Twin Peaks Improvement Association

Photos/History

The San Francisco Public Library provides online access to the San Francisco History Center of the San Francisco Library. The center has photos of San Francisco over the years. Here’s a selection from the Twin Peaks area.

“View of San Francisco from Twin Peaks”, 1872 [click for a large version]
“View down Market Street from reservoir on Twin Peaks” 1880s [click for a large version]
Cole Valley & Haight, 1892 “Cows grazing in Cole Valley” [click for a large version]
San Francisco, early 1900s “View of San Francisco from Twin Peaks”
Market Street, 1906 “View of Market Street from east slope of Twin Peaks”
Market Street at Clayton, 1918
Market Street, 1921 “Construction of Market Street extension”
Twin Peaks, 1923 “View of east slope of undeveloped streets of Graystone, Crown, Villa & Corbett”
Corbett Avenue, 1923 “Pipe installation on Corbett Avenue”
Twin Peaks, 1924 “view from twin peaks”
Vulcan Stairs, 1925 “Pedestrian stairway along east slope of twin peaks still exists today”
Twin Peaks, 1930s “undeveloped and dotted with farms and pasture”
Clayton & Market Street, date unknown “Clayton Street looking down towards Market, Trolley cars existed at one time on Clayton”
Twin Peaks, 1930 “Plenty of space existed for your sunday drive”
Downtown, 1934 “View down Market Street towards downtown”
Twin Peaks Blvd, 1934 “Construction commences on building a road to the summit”
Sutro Forest, 1934 “A lumber yard and mill existed”
Sutro Forest, 1934 “lumber being cut at the mill”
Sutro Forest, 1934 “wood getting stacked and dried within the forest”
Sutro Forest, 1935 “Cities highest house in Twin Peaks within Sutro Forest at that time”
Twin Peaks Model, 1936 “The Federal Art Project had proposed a cascade on twin peaks”
Twin Peaks, 1941 “View of Golden Gate Bridge from the summit”
View of Bay Bridge & Downtown, 1940s “View of the bridge shortly after its completion”
Tank Hill, 1942 “A view in the distance of Tank Hill, prior to the removal of the water storage tank”
Palo Alto Avenue & Glenbrook, date unknown “A view from the intersection of Palo Alto and Glenbrook Avenue”
Villa Terrace, 1942 “Many roads were unpaved during in the 1940’s”
Villa Terrace, 1942 “Cobblestone retaining walls adorned many roadways”
Pemberton Steps, 1942 “Stairways were developed for easier pedestrian travel. many stairways still remain in the neighborhood”
Apartment Bldg on Villa Terrace, 1942
St. Germain Street, date unknown “Lovely home near the intersection of St. Germain and Glenbrook”
Twin Peaks, 1945 “A view up the hill from 18th & Market Street”
Corbett Avenue, 1948 “One of the last remaining farms on the hill”
Villa Terrace, 1948 “Parking was challenging, even 60 years ago”
Graystone Terrace, 1949
Graystone Terrace, 1949 “Public controversy with Board of Permit Appeals over proposal to build apartment buildings”
Christmas Tree Hill, 1950 “A view of a Christmas tree near twin peaks view summit”
Twin Peaks, 1950’s “A view from Mt Olympus”
Sutro Mansion, 1950s “Sutro Mansion next to KGO TV communications tower”
Crown Terrace, 1952 caption on photo – “Crown Terrace has triumphed. Mrs. Perego’s abandoned auto rests on the dirt road extension from Crown Terrace to her apartment house development. A chain (arrow) shuts off that part of terrace which…”
Twin Peaks,1957 “view from the summit to the north”
Twin Peaks, 1957 ” a southeast view from the summit”
Market Street, 1957 “construction of Upper Market Street to Portola”
Mid-Town Terrace, 1958 “Home construction is underway”
Twin Peaks, 1958 “Aerial view of neighborhoods and Sutro Forest”
Tank Hill, 1961 “City planned to sell lots on Tank Hill. The community opposed this idea and Tank Hill remains today as public open space”
Twin Peaks, 1962 “View of undeveloped Twin Peaks in the distance”
Sutro Tower, 1972 “Construction of the Tower is underway”
Sutro Tower, 1972 “Construction is near completion”
Sutro Tower, 1972 “Construction is completed”

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