Folder: S.F. Streets-Portola Drive.
Newscopy: "BIG BLOCKADE - A PHOTOTORIAL--Now's the time when San Francisco should be putting her best foot forward. The summer tourists are on hand, with more arriving every day. There's a lot for them to see - and a good many vantage points from which to look. One of these is the Observation Road on Upper Market st., where Market becomes Portola Drive. On an average day 30 to 40 motorists at a time park there to enjoy the sweeping, panoramic view of our beautiful city and the Bay beyond. But these aren't average days, and the proof is in this phototorial - a photo that is an editorial in itself. Upper Market is being widened. The job entails a lot of excavating. And when you excavate you pile up a heap of dirt and rock. Where did the work crews choose to put the debris? Why right on Observation Road. A block long stretch of the road has been filled with it, leaving space for no more than three cars to park...".
