Market and Church
Unfinished History
Easterly view on Market at Church, early 1930s. Historic creek re-emerges in heavy rain. The large building in the background was Wiley's Furniture Store. It is now part of the Safeway parking lot.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Same view in May 2010.
Photo: Michael Greene
Market and Church facing northeast, flooding in 1941.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org / wnp32.0012
Market and Church Streets facing northeast, 2023.
Photo: Eihway Su
1942 flooding at Market and Church Streets facing south.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp67.0288
Market and Church Streets facing south, 2023.
Photo: Eihway Su
Market, Church, and 14th Streets, September 14, 1945.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection
Northeast at Market and Church with new U.S. Mint on hill behind, Sept. 14, 1945.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection
Market Street west from Duboce Street with Church at bottom of gulley, Sept. 14, 1945.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection
Market Street west from Dolores Street near Duboce Street, 2023.
Photo: Eihway Su
Market Street east at Duboce, downhill towards the Hub, 1945.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection
Market Street east at Duboce, 2023.
Photo: Eihway Su
Gasoline pump draining water from a lot on Market Street at Duboce, just beneath Mint Hill.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library