Market Street forms the vertebrae of San Francisco. First surveyed in 1847 by Jasper O’Farrell, the boulevard was laid out to provide a transition between two opposing grids. Intended to become the city’s main and widest thoroughfare, it rapidly became the busiest. In the mid 19th century, San Francisco was regarded as the most developed western American outpost of urbanity, sophistication and refinement. By the conclusion of the century, its reputation rivaled many East Coast cities. Market Street became the base for cable car and horse car lines providing service along the local commercial corridor and connections to distant transfer destinations. The 1906 catastrophic San Francisco Earthquake and Fire briefly halted development. During the reconstruction, the Market Street cable car lines would be entirely removed and replaced by electric streetcars. Automobiles would replace streetcars. During the 1970s, the introduction of the subterranean Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) alleviated some of the traffic congestion. This edition is an architectural survey of Market Street’s historical and contemporary buildings accompanied by historical profiles. The narrative begins from the Embarcadero until the Tenderloin district. Architectural Properties Photographed: “Cupid’s Span”, The Embarcadero and Folsom Streets The Embarcadero, Piers 1, 1½, 3 and 5 Hyatt Regency Hotel, 5 Embarcadero Center Robert Frost Memorial Plaque, California and Drumm Landmark Building, 1 Market Federal Reserve Bank Building, 101 Market One California Building, 1 California Mattson Building, 245 Market 101 California Building Pacific Gas and Electric Building, 77 Beale 333 Market Building 388 Market Building Liberty Bell Slot Machine Marker, 406 Market 425 Market Building One Front Building Mechanics Monument, Market at Battery and Bush Central Plaza, 455 Market One Bush Building Battery Bridge Public Art, Between Market and Bush First Market Tower, 525 Market 525 Market Fountain American Trust Bank Building, 532 Market Flat Iron Building, 544 Market 550 Market Building 554 Market Building Patrick & Company, 560 Market Chancery Building, 562-566 Market 570-572 Market Building Market Center Building, 555-575 Market The Finance Building, 576-580 Market 581-585 Market Building Hobart Building, 582 Market 595 Market Building West Coast Life Building, 601-605 Market Building 607-611 Market Building Metropolis Trust Building, 625 Market 44 Montgomery Building California Admission Day Memorial, Market and Montgomery One Montgomery Tower, 120 Kearny One Post Building 652-660 Market Building De Young Building, 690 Market Lotte Crabtree Fountain, Market and Geary and Kearny Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Monadnock Building, 685 Market One Kearny Building Hearst Building, 5 Third Mutual Savings Bank Building, 700-716 Market Central Tower, 701-705 Market 711-713 Market Building 717 Market Building 720 Market Building 721 Market Building 722-742 Market Building Bancroft Building, 731 Market Union Trust Building, 744 Market Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 757-765 Market Savings Union Branch of Security Pacific National Bank, 1 Grant Phelan Building, 760-784 Market Humboldt Saving Bank Building, 785 Market 799 Market Building 2 Stockton Building Hotel Zelos, 12 Fourth James Bong Building, 825-833 Market California Savings Bank Building, 830 Market Parrot Building/The Emporium, 835 Market 838-842 Market Street 856 Market Building James Flood Building, 870 Market Hallidie Plaza, Public Square at Powell Station 901 Market Building One Hallidie Plaza 944 Market Building Bank of America Building, One Powell