Pier. (Pinterest)
A slide picture I took in 1985 before the sailing ship, the Balclutha, was moved to the Hyde Street Pier:
A slide picture I took at the foot of the Hyde Street Pier in 1985: I don’t know whose waif that was, but I vaguely remember that I thought it was pretty cool the way she was sitting up on that post just like Huckleberry Finn or something.
Another travel poster by a Picasso wannabe showing the Hyde Street Pier in the background:
An old snapshot photo I took around 1985 of Hyde Street from the top deck of the ferryboat Eureka, docked at the Hyde Street Pier:
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
Taking pictures from the same spots from which they were originally taken is commendable, especially when it involves cable cars in the same positions, but how can boats look like they have been there since the 1960s?! I mean, boat sometimes move, and the chances of parking the same or similar boats in the same positions are pretty slim!