Time After Time - Mortal Accident
Then … Stevenson flees from the Embarcadero Center; down the street he runs into the path of an oncoming car. The yellowish building diagonally across the junction is the 1913 Eastman Kodak Company Building.
… and Now, this is the junction of Battery Street (crossing) and Sacramento Street, looking west. The Eastman Kodak Company Building has been demolished, replaced in 1989 by the Embarcadero West office high rise seen below.
Here’s a 1913 photograph of the newly built Eastman Kodak Company Building at 241 Battery Street, between Halleck Alley on the left and Sacramento Street on the right, showing it as it looked when the movie was filmed. The building’s styling along Halleck was duplicated on the Sacramento side, as seen in the Then image above.
Then … the car strikes him, shocking the crowd of pedestrians. Note the building across Battery with the massive concrete wall in front of it …
… and Now, … that was the rear of the historic 1924 Federal Reserve Bank building at 400 Sansome Street, fortified to allow safe transfer of gold and currency. In 1983 the Fed bank moved elsewhere but the building remained; today it’s called the Bently Reserve, address 301 Battery, its interior remodeled into private offices and an event space. In the mid-80s the massive wall was removed and pillars were built fronting the building. They mirror the marble originals at the 400 Sansome entrance but are of look-alike faux construction.
this 1964 photo shows the Federal Reserve Bank and the security wall seen in the Then image above.
Then … Stevenson , injured but alive, was transported to a hospital emergency room and Herbert goes there to check on his condition.
… and Now, … the emergency room is in Building 9 at 2550 23rd Street, part of the San Francisco General Hospital complex in the Potrero district.
The Emergency Room at SF General is in a different place now as indicated on this current map. Building 9 is on 23rd Street facing Utah (arrowed); it now houses various medical offices.
Inside, he is stunned when a nurse tells him that an accident victim brought in under a ‘John Doe’ died just 20 minutes ago.