Before and After Muni Sightings with OldSF
A closeup of the old building on California and Hyde:
The superintendent checks out the fleet in the barn.
We found some more examples — see if you can spot some familiar landmarks.
At Embarcadero and Market today:
Embarcadero and Market in 1954:
Or how about this, on Fifth and Mission?
Today:
Fifth and Mission in 1955:
We have a ton of old timey Muni ephemera over at Muni Time Capsule too. Check it out or share your own story and photos in the time capsule with us.
The first Street View picture is looking in the wrong direction, the California & Hyde cable car barn was at the southwest corner of the intersection, where Cala is
Hi. Actually, your top picture, at California and Hyde, isn’t a match. The old picture is of the southwest corner (where Cala Foods is now, occupying both the old California Street Cable Railway Co. powerhouse and car barn on California AND Hyde, and the turreted building you show nestled in between the two parts of the carbarn on the corner.
The new picture is of the Northeast corner. Back in the day those two turreted buildings catty-corner across the intersection from each other must have been interesting.
Great shots, though.
Thanks, Rick. Does it look better now?
That’s it. Little known fact: many of the current supermarket sites in SF were once streetcar barns. Their demise in the late 40s-early 50s coincided with the arrival of big-footprint grocery stores, and there were few large enough parcels available.