Western Addition Early 20th Century Life and Work

Unfinished History

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Fillmore Street, c. 1911, when it was the commercial hub of the city. Plans were drawn up in 1912 to tunnel beneath Fillmore Street to the Marina District, but the plan never came to pass. Note the Arches above the street.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

1912 proposed tunnel on fillmore.jpg

Artist's rendition of a 1912 proposal for a tunnel beneath the Fillmore to the Marina.

Fillmore-and-Broadway-1915-PPIE-behind.jpg

Looking north at Fillmore and Broadway, late 1914, Panama Pacific International Exposition under construction in background.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

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