Time After Time - Newsstand
Then … Still trying to find out where he is, Herbert asks a passerby what city this is; his exasperated response before striding on? … “Come on!”. This shot was filmed on the 1800 block of Union Street in Cow Hollow (map) in front of the French restaurant La Cabane at 1838 Union.
… and Now, it’s now Kaiyo, a Peruvian restaurant, not open at lunch time when CitySeuth stopped by.
Then … He walks on and tries again with a passing blonde; she walks on without a word … who is this kook? The What’s Cooking restaurant was at 1830 Union Street - (open 7 days a week and 24 hours on the weekend? Unheard of today).
… and Now, the current tenant at 1830 is the Roaming Goat Wine bar and Restaurant; the parklets are holdovers from the Covid era and appear to now be permanent, usurped parking be damned.
Then … Further along the block Herbert finds the answer from a newspaper stand in front of 1840 Union. La Cabane at 1838 is behind him.
… and Now, Is that the same sidewalk tree? A sapling then, a stalwart now.
The newspaper reveals that he’s in San Francisco. (On a trivia note, the paper’s name was fictitious, it’s font mimicked that of the San Francisco Chronicle, the period after the name was superfluous and the two columns at top left were (tsk, tsk …) replicated - sloppy work by the prop master.
Then … as his lightbulb goes on we get a good look at the stores across the street.
… and Now, of interest is the yellow One Medical building at 1832 Union. Compare it to the Then image above - it has since been redone but unlike most rebuilds where older styles are architecturally modernized, in this case the plain facade has been traditionalized.
Then … Here’s a panorama of the five adjoining businesses that spanned this scene. From left to right, the newsstand was in front of Settepu’s Imported Clothing at 1840 Union, next is La Cabane French Restaurant at 1838, then a doorway leading to Nancy’s LTD Exercise Studio at 1836, Earthly Goods Jewelry at 1832 and, at far right, What’s Cooking Restaurant at 1830.
… and Now, Today’s tenants, left to right: Topdrawer Gifts at 1840, Kaiyo Restaurant at 1838, Real estate brokers at 1836, Union Nail Spa at 1832, the Roaming Goat Wine bar and Restaurant at 1830.