San Francisco, CA, USA
October 1991 and April 2013
Status unknownCheck attempted on "as of" date (usually via GSV in this case), but status of light could not be determined at that time, usually as fixture could not be found again
as of Jun 2019
I can remember exactly where this was taken- there's a parking garage on the corner of Sutter and Stockton- opposite it, off Bush St, is Chatham Place, at the end of which was lurking a lonely mercury vapour cobrahead. It was presumably missed out because much of the rest of the city centre at that point was HPS.
Update Oct 2007: There was a lot of series incandescent lighting (mostly teardrops) in downtown San Francisco, but this has all been slated for removal, as at the time of writing (October 2007) this is well underway.
SurvivingChecked on "as of" date (either in person or via latest GSV available), so can be assumed to be surviving at least as far as that date
as of Apr 2015
22 years later, and I revisited the Bay Area and San Francisco. It was great to see the downtown area and a good deal round about, still has lots of series incandescent lighting, despite replacement plans being well underway.
This pic is of Gellert Drive at dusk. It's in the Merced Manor district on the west side of the peninsula. This district was one that was almost all still incandescent lit with fixtures like these on concrete poles.