This is the corner of Sutter and Kearny (not Montgomery and Market) looking west up Sutter. Strangely enough, every building in the photo still survives.

I was just on this corner about a half hour before I saw the image. It actually looks pretty much the same, as far as the environment goes--the alien light isn't there any longer, but the decorative lamppost behind it is, and many of the building façades are still there. (Though the "Goldberg Bowen" sign is not.) Very interesting detail about the fire hydrant, StanF!

One of the papers on the rack is the Call Bulletin - an afternoon publication - my brother and I used to sell the Bulletin after school on Hwy 101 and Leland Ave in the early 50's...

The lights are kind of creepy; they remind me of the Sleestak from Land of the Lost.

The third newspaper on the left side, folded, is the PEOPLE'S WORLD, a daily West Coast publication of the Communist Party. It's top story reads, "Text of the President's War Message to Congress." It would be interesting to see what their actual headline read.

[From another exposure in the series: "U.S. War Declaration Voted". - tterrace]

I thought an alien was photo-bombing the picture by hanging upside down in the upper left-hand corner, but I turned it right-side up and it turned out to be a headless alien bust.

Has a large iron knob on the top to secure the horses to during a fire. SF still has many of these in place.