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They’ve been out-of-date for over a hundred years, but it’s good to see the cable cars back running again. I went over there this week to take advantage of the free cable car rides throughout all of August. Incidentally, the title to this post comes from Judy Garland’s knock-out version of the song ‘San Francisco’. … Read more “Perpendicular, hanging on a cable car”

These are updates I’ve done of vintage pictures taken at the five remaining cable car terminuses. “They’re not trolleys!!!” The Downtown San Francisco map here, from OrangeSmile.com, shows the routes of the three remaining cable car lines in the smaller orange dashes. The orange circled C, PM, PH are at the beginning and ending destinations … Read more The five terminuses

Well, maybe not out of focus, but the clarity of these vintage pictures from the Sixties could be a little sharper, They’re still interesting to look at though. (Thumbnail images) The Hyde Street Pier: Love those sun glasses. “We mean no harm to your planet!” (Vintage Everyday) The cable car turnaround at Bay and Taylor … Read more Out of focus in the 1960s (For the Maritime National Park crew at the Hyde Street Pier)

Rounding out my trilogy of San Francisco’s three most famous hills, I visited Russian Hill yesterday. (Thumbnail images) I took Muni #45 up to Hyde Street, and walked one block north to Filbert Street, seen here in the 1920s. I’ve taken many visitors for a car ride down this portion of the block between Hyde … Read more Russian Hill revisited, 2023

Sometimes, it’s just a big cartoon city for kids. (Thumbnail images)   They say the Cliff House is going to reopen later this year, but it won’t be called the Cliff House. They view of Seal Rocks from behind the Cliff House: The view from Coit Tower: Columbus is on the outs now because he … Read more ‘This is San Francisco’

I took another ride on the cable car line they used to call the ‘Hyde Street Grip’ on Friday; it’s always one of the best attractions in town. North Beach to Tenderloin, over Russian Hill, the grades are something giddy, and the curves are fit to kill! All the way to Market Street, climbing up … Read more Another ride along the ‘Hyde Street Grip’

I don’t usually sneak out of the office on a rainy day, but there’s something beautiful about San Francisco in the rain sometimes, especially if it’s a warm rain that’s not uncomfortable. (Thumbnail images) Jefferson and Taylor Streets at Fisherman’s Wharf, seen in the 1960s in the vintage photo: One of my favorite pictures of … Read more A rain delay (from work)

Remembering Fred Lyon, the master photographer who died last month: I get a kick out of duplicating his picture locations, but you can sure tell who the artist was. (Thumbnail images) The old Jones Street cable car line at Jones and O’Farrell Streets in the Tenderloin: The Filbert Street drop, between Hyde and Leavenworth: Green … Read more Fred Lyon

Keeping with the theme of revisiting some of my favorite locations again for the first time in 2023, after hundreds of previous visits, I chugged up Nob Hill yesterday, or I should say, the cable car I took chugged up Nob Hill. (Thumbnail images) Looking down California Street from Mason in 1963, based on the … Read more Nob Hill revisited, 2023 (For Pouya)

All of these updates, except the black and white California and Sansome one, I did during the last week of October. The weather was perfect; “Second Summer” weather, in what used to be called an “Indian Summer”, made for a pleasant wrap up of my October, 2022 posts. The last update I did on November … Read more Segue to November, 2022