Mister SF Remembers Loma Prieta (cont.)
<< Back The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck at 5:04 pm on Oct. 17, 1989. The 7.0 quake interrupted the first game of the World Series, claimed 63 lives, and created a lot of the structural damage that would lead to a renaissance for the City. In short, it turned our lives upside down.
Oct. 18, 1989: Hank Donat and Maritita Timiriasieff are among the new generation of Earthquake Survivors.
Broken windows at I. Magnin, southwest corner of Geary and Stockton Streets.
“The Old” Union Square, with cigarette billboard.
Bush Street at Taylor, alleged scene of the birth of the Watergate scheme.
Market Street near Battery.
Frozen Ferry Building Clock Tower and the Embarcadero Freeway.
Vice President Dan Quayle came to the Marina. On the 19th Anniversary of Loma Prieta, vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin makes this man look like Albert Einstein.
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