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Teardown, Original Transbay Terminal
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Bus Overpass
Two years earlier, the old bus overpass into the Transbay Terminal had been augmented by this new overpass. Now, both the old and new were being torn down together. This was a high priority because they passed through the Temporary Transbay Terminal and prevented its completion.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:34:10 Saturday 21 August 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7697 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Overpass On The Ground
Across Howard Street from the Temporary Transbay Terminal the old overpass had been torn down and part of it lay on top of leftover rubble.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:34:37 Saturday 21 August 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7700 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Temporary Transbay Terminal Behind
The Temporary Transbay Terminal could be seen behind the demolition of the old bus-overpass. The top of the elevated roadway was removed first, then the legs were demolished.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:35:16 Saturday 21 August 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7701 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Overpass Over Beale
A wide overpass used to cross over Beale Street. Here, the original roadway had been removed. Next the horizontal trusses would be removed, and lastly the concrete uprights.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:34:16 Wednesday 15 September 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7714 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Massive Pile Of Rebar
Rebar and other steel recyclables were piled at the base of the old overpass uprights.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:44:36 Wednesday 15 September 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7717 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Steel Spider Web
Bits of concrete still clung to the rebar exposed after the roadway was demolished. Like bits of leaves or insects caught in a spider's web.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:44:54 Wednesday 15 September 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7719 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Demolition Machine
A large and powerful yellow machine gathered bundles of reclaimed rebar and moved them to a common pile for later collection.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 14:45:05 Wednesday 15 September 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCX_7720 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Overpass Gone
The old Fremont Street offramp in the distant next block used to rise again to an overpass here. That overpass had been removed and became a pile of rubble at the left of this image.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:26:02 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2756 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Temporary Transbay Terminal Completed
The overpasses had been removed from this corner of the Temporary Transbay Terminal with allowed it to compete construction.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:27:23 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2757 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Overpass Became Rubble
The old overpass that led into the Transbay Terminal had been reduced to a pile of rubble.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:28:58 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2762 Add a comment or report a mistake
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View Across Beale
The view looking across Beale Street at where the old overpass continued into the old Transbay Terminal. In the distance one could still see the waiting area were buses were once boarded.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:31:00 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2766 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Rubble Among High-rises
Symbolic of the old giving way for the new. A former overpass riser beaten into submission. The last century about to be forced to bow before the next century.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:31:13 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2767 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Beale Street Bar And Grill Moved
The Beale Street Bar And Grill had to shut down because it was in the way of new construction. Here was the view through it after demolition. It was torn down in 2010 and will reopen in a new nearby location in 2011.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Beale Street at Howard Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:32:01 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2770 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Transbay Terminal
The overpass leading into the old Transbay Terminal was already stripped of its roadway. Notice how traffic on Fremont Street had to pass under bare steel supports.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:36:28 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2777 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Preparation For Demolition
The front of the closed Transbay Terminal was littered with machinery preparing for its demolition. This used to be where one could catch an out-bound 38 Geary bus.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:36:55 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2778 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Bare Girders Over Fremont Street
With the roadway surface gone, under the overpass resembled a scene from a 1930's movie.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:37:16 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2779 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Demolished Wiring
Under the overpass with its roadway removed were the remains of wiring demolished.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:38:23 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2784 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Bus Boarding Gone
The former third floor bus boarding level was showing signs of demolition.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:38:54 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2788 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Former Inside Waiting Room
The former first floor waiting area where the homeless could sleep and where passengers could wait comfortably on wooden benches for the next bus to depart.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:45:21 Friday 29 October 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2803 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Broken Window
One of the first floor windows on Fremont Street used to have a photograph of San Francisco as seen from the bay bridge. That photograph was broken and would eventually vanish.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street at Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 10:37:24 Monday 1 November 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2809 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Overpass Gone
The overpass that used to cross over Fremont Street was gone. Just a row of steel stubs remained on each side of the street.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street looking toward Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 10:39:15 Monday 1 November 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2813 Add a comment or report a mistake
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First Street Overpass
A mass of machinery worked all day Saturday and Sunday to demolish the overpass that crossed First Street.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:12:42 Saturday 13 November 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2873 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Sidewalk Was Closed
The sidewalk on First Street was closed that afternoon so that the overpass could be demolished. Notice the rubble that had fallen to the roadway.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:13:17 Saturday 13 November 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2877 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Overpass Was Gone
First Street with the overpass gone. Just steel stubs remained. Notice the photographs on the windows of the first floor. Those photographs would soon be destroyed.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:07:24 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2964 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Tagged Abandoned Property
Whenever a property is abandoned, it becomes an object of desire for taggers (graffiti artists and graffiti trash). Here, one of the first floor doors on Natoma Street had been covered with words.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Natoma Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:09:10 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2969 Add a comment or report a mistake
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First Street In The Rain
The sidewalk along side the Transbay Terminal after the roadway overhead had been demolished. The building to the left was screened off for demolition and the bare steel appeared unusually heavy overhead.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:10:21 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2971 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Stairs Up To Greyhound
The inside of the second level with the stairs that used to lead up to the Greyhound Station.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:10:30 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2972 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Interior Demolition
The old Transbay Terminal as seen from its front. Here its interior was being demolished before its exterior.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:11:12 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2974 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Former Street Level Entry
The front ground-level entry used to be a series of doors that led under the second floor bus level. Here, that series of doors had become rubble.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:12:52 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2978 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Trees Destroyed
Several mature trees used to grow in front of the Original Transbay Terminal. They were too large to transplant so were instead torn out and cut up. Here was the scoop used to load those tree remains into trucks.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:13:15 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2979 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Trolley Tracks
The bus boarding level for MUNI buses used to also be the boarding area for trolleys. The Market Street Subway eliminated the Transbay Terminal from trolley service.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:14:13 Sunday 5 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_2980 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Old Trolley Tracks
As the grand old terminal was demolished, so grew the pile of rubble out front.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:39:09 Monday 13 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_3092 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Gutted
The Original Transbay Terminal lay gutted and laid open. All four of its floors could be seen at once.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:40:05 Monday 13 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_3094 Add a comment or report a mistake
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The Fremont End Remained
The Fremont Street end of the Original Transbay Terminal was about all that was left.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:41:15 Thursday 23 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_3015 Add a comment or report a mistake
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Tagged Grand Windows
Even the grand windows a the end of the Original Transbay Terminal could not resist the disgrace of being tagged with graffiti.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:45:34 Thursday 23 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_3110 Add a comment or report a mistake
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A Last Inside View
One of the last shots possible of the interior of the Original Transbay Terminal. Notice the grand but tagged windows at the far end toward Fremont Street.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • First Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 13:45:34 Thursday 23 December 2010) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #BCY_3111 Add a comment or report a mistake
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All Gone
As viewed from Mission Street, the Original Transbay Terminal had nearly achieved history. Nothing was left at this point that resembled the original.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Mission Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:41:42 Wednesday 5 January 2011) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #B11_3193 Add a comment or report a mistake
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An Empty Door
On Fremont Street was one of the original doors. Seen through this door was once a grand old Transbay Terminal.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:43:13 Wednesday 5 January 2011) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #B11_3194 Add a comment or report a mistake
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The Last Door
Demolition could be viewed through one of the last doors that remained intact. At the far end were other doors, but they all had cracked glass.
Teardown Original Transbay Terminal • Fremont Street, San Francisco, California • (Photo posted Thursday 13 January 2011) • (Photo taken 16:44:18 Wednesday 5 January 2011) • © 2011 Bryan Costales #B11_3197 Add a comment or report a mistake
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