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Intertitle: "Panorama from Grand Ave." The correct name is
Grant Avenue and the panorama was actually filmed almost a block
southwest of Grant on Market Street near the Stockton and Ellis
streets intersection.
The
first part of the segment is a right-to-left (northeast-to-west) pan. The second part is
a slow, close-up pan moving left-to-right, of a ruined lot on the
west side of Stockton Street north of Ellis Street. This site is
also seen in the background near the end of the first pan in the
segment.
Bicycle and pedestrian traffic on Market Street reflects the lack of
public transportation before the beginning of streetcar service on
May 1, 1906.
The
Call Building tower at 3rd and Market streets rises behind the
Sorensen Jewelers Building. Beyond the Call Building are the
Monadnock Building and the Palace Hotel.
A film
assistant directs pedestrians out of the camera view.
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The
Mutual Savings Bank at Market and Kearny Streets is seen.
The
view is of the rear wall of the elegant City of Paris Department
Store, rebuilt on the site and now the location of
Neiman-Marcus.
The
unfinished frame of the Butler Building, now I. Magnin
department store, is seen along Stockton Street at Geary Street,
across from the City of Paris building.
The
St. Francis Hotel and adjacent Alexander Hotel (left) rise in
the background. Pedestrians are seen on Stockton Street and a work
crew is busy in a lot across the street (see below).
The
camera points up Ellis Street. The Flood Building stands on
the left at Powell Street. The pan then drifts back up to Stockton
Street.
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