The San Francisco call., 1909-11-27

HaHeck street The northeast corner
of Sacramento and Sansome streets is
still vacant, and so is the southeast
corner. These are both large holdings.
With the west line of Sansome street
begin the boundaries of the new in
surance district of San Francisco. The
northwest corner of Sacramento and
Sansome is adorned by the four story
National building of brick construction,
which is Immediately adjoined on the
west line of Sansome by another four
story building. Between Sansome and
Montgomery streets. on the north line
of Sacramento, there is a one story
brick building, three four story brick
buildings and one reinforced concrete
construction six stories high.
On the south line in the same block
stands the Stovell building of three
stories, permanent construction; at Sac
ramento and Leidesdorff streets the
five story brick building known as the
Overland house. and the Italian -Ameri-
can bank building, of stone two stories
in height. The southeast corner of
Sacramento and Leidesdorf is vacant.
and so is the large property formerly
occupied as the site of the Pacific Mu-
tual building at the northeast corner
of Sacramento and Montgomery streets,
but the ground on the last mentioned
lot has been cleared for a permanent
81 ~ hAC VI liiSn tOSl.
THE GENERAL CONDITION.
II is unnecessary to trace in de-
tail every street in the district Streets
that run east and west are generally
in the same condition. They all con-
tain permanent structures that are
handsome and costly improvements.
some brick construction that is low
and unsightly, many vacant lots, and a
number of wooden buildings of tenn
porary construction, the latter of which
viii soon be torn down.
There is no solidly built UP block.
covered exclusively with permanent
buildings, from the north line of Cali
rornia street to a point as far north
as Vallejo street except in Washington
street. There is no street that fails to
have some solid buildings, or one that
fails to have a dozen or more con-
demned shacks
At one place, namely between Leides-
dorff and Sansome streets, the entire
south line of the block is entirely va
cant. There is also one block that is
entirely vacant on all four sides. This
is bounded by Clay, Commercial, San
some and Ieidesdorff streets. Prepara-
tions have been made to build on a
part of this block. There are some
temporary wooden buildings that ex-
tend for the length of the half block
thai are vacant and are evidently wait
| ing to be destroyed. Reinforced con-
crete buildings figure very largely. Five
and six story buildings are common.
In Drumm street between Clay and
Washington the old wood construction
which was occupied by commission
merchants. has been entirely replaced
with brick buildings. Some of the
wooden buildings in the general dis
trict are covered with corrugated iron
in part but that will not save them.
Among the structures is a wooden po-
lice station, occupied by the harbor
police. and wooden building occupied
by the fire department. Clay street has
the same general characteristics as
Sacramento, and the same can be said
OF the most of Washington and OF
Jackson streets.
These are the general characteristics
OF region that offers vast opportuni-
ties in vacant lots, in sites about to be
made vacant by the removal of objec-
tionable buildings and by great ag-
gregation of commercial advantages
and facilities for easy access. Here
activities are beginning in The building
way and development will take place
that will be as phenomenal in fmprov- :
ing the district. in comparison with
former conditions, az. that manifested in
any other part Of San Francisco.