Every now and then this Chronicle reporter goes back through all the photo files looking for photos about unique or iconic features of the Bay Area over time. The one I enjoyed the most were the shots a long time landmark signs most of which are now gone. I guess you would have to live here to appreciate that one. This link is on the cable cars on which I first road in 1968 on vacation.

Halfway to the stars: Great moments in cable cars | The Big Event | an SFGate.com blog