Seriously, there is so much to explore in this photo. The Embarcadero Freeway, The rise of the Transamerica Pyramid, A lonely Twin Peaks with no Sutro Tower, the railyards of Mission Bay and much more!
[Photo by Bruce Steinberg via Brad Templeton]
23 Responses to “I can’t stop looking at this 1971 panorama from the top of the Bay Bridge”
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Actually +1000 now that I click through to the pic.
Awesome.
Killer!
Do NOT NOT NOT miss the abomination that was the Embarcadero freeway. However, this photo does show the formerly clean skyline view coming off the bay bridge before the One Rincon Hill development ruined it.
Everything was better before, amirite?
Especially before we were born.
Actually, Richard started his comment by saying the Embarcadero is better now.
This is totally true.
However, driving on that abomination was so fucking awesome. Whoosh whoosh like a roller coaster wedged in between hi-rises.
Sweaty and half-drunk, bombing down Broadway after a night in the mosh pit and then bam onto that roller coaster. I look at 16 year old kids today and feel sorry for them.
whoa, what the hell is that huge tower that appears to be near Cesar Chavez and Pennsylvania?
Natural gas storage tank, I think.
Yes, a Gasometer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder
Cesar Chavez? That’s Army Street.
Note also Embarcadero Center buildings under construction, with some of the last holdout buildings from the old SF Produce Market just to north of the EC’s open pit. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
If you zoom in enough, you can see Lt. Mike Stone and Inspector Steve Keller in an unmarked Galaxie 500 pursuing a felon down the Embarcadero…
You guys should probably watch some of my movies.
This was what I saw when I first came here in 1972, thank you for this awesome picture.
Enhance…
I can see Dolores Park, can you?
Bitchin
I grew up in 1970′s San Francisco/Bay Area. This is the SF that I remember most. I also grew up watching the Streets of San Francisco when I was a kid. It’s comfort TV to me and a SF that I felt deeply…
I also do not miss the Embarcadero/Central Freeway but it was a great Broadway off ramp when driving to the ‘Fab Mab’ for punk shows back in the 80′s. My office building was already built (44 Montgomery) when this was taken…
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