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These are beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting. What I find interesting of them, is how little has changed. This could practically be taken now, perhaps repl

These are beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting. What I find interesting of them, is how little has changed. This could practically be taken now, perhaps replacing those kids with some programmers... One thing people may not realize, one of the most beutiful areas of SF, the waterfront by the ferry building, used to have a huge multi-level highway. Now it's one of the best looking areas of the City.

jonknee 10y ago
> What I find interesting of them, is how little has changed. This could practically be taken now, perhaps replacing those kids with some programmers... One of the main reasons it's such an unaffordable place to live, they haven't built nearly enough.
exodust 10y ago
In this photo I don't see overhead power lines for the tram: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAADpw/bvPqIZrdDI04RQA_B1bloNfkG-QCHsHOwCLcB/s1600/San%2BFrancisco%252C%2B1940s-50s%2B%25286%2529.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAAD... Does this mean trams only went downhill on this particular road? Or were they powered some other way? Other photos show overhead wires.
- stormbrew 10y ago
  That'd be a cable car, I think. It's pulled along by a cable embedded in the middle 'rail', afaik.
  - exodust 10y ago
    Ah, of course. Thanks.
  - bluejekyll 10y ago
    Yeah, that middle "rail" is the underground cable. I don't recognize the street, but that doesn't mean much. There were a bunch of cable car lines that were removed, we now have three left: https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html It looks like most were removed in the 40's, and 50's https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html
- avisser 10y ago
  I believe that is the cable-car line.
pizzetta 10y ago
"Bullitt" has some nice scenes of that area as well as others in SF as McQueen chased the hitmen all over the place, including visitation valley, Guadalupe canyon road and some in the marina, etc.

jonknee 10y ago

> What I find interesting of them, is how little has changed. This could practically be taken now, perhaps replacing those kids with some programmers... One of the main reasons it's such an unaffordable place to live, they haven't built nearly enough.

exodust 10y ago

In this photo I don't see overhead power lines for the tram: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAADpw/bvPqIZrdDI04RQA_B1bloNfkG-QCHsHOwCLcB/s1600/San%2BFrancisco%252C%2B1940s-50s%2B%25286%2529.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PgZkW7hgkro/WHPMo2nxx7I/AAAAAAAAD... Does this mean trams only went downhill on this particular road? Or were they powered some other way? Other photos show overhead wires.

stormbrew 10y ago
That'd be a cable car, I think. It's pulled along by a cable embedded in the middle 'rail', afaik.
- exodust 10y ago
  Ah, of course. Thanks.
- bluejekyll 10y ago
  Yeah, that middle "rail" is the underground cable. I don't recognize the street, but that doesn't mean much. There were a bunch of cable car lines that were removed, we now have three left: https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/routes.html It looks like most were removed in the 40's, and 50's https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html https://www.sfcablecar.com/history.html
avisser 10y ago
I believe that is the cable-car line.

pizzetta 10y ago

"Bullitt" has some nice scenes of that area as well as others in SF as McQueen chased the hitmen all over the place, including visitation valley, Guadalupe canyon road and some in the marina, etc.