Sidewalk Companion 4th ed. walking tour

Here are the images used on the Dec 2, 2023 walking tour:

1. 1940: the 1937 jail

2. 1880: corner of Front Street and Cooper Street; 1866 courthouse at right; 1877 City Hall at left

3. 1878: fire alarm bell tower under construction, behind City Hall

4. 1890 jail after 1920, joined to former city hall

5. 1937: demolition of the 1890 jail

6. 1882: corner of Pacific Avenue and Cooper Street

7. 1894: Pacific Avenue, looking south after the fire

8. 1905: Sanborn map of the interconnected county buildings

9. 1894: Pacific Avenue, looking north across Cooper Street after the fire

10. 1894: the new County Bank building, with The Gem to its left

11. 1989 Pacific Avenue and Cooper Street post-earthquake

12. 2022: the historical plaque on the former County Bank wall

13. 1970s: County Bank, with the Staffler building to its left