In two previous posts I wrote about a Facebook Page that I’m a member of entitled San Francisco Remembered. Group members post pictures from San Francisco’s past that are of interest to them, or they may actually post interesting pictures from their own photo collection. I’ve posted a few of my own pictures on their page. Last fall, I did a few update comparison pictures of some of the vintage photos posted by group members. I’ll post a few of them along with the first name of the group members who contributed the vintage pictures. Also, San Francisco Remembered is a great reference page for use in identifying locations in San Francisco that someone (like me) may be trying to find. I’ll include two links after my pictures of posts on my website where San Francisco group members guided me to San Francisco locations that I couldn’t find by myself. (Thumbnail images)
Market Street at Kearny, 1969: American Savings covered up the old Chronicle Building to modernize it back then and in 1999, Lotta’s Fountain was moved back to its original spot and restored to its original size. (Leilani M.)
Pier 23 on the Embarcadero; the vintage picture looks like it was taken during the 1970s. This is a great place to stop for lunch now. (Henry B.)
Market Street at Mason in 1974: I just went there to see if the same lamppost is still there. (Leilani M.)
Union Square in the 1990s, the decade that .coms came into everybody’s life: (Ray M.)
Kearny Street, looking north toward the Bank of America Building in 1974: Ah, B. Dalton Bookseller! They had stores all over back then, and you could find great books on anything from Hollywood films to World War Two to San Francisco, or my favorite subject, quantum mechanics. (Leilani M.)
Grant Avenue at Clay Street, also during the 1990s: “Excuse me, I’m looking for Chinatown. Could it be behind all of those signs and banners?” (Ray M.)
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
I still catch myself comparing the Canary Island date palms of Union Square.