Time After Time - Mortal Accident
Then … As Stevenson flees down the street from the Embarcadero Center he runs into the path of an oncoming car. The yellowish building diagonally across the junction is the Eastman Kodak Company Building built in 1913.
… and Now, this is the junction of Battery Street (crossing) and Sacramento Street, facing west. The Eastman Kodak Company Building has since been demolished, replaced in 1989 by the Embarcadero West office high rise seen below.
Here’s a 1913 photograph of the just-built Eastman Kodak Company Building at 241 Battery Street, between Halleck Alley on the left and Sacramento Street on the right, unchanged 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 (it’s front entrance is at 400 Sansome Street), fortified to facilitate safe transfer of gold and currency. In 1983 the Fed bank moved elsewhere but this 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 the pillars seen below were built. They mirror the marble originals at the 400 Sansome entrance but are of look-alike faux construction.
Here’s a 1964 photo of the Federal Reserve Bank looking across Battery Street that shows the security wall seen in the Then image above.
Then … Stevenson, injured but conscious, was transported to the hospital emergency room in Building 9 at 2550 23rd Street, part of the San Francisco General Hospital complex in the Potrero district.
… and Now, … the Emergency Room at SF General has since been moved to a different location; Building 9 now houses various medical offices. Note that since it is no longer necessary to accommodate incoming patients on gurneys, the approach ramp has been replaced by steps.
This current SF General campus map shows Building 9 on 23rd Street facing Utah (arrowed) and the new location of the Emergency Room
Inside, he is stunned when a nurse tells him that an accident victim brought in under a ‘John Doe’ had died just 20 minutes earlier.