Explore the 12 photos below from a decade that was both whimsical and tragic.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp25.1599.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n According to the <\/span>SFGate<\/span><\/a>, Diamond Palace, pictured above, \u201cwas a San Francisco institution that traced its origins back to 1850 when it catered to miners and other pioneers who had struck it rich in the Gold Rush.\u201d The family-owned business closed in 1990, and now the San Francisco Shopping Center has taken its place. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp25.1719.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Golden Gate Theater opened in 1922 as a vaudeville house, but had fallen\u00a0into disrepair by the early 1970s. When the above photo was taken, it had recently been restored. The theater has hosted many Broadway shows, such as “<\/span>Rent<\/span>,” “<\/span>Sweeney Todd”<\/span>\u00a0and “<\/span>Hairspray.”<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp25.1604.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Built in 1892, Hibernia Bank is one of the longest-standing buildings in San Francisco, and is recognized as a historic landmark. It was very recently\u00a0<\/span>renovated and reopened<\/span><\/a>, with Hillary Clinton leading the first public event after the\u00a0reopening. It had been empty since 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp25.0316.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Balboa Park Station has serviced many Daly City and South Bay residents since it opened in 1973.<\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Doggie Diner<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Doggie Diner was a fast food chain whose outlets each came with\u00a0a\u00a0seven-foot-tall statue of a dog\u2019s head with a chef\u2019s cap on top of a pole. Though the chain is now closed, just this year the dog\u2019s head at Sloat Boulevard and 45th Avenue became San Francisco\u2019s 254th designated landmark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>HG Wilshire for the US Geological Survey<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n The collapse of the Cypress Street\u00a0Viaduct in nearby Oakland during the Loma Prieta earthquake caused the disaster’s\u00a0highest number of fatalities, amounting to 42 deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Janet Delaney<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n The following photos are from Janet Delaney\u2019s celebrated “South of Market” series, which was <\/span>displayed at\u00a0the De Young Museum<\/span><\/a> in 2015. Her photos are especially relevant considering how drastically SOMA, or South of Market, has changed since the tech boom. Above\u00a0a policeman is shown writing a ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Janet Delaney<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n This Greyhound Bus Station was previously located on 7th Street between Mission Street and Market Street. Now you can find it on Folsom Street between Beale Street and Main Street.<\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Janet Delaney<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Pictured are longtime neighbors at a SOMA intersection. This spot is still a parking lot, but the surrounding shops are now upscale restaurants and bars.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Janet Delaney<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n During the 1980s, San Francisco’s\u00a0Financial District saw a major boom in skyscrapers as Mayor Dianne Feinstein lifted height restrictions. Locals becoming aggravated and led what was labeled the \u201cskyscraper revolt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span><\/i>Janet Delaney <\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\nMarket Street and 5th Street, 1985<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGolden Gate Theater, 1980<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHibernia Bank, 1980<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nBalboa Park MUNI yard, 1980<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nDoggie Diner at Mission Street, ca. 1980s<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nDestruction from the Loma Prieta earthquake in Oakland, 1989<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nHoward Street near 6th Street, 1980<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nGreyhound Bus Station, 1982<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nLangton Street and Folsom Street, 1981<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n2nd Street and Market Street, 1986<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nView of the Financial District from SOMA, 1980<\/h2>\n
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