South of Market (SoMa) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, situated just South of Market Street. It contains several sub-neighborhoods including South Beach, Yerba Buena, and Rincon Hill.
SoMa is home to many of the city’s museums, to the headquarters of several major software and Internet companies, and to the Moscone Conference Center.
American photographer and educator Janet Delaney took these amazing photos to document everyday life of South of Market in the early 1980s.
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| Chinese jumprope in front of Bessie Carmichael School, Folsom Street, 1980 |
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| Hamburger Mary's, 1582 Folsom at 12th Street, 1980 |
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| Across from the Moscone Center, 3rd at Tehama Street, 1980 |
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| Ambush Bar, 1351 Harrison, 1980 |
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| Bay Casket Company, 1020 Folsom Street, 1980 |
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