San Francisco Market Street 2005

[mornnb]

There were more pedestrians in 1906! Maybe it's just the time of day, I assume this is not rush hour?

[PedAdvocate]

At the end it reminds me of how fortunate you are to no longer have the elevated Embarcadero Freeway -- you can see the Ferry Building and the Bay.

[tycddt]

wow the street train still drives that slowly so bikers can just ride left and right in fron of the train car? aside much higher nothing has seemed to be changed ♥

[lovelplants]

oh San Francisco! i hope i can visit you! lol...

[leslydu51]

it must be fantastic to go to San Francisco it's my deepest dream... I'm french so we don't have the beauty of USA... But I love my country anyway!

[MasacruRo]

2:13 that bike :D Just like in the original, where a kid would run in front of the trolley from left to right and so on :D that bike does the same. So good

[Nokorola]

I really like your video, thanks for sharing!

Also, if you want to crop the video to get rid of the black bars at the top and bottom, you can put "yt:crop=16:9" (without quotes) in the video tags.

[Eightbanger]

@Nokorola Thanks for that friend...I just did it but the quality suffers a little....still a neat trick.

[Landaux]

Boy the bldgs have gotten much TALLER thats for sure. :-)

[deejayziggy]

totally where i hung out on this street every weekend! san francisco market street! love it! i wanna go back!

[WitantoCom]

this is interesting really

[bobduvar]

Les Champs Elysées de San Francisco. La plus européenne des villes américaines.

Moi j'adore......

[tablaqueen]

Really interesting, I just watched another one that had before and after the earthquake footage next to each other. I like the loon in the red cape! apart from him it all looks a lot more civilised.

[doomlad13]

Other than the addition of traffic regulation signage and curbs, the most noticeable difference between this and the 1905-6 version is that the 2005 version has a guy in a bright red cape.

[LirisFR]

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[Nouakchott]

This video is awesome btw. Thanks.

[Nouakchott]

This video is awesome btw. Thanks.

[Nouakchott]

If people have the equipment to take quality stable videos like this of the city, it would be great to have these of various streets in San Francisco and put in web so they can be found after the big one hits again. Have you people noticed that most of the sealions have gone to Oregon where they don´t usually go. Do they know something is coming?

[dudleycunningham]

amazing that two major earthquakes hit the City between this and the 1905 version. San Francisco has such a resilient spirit!

[hep2jive]

Saw the 1905 film to the 1941 film now the 2005 one. whats next?!!?

[wiggo4]

Up until today, i had never heard of Market street.After seeing the footage of it just days before and after the earthquake i have now put it on the 'must see' list when i travel to america.

[luno44]

So there's a "back then" version and "today" version. But the "today" people are the only ones who can see both :(

[plateshutoverlock]

1905 didn't have a guy dressed as a superhero 2:12

[planetcheck]

I think all the people that appeared in that 1905 film on Market Street would be proud and honored to know that they are still remembered.

If you look hard enough you can see their spirits still there on Market Street looking at the camera :-)

[bloodyrzr]

New information suggests that the original film was actually shot in 1906, days before the earthquake. Can we please acknowledge this?

[Eightbanger]

@bloodyrzr Hi, I did just that., if you watch the "full & repaired version" that I put up then read the info below it.

[JiveDadson]

What a shame that traffic lights were invented!

[worldcitizen54]

Thank you very much! I really enjoyed watching  these video's/movies. You did a great job putting them together in one screen!! THANK YOU!

[SBarsinister]

At 2:07 the guy with the cape, it's Stupidman! Run him over!

[toof]

i had the idea to do this and then i thought - its probably been done already! I think this is awesome if i were a history teacher id show this to my class.

no reason why we shouldn't keep growing as a nation and a world . . as long as enough people keep believing and working from a positive place inside. . .from hope. .. not fear or hate. whens my generation (im in my 20s) going to be more outgoing and less depressed? i kno things suck but we can wake up from anything. . . !

[SeattleLA]

In 1979, I was walking along Market St., having just visited guitar stores in the City. It was crowded. A man unknowingly dropped a huge roll of money, onto the sidewalk, probably $400 or more. Over $1,000 in 2010 money. He was in opposite direction. I did my first instinct. I walked quickly, picked up the money, then jogged about 15 feet and gave it back to him. I will never forget his look of deep appreciation, and yet deep surprise. Plus, he was African American and I am white.

[crankychick]

Who's the super-hero with the red cape on the bicycle?? Bicycle Man?? :)

[aurrorra]

A split screen comparison between the 1905 and 2005 would be pretty rad.

[Eightbanger]

@aurrorra Had a few people express an interest in seeing the two side by side....so im happy to say you now can, and you can find the comparison version in my videos.

[ChaosDynamics]

I wonder what it will look like in 2105.

[toof]

@ChaosDynamics more trees i hope - theres even more trees in this one vs 1905

[Blabloo72]

Market Street looks narrower now in comparison to the 1905 video. A great video on the same tram line too!

[skinnybubblebutt]

This is very good! It goes well together with the 1905, one doesn't work without the other, it's a peach!

[fogdelune]

There seem to be fewer bicycles on the 1905 video comparatively. I see one guy sort of riding beside the car, and a couple others, but the 2005 video has a lot more of them. Interesting.

[HelemaalleipDog]

2:10 ....superman is riding a bike?

[RichRuss1]

I'm curious about the caped guy, I don't think he was just hamming it up for the camera, but I beleive he was dragging some noise making cans and wearing a bright red cape so he could be heard and seen. I've never seen that done before, but it makes sense. He was riding pretty irratically and ended up coming back into the scene later in the video. In either case it added some humor to an already excellent video. Good Job.

[RichRuss1]

What an amazing contrast. Was this video done for the purpose to compare with the 1905 video? If so what a cool and thoughtful project. I have to say after watching these two videos my love for people and this country went way up. People are people no matter what the year. I did however enjoy the freedom the 1905 video seemed to represent, but there were for fewer people, so a little more structure is necessary. Great Job! Are there more videos showing the past like the 1905 video? Links please.

[Eightbanger]

@RichRuss1 Yes it was! it was filmed in 2005 to mark the centenary of the 1905 film. Here is a link to an interesting site were you will find other film shorts and info on the Miles Bros who made the 1905 film. william-m-drew.webs.com/olismg­ovepixs.htm....Also try archive.org

[JiveDadson]

@RichRuss1 Things work much better without the structure. Until recently no one bothered to test whether traffic lights and such help or not. Lengthy tests are being done, in London I believe it is. The results are astonishing! Without the "structure" people drive more slowly, but get to their destinations much sooner. (Zero miles an hour waiting at a light is not efficient.) Traffic congestion plummets, and both auto and pedestrian accidents go down. They had it right in 1905!

[Nouakchott]

@JiveDadson Those tests sound really interesting, do you have any links to them?

[cageo2207]

What we need is this and the 1905 one side-by-side and synced.

[ohmygodwheresmykid]

I think it would be awesome if someone would take the time to do a side by side video of 1905 and 2005 to see the difference.

[Dokahn117]

@ohmygodwheresmykid i just did that its kinda hard because the 2005 goes faster, but at some parts you can see the same intersections and its a lot more closed in on 2005 of course because of the size of the buildings.

[crazyfrisco]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! I'm so interesting to watch the past, present, and future. Great Job.

[Tw3pwn]

What will it look like going down San Francisco Market Street in 2105?

[tekuniversity]

The biggest difference between this video and the 1905 video is the human element. The 1905 interesting because of the spontaneous human interaction, but the 2005 seems to show how mechanized and sterile the human interaction has become.

[Dancing88Mike]

@tekuniversity I'm so glad you pointed that out. The 1906 version was alot more lively. The people were more open and random not uniform like today

[Tackleqb]

if you really think about it not much has changed. I mean cars are more modern a few more buildings but we still got people walking and biking near the railroad.

[jittysan]

This one only confirms how much cars have taken over our streets. It is not as magical because the people are missing, somewhere off to the side of the view.

[Nudelsalatbomber]

i like this video much more than the 1905 video. the 1905 and al it´s abitants crossing the streets from every possible place, annoyed me to a point, where i wanted to grab some of these 1905 people, and smack them.

[retinol13]

Thanks for the post. Perhaps it doesn't seem as magical as the 1905/6 video but really I don't think it's any less wondorous. I bet in 100 years this video will seem as exotic and special as the 1905/6 video seems to us today. And the bike guy in the cape at 2:14 definitely adds something!

[zorilaz]

that guy on the bicycle with that red thing flapping around is funny man ! :)))

[zorilaz]

wow so that tall clock building is 100 years old? or is other building not the one from 1902 i have in my video....

[Eightbanger]

@zorilaz ...Yes it is, it was built in 1898 so it's112 yrs old.

[khower]

@zorilaz

Yup. It's actually called the Ferry Building. You can catch the Commuter Ferries for Larkspur, Vallejo and maybe 2 others there. It was renovated in 2003.

[miamad]

I love America. I want to visit so badly.

[PIERREMONT]

I watched the same street from 1906, The new street seem souless, dark and regulated buut Interesting all the same.

[FirstElvis]

Man, this is good, comparing to the century old video down the same street. I wish I could see more of the old-time videos. Also -- I note the century old video (film) is running at the normal speed and not twice as fast as normal like is usually shown. Why in the hell do they do that anyway?

[HOTINONSHONNI]

i watched the 1905 and 2005 same veiws a hundred years apart ,,awesome!!!

[greeklamb]

Can you post this in black and white? The color tricks our brains into believing this one is more "real" than the other.

[Eightbanger]

@greeklamb Turn the color off on your screen, that sould do it.

[andrewottoson]

is there an uncut version? it'd be cool to see all the cross-traffic.....

[searchanddiscover]

just think, 100 years from now people will look at this video in the same way we look at the 1905 video. what i'd like to know is what kind of technology will they be using to view it.

[Dan0Santo]

Exactly!

[letsgotothevideotape]

2105 - two words: flying cars

[AshburnStadium]

@letsgotothevideotape - We were supposed to have flying cars by 2000 according to the "Popular Science" guys 60 years ago, and the Jetsons 48 years ago. Even "Back to the Future II" predicted flying cars by 2015.

We're only 5 years from Dr. Emmitt Brown's viewpoint, and we're nowhere close to having flying cars. Do you really want to be driving in three dimensions instead of just two with people chatting and texting at the wheel???

[reelboy71]

Really nice... I would love to see this and the original side by side.. that'd be awesome. Well done.

[Syrinx69]

What building is the clocktower at the end of the street?

[Eightbanger]

@Syrinx69 The Ferry Building...it survived the quake, fire and the developers.

[wsanders1]

And it survived having an elevated freeway right in front of it. for 30 years. Heavily damaged in the 1989 quake, it was finally torn down a few years later, and you can see the Ferry Building all the way down Market, just like in 1905.

[HOTINONSHONNI]

@Eightbanger ty so much for posting this !!

[Eightbanger]

@HOTINONSHONNI Your welcome.

[cleaverb]

Very nice video. I like the mix of transportation; bicycles, pedestrians, buses, streetcars. And the fact that you can see the overhead cables.

Now, what is with the guy on the bicycle wearing a red cape and dragging food tins ?

And the bend in the road at around 4:35 is that natural, or just an effect of old and new road projects ?

[vinylelvis1]

Except for the clock tower at the end....every building looks new.All the ones from 1905 are gone. The big brown brick building shown at 5:32 on the right,i thought was there in 1905.But on looking back its a different building. Great Video response,cool way to compare the same street scenes!

[CurlsWithClass]

@vinylelvis1 The buildings are all "new" because of the 1906 earthquake, I would imagine. Perhaps the '89 quake, as well.

[Merovingian83]

awesome historical city

[Sadyechester]

Im curious what this famous street will look like in another 100 years from 2005. I kind of doubt the next thing will be hovercrafts but it will be interesting. What are your thoughts to what will be here in the next 100 years?

[ScalarArc]

Vinyl Cape Guy, LOL

[Eightbanger]

He cracks me up.....you can't do anything nowadays without at least one nut poping up, in 1905 not a one. LOL

[soundgun]

What about the kids hanging on to the back of the car? That was pretty nutty!

[MyceliaProductions42]

@Eightbanger Love the nuts!!!

...wait a minute...That didn't come out right.

[sydcansam]

Vinyl Cape Guy shows up around 2:14

Awesome video!

[FashionPhotographer]

@sydcansam - and AGAIN at 5:27.. lol

[mapperdad]

Good to see cyclists still out and about.

[mercapri302]

@mapperdad

At 0:59, it's funny to see one cyclist cross the street on a "working" bike, and meet the other two bikers on more traditional bikes.

[ar0tam]

great footage, amazing comparison. just imagine what viewers a hundred years from now will think of this. cool music too. thanks!

[cozajapierdole]

few hours later.... ohh here we are! :)

[pianomonica]

The best change imo is all the trees.

[loungeking1]

Pretty amazing to me how after 100 years people, bikes and cars etc still cut in front of the trollys and the people stop and look at the camera and take pictures of their own! :o) Really great video, quite a time piece if you ask me.

[EvansGarden]

Thanks so much for this video of the same drive in SF just about 100-years later. It makes such an interesting comparison.

[fonz20088]

Wow, our society is pretty boring! What happened to all of the life, freedom, rational self interest? OH RIGHT....Government grew.

[boGGbeatDown]

id rather hear the city sounds. great vid nevertheless. 5 stars!

[CalifaJohn]

This looks like a weekend morning because there are so few people on Market Street.

[armancz]

Thx for upload

[alanhowitzer]

This is cool, compare are contrast to the 1905 one!

[Eightbanger]

Your all welcome.

[TheDynamicDriveler]

Thanks - I just put both vids on my blog as comparisons. Well done.

[DemicolTheThird]

Thanks for this. Very interesting to see what the 100 year gap has done. The music also fits this more modern look of the street.

[nichtdhimmi]

Back then it felt like there was so much more life and vitality, curiosity and aliveness.

[LanceK]

So much more "life" and "aliveness"?

[ThankYouStFrancis]

I just saw the 1905 text and really wanted to compare it with the modern era. Thanks!

[artistjillian]

Awesome to see this in relation to the 1905 video! Thank you for posting it.