ON SITE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA!!

I am happy to finally present you all with a photo series of San Francisco, taken on two separate occasions within the past month amid splendid, sunny weather. :cool:

In trying to decide how to arrange all these photos, I thought of some alternatives:

1) chronological - where I started...where I ended up
2) formal/structural - by building type
3) geographical - as per location in San Francisco

For reasons of simplicity, I decided on alternative 3!

SOME NOTES, before you start viewing:

1) All images have by taken by the 5.0 mgpxl Sony DSC-V1 camera, except where noted.

2) THE PHOTOS IN THIS THREAD ARE SEVERELY REDUCED IN SIZE AND QUALITY BY THE SERVER I AM USING!!! Most were taking very quickly and without much regard for artistic composition. :wallbash:

3) I will do my best to give identifying captions, though I have yet to identify all the buildings myself (even with the help of www.skyscrapers.com)! You will find the names of architects/firms, construction year, location and additional comments preceding some photos.

4) Please also visit my Berkeley Photo Threads! :colgate: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Berkeley Churches (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=105592)

University of California, Berkeley: Part I (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=103278)

University of California, Berkeley: Part II (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=103338)

_________________________________________________________________
CHINATOWN

The entrance gate to Chinatown, SF

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B7982ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B74%3A4ot1lsi

A typical Chinatown apartment/commerce building

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B7792ot1lsi

A view of Chinatown from California Street

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B9645ot1lsi

CIVIC CENTER/MARKET

Lippert Building (unknown; 1924; Market Street)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A586ot1lsi

Eastern Outfitting Company Building (Applegarth; 1909; Market Street; brick with woods posts; part of the Market Street Beautification project)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A%3B72ot1lsi

Golden Gate Theater (Lansburgh; 1922; NW corner of Taylor/Market; I am very fond of this south-facing façade with descending balcony windows)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9643923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323543988%3A38ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3C846ot1lsi

Interior view

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3C%3A52ot1lsi

Unidentified as of yet

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3B%3B97ot1lsi

Unidentified

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3C6%3A5ot1lsi


FINANCIAL DISTRICT/UPPER MARKET STREET

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A8%3C5ot1lsi

Views of the San Francisco Financial District from the Bay Bridge (first two photos taken with Nikon D70)
(Note the highly-sloped California Street in the distance behind the crane!)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232355333%3C%3A%3B6ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553344%3A%3A4ot1lsi

Aerial view of the Financial District, with the Bay Bridge in the background

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B7642ot1lsi

Hunter-Dulin Building (Schultze & Weaver; 1926; SW corner of Montgomery/Market)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3B3%3C6ot1lsi

View of the Hunter-Dulin Building, surrounded by skyscrapers

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B5895ot1lsi

Northern Financial District building (unidentified)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B963%3Aot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B9557ot1lsi

Northern Financial District (with the TransAmerica Pyramid soaring on the right and Coit Tower in the distance)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B6376ot1lsi

A tiered skyscraper in the Northern Financial District

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B829%3Bot1lsi

The Hobart Building (Polk; 1914; Market Street; one of San Francisco's most famous and well-liked buildings!)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A9697ot1lsi

Unidentified skyscraper with beaming sunlight

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A455ot1lsi

Hibernia Bank (Albert Pissis, architect; 1905/1907 rebuilt after fire; NW corner of McAllister/Market; the earliest surviving Classical building in San Francisco)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A%3B55ot1lsi

Sheraton Palace Hotel (Trowbridge & Livingston firm; 1909; SW corner of New Montgomery/Market)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9463923232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A9%3C9ot1lsi

The Humboldt Bank Building (Meyer & O'Brien; 1906; Market Street)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553%3A%3B%3C%3A85ot1lsi

The Four Seasons Hotel and Residences (Handel & Associates; 2001; Market Street; first 21st Century skyscraper in SF)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553%3B23%3A%3C3ot1lsi

A stunning apartment building

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553%3B23635ot1lsi

TransAmerica Pyramid

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B9396ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B8686ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3B%3A53ot1lsi

NORTH BEACH

Church of Saints Peter & Paul, North Beach, by twilight

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3C452ot1lsi

Saint Francis of Assisi Church, North Beach

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3A77%3Bot1lsi

The Sentinel Building (on the ground level is the Café Niebaum-Coppola, owned and operated by San Francisco filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B8%3B85ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3A74%3Bot1lsi

A coffeehouse in North Beach

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3C745ot1lsi

The apartment building separating North Beach from Chinatown at Broadway & Columbus Avenue

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B89%3A4ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B9888ot1lsi

Map painted outside a restaurant in North Beach (note: not drawn to scale! :laugh: )

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3B935ot1lsi

Casual restaurant life in North Beach

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3B%3B45ot1lsi

PRESIDIO (all photos taken with Nikon D70)

A military medical chopper performs a fly-over above the Presidio (former military grounds, now designated as a national park) during Memorial Day

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553348767ot1lsi

American soldiers dressed in uniforms from earlier periods (WWS I & II, Civil War) make a solemn line-up during Memorial Day, 31 May 2004

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553349652ot1lsi

Three American soldiers

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553349952ot1lsi

The cemetery grounds at the Presidio

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232355334%3A858ot1lsi

Old military barracks, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553356385ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553357669ot1lsi

Man admiring the Golden Gate Bridge

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232355334%3A99%3Aot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232355334%3C44%3Bot1lsi

The Palace of Fine Arts (Bernard Maybeck) in the Presidio

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E23235533546%3B8ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553353%3B39ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E23235533552%3C3ot1lsi

A bird decides to serve as the head of a statue gracing the Palace of Fine Arts

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232355335546%3Bot1lsi

RUSSIAN HILL (taken with Nikon D70)

A view of Lombard Street, "the crookedest street in the world" (photo taken from moving vehicle!)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553358946ot1lsi

TELEGRAPH HILL

View of Coit Tower from the Bay Bridge (taken with Nikon D70)

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553346446ot1lsi
View looking northeast from Union Square

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B6542ot1lsi


UNION SQUARE (all aerial views taken from Westin-St. Francis Hotel with Sony DSC-V1)

In the center, from near to far, the Humboldt Bank Building and San Francisco Marriott.

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B73%3C4ot1lsi

A closer view

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B6677ot1lsi

Union Square

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B5885ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B5%3A98ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B6%3A%3A3ot1lsi

View of unidentified building from Union Square

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B7336ot1lsi


EXTRAS: SF TRANSPORTATION

A streetcar riding up Market Street

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3A272ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3B4%3C%3Bot1lsi

A Van Ness-Market Trolley

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B59%3B5ot1lsi

A cable car rides past Union Square on Powell Street

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553%3A%3B%3B9%3B6ot1lsi

Sightseeing bus affront Union Square

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E2323553%3A%3B%3B9%3B9ot1lsi

My limousine on this very fine day :laugh: :hahano:

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A955%3A%3B23232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3B732ot1lsi

Finally, a wonderful light-hearted reminder of my trip to San Francisco :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9564723232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3A%3C446ot1lsi

wow! great photos, i really love the thread, your a great photographer i must say, i am looking forward for more photos :)

Great photos!
I haven't been to the US yet, but that's the first city I will visit there :D
And I absolutely adore the Golden Gate bridge :)

Excellent pics ... what a fantastic place to visit.

Beautiful! No wonder why SF is considered one of the best cities in USA, I'd love to live there :)

What more can I say? Superb! :) These images only confirms what a friend of mine that was there a month ago, told me. That it is a very nice, friendly, walkable city, with beautiful scenery!! I really want to visit SF one day, seriously!

BTW. why didn't you use www.photobucket.com, you can store larger images there, up to 250kB:)

Great shots man! :)

My favorite is the one with sloped California St & Mark Hopkins Intercontinental Hotel towering atop Nob Hill!

San Francisco is full of architectural treasures and your selection is great! The Market Street tower you haven't identified is Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (surrounded by some of the most beautiful heritage buildings such as Humboldt Bank, Phelan Building etc). I very much prefer the Marriott though!

The other tower on Powell St you were wondering about is Sir Francis Drake hotel (behind it you have Crowne Plaza Union Square hotel and the Fairmont high above on the Nob Hill...)

Do you have any more photos?

Cheers

aaah dam, nice pix, should have visited that too, but on my tour to US i got to visit many citys still... NY(ofcourse), Atlanta(hub to tampa), Philadelphia (ride by train to D.C + emergency landing-no fuel on plane-), D.C-nice city gotta love the squirrels, mag-the monuments are nice so is the White house, great order u got the in the US :)

Great photos, M&P! :okay: Reminds me of my trip to this city 10 years ago. San Francisco is definitely among the most interesting cities in the USA. It's got some great architecture, impressive bridges, as well as a beautiful setting.

delightful tour!

I'm really impressed with the rich architectural heritage and the chinatown! :banana:

Great pics!

Many things to see.

Raffi, you really should start using different routes for your LDN - SG - LDN trips. :D That way you could stop over and pay SF a visit. :okay:

Awesome pics! Transamerica Pyramid is one of the greatest skyscrapers in the US!

Here's some sites that don't resize pics:

http://www.photobucket.com
http://www.fotopic.net

Raffi, you really should start using different routes for your LDN - SG - LDN trips. :D That way you could stop over and pay SF a visit. :okay:

I have been to SF, in my mum's stomach that is :lol:

But yeah the West Coast of US is one place I'd like to check out and these pics are a good reason to! :banana:

Is so cool to have such a nice city 6 hours away in car
from Los Angeles :)

..
..
..

True, SF IS a great city! And your pictures are wonderful, Mortar & Pestle! :okay: Thank you! :)

So you'll think about it, Raffi? ;)

It's so nice to see so many of you coming out to visit SF........on SCity, that is! :colgate:

It is a city more beautiful than words (and pictures!) can ever demonstrate. :yes:

Ah San Francisco! What a place! What a city! A long time ago, as a visiting New Yorker, I told myself that if there were any place on the west coast I would live in it would be San Francisco.

Now I almost have my wish. I live just an hour's drive south and I love it.

Wonderful pics, Mortar & Pestle. Bravo!

:applause:

I haven't been there often enough this year. Ah, but the summer is coming... :)

SF is a beautiful city. i have to go there again sometimes. actually i am considering about going to SF State U. ;)

@NorthStar & Naptown...thanks for the Photobucket tip. I uploaded my S.F. photos to that site and discovered - aside from humongous proportions! :D - terrible granularity and roughness in the images. :wallbash: :cry: :mad:
So I think this time, I willl have to settle with snapfish smallness!

@ AltiusAltiusAltius....as I acquire more photos, I will be sure to show them to you! Tomorrow I will be in the City (as San Francisco is called here in the Bay Area) once again for my cousin's graduation ceremony, so there will no doubt be some occasion for photography, including of St. Mary's Cathedral!!!
Btw, thanks for the helpful identifying information!

I love your pics. I've always been a huge fan of Lombard Street, and San Francisco athough I've never been to the US. Awesome skyscrapers, amazing architecture, great dense skyline.

San Fran has alot of similarities with Auckland too, like the harbour setting, geography of the landscape etc.

Good on ya buddy - keep the great work!

Grace Cathedral is the best on the Western Coast! Deserves a separate thread! :)

Cheers

San Francisco ROCKS! :rock:

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B8%3B85ot1lsi
I just realized that that building is like a Westcoast Flatiron Building.

We do have an old building in downtown SF that's called the Flatiron Building, Naptown. It's not Coppola's charming greenie, though ... it's at the corner of Market & Sutter & graced the opening of the TV show "Crazy like a Fox" ages ago. ;)

Here's a picture of it: http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/market/flatiron_thumb.jpg

The Flatiron Building is San Francisco Landmark No. 155. Behind it you can see the Hobart Building, which Mortar & Pestle showed us above. :) A few blocks further on Market is another flatironish building, the Phelan Building, SF Landmark No. 156:

http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/market/phelan_thumb.jpg

As you can see, San Francisco has quite a few flatiron buildings. Oddly shaped lots and streets laid out at angles other than the ubiquitous 90 degrees/grid pattern invite such abundance. :okay:

P.S. Both pictures appear on the website of noehill.com.

well, you guys have seen the pictures! now, an important question remains. :

should i rework the thread so that the pictures are nearly two times bigger (using photobucket!!), risking a tiny bit of image distortion??? or should I leave the photos as they are?

don't fix it if it ain't broke is what i'm thinking, unless enough of you convince me you'd like to see these images in full size!

Great pictures. I relaly must see San Francisco for meself one day.

I love this building:

http://images.snapfish.com/33%3A9478323232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E232%3C%3D4%3B9%3D865%3DXROQDF%3E232354%3A%3A%3B%3A74%3Bot1lsi

well, you guys have seen the pictures! now, an important question remains. :

should i rework the thread so that the pictures are nearly two times bigger (using photobucket!!), risking a tiny bit of image distortion??? or should I leave the photos as they are?

don't fix it if it ain't broke is what i'm thinking, unless enough of you convince me you'd like to see these images in full size!
Leave them as they are, and make the next tour with the larger pics.

WOW!!!! AWESOME PHOTO THREAD!

Love seeing the "lesser known" San Francisco towers.

Thanks, Downtownboi! Glad you enjoyed the thread! A special thanks goes to Whose Homepage, for helping to revive this thread!!! :)

Fabulous photos, the city is also stunning and in same place charming. Great work M & P :okay:

Thanks man! I really enjoyed those pics :)
Next week im going to see myself and I also planned a heli flight, as SF is one of my favourite cities for that.
I remember Oakland being the default airport for Flight Simulator!

I'll put a flower in my hair! lol
:nocrook:

Have a wonderful time, Colossus! The weather is just GREAT at the moment--hope it'll last. :)

Thanks Whose Homepage, hope the weather WILL be good, as about an hour ago I booked a heli flight with my travel agency. Whoopie!!

Well guys, I'm back from my awesome trip I had in beautiful San Francisco! I had the BEST time! It truly is the greatest city I've ever been to. :)
Be on the look-out for a large photo thread of San Francisco by me. :D
I took over 250 pics! :D
I just hope I can find enough space to upload them all. :)

I loved every part of the city. I visited just about every nook and cranny that I could find. I LOVE the public transit system!! :) :) :) It's the way ALL cities SHOULD do it! :D
Other than the "Hyde" cable car not working for a good while on one of my days, (Too Many of US Tourists! ;) LOL), everything went smooth and I got to see and experience ALOT! :D
I want to go back again as soon as I possibly can. :)
I wish I had 3 or 4 more days on my trip, but, I did do alot in my nearly 5 day trip. :)

Nice to hear you made it and had a good time :okay: Waiting for the photos :D

Awesome shots, I love SF, greatest city in western USA.

Steven...we're looking forward to the photo series. Glad you enjoyed this marvelous city.

Hi WH & Mantai :hi:

Thanks. I did have a great time. :)
It makes me happy to know I got to visit that great city, but it makes me sad that I had to leave. :(
What other city can deliver on great expectations like San Francisco? :?

As for the photos, I'm in the process of looking for a site to upload alot of them. I'll probably use photobucket and some of my paid space at SSP. :D
Be paitent. I'll get them posted. ;) In the mean time there are alot of great pics to drool over in this and other threads.
Oh yeah, I made it a point to take some different viewpoints pics. Alot of street scenes and "artsy" type of pics ALONG with skyline/skyscrapers pics.
I really liked the Marina District/Presideo area and North Beach AND ChinaTown! :D
The Castro was pretty cool, too.
The Mission was nice. Nob Hill, (where we stayed), was nice. Union Square was so fun! :D
Of course downtown/Financial District was awesome to gawk at. ;) :eek2:
I went daytime and night. Did ALOT of walking. Rode alot of the streetcars/buses/cablecars. :D
Had limo service every morning too. ;)
BART was cool. I did not take any taxis though. :D
Shuttle busses, yes. ;)

MAN! The food is AWESOME in San Francisco! :) :) :)
Uncle Vitos on Powell and Bush was great! We ate there twice. ;)
I'll tell you guys the rest later on. :D

a modern building with statues, thats rare! That Humboldt Building is so beautiful, as for many of the modern skyscrapers they were pretty ugly, i was surprised being San Francisco, but still a pretty city!

a modern building with statues, thats rare! That Humboldt Building is so beautiful, as for many of the modern skyscrapers they were pretty ugly, i was surprised being San Francisco, but still a pretty city!

That building with statues is by architect Phillip Johnson. I really dislike it. It was built in 1983 during the height of the post-modern period.

These are some pics I took

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture183.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture175.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture031.jpg

Thanks Whiked918 for your pics. SFO is an awesome city and its great to revisit to see some new landmarks as well as an old favourite, the Coit Tower. QANTAS Airlines is to start flying direct again from Sydney. Cheers mate!

I LOVE this Shot:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture175.jpg

BTW, I NEVER get tired of San Francisco.
Bring it on! :D

BTW, I NEVER get tired of San Francisco.
Bring it on! :D

In that case here ya go.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture188.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture068.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture033.jpg

WOW! That was fun.
You sure know how to capture every single angle of a city which has a lot of different angles.

Bravo:)

First of all, before you all jump at me, SFO is the most beautiful city in The Americas according to me :tongue3:In case you're wondering, I've been to MXC, LA, BsAs, GDL, CDB, MDZ, PV, ACA, GTO, SD, LV, etc etc etc... Anyway... I spent three days in The City and here are the pics.

DAY 1
Ok, I'm not to tell you the story of my life, but after 10 hrs of driving -SFO is just 6 hrs away from LA. So, you try to figure out what happened. :sleepy:- we got to The City. It was a beautiful sunny and fresh summer day -compared to a cloudy, rainy and cold winter day back in December- and I was anxious to enjoy this beautiful city.

- Some small Bay Area skyline.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/2848/dsc006154hy.jpg

- First part of the Bay Bridge ( busiest bridge in the US.)
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8201/dsc006189td.jpg

- SFO skyline from the Bay Bridge.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5747/dsc006245fg.jpg

- Bay Bridge from Fremont St.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2225/dsc006268pb.jpg

- Union Square and the Bank of American Building in the background.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6228/dsc006348ip.jpg

- Geary St.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9656/dsc006367yv.jpg

- The GAP and FOREVER 21 stores on Market St.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7860/dsc006419xk.jpg

- Cable Cars on Powell St.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/377/dsc006424ex.jpg

- Market St. at night.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1369/dsc006442sa.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/317/dsc006514wc.jpg

- Union Square at night.
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1963/dsc006559gq.jpg

DAY 2
The next day, we decided to go to Chinatown. I love the Chinatown stores. There're a lot things to see and buy...

I forgot the name of this tower, so lets just call it the X Tower...
- The X Tower seen from Chinatown.
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/7622/dsc006624zt.jpg

- I believe this is Grant Ave.
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8725/dsc006634zi.jpg

- Grant Ave. again.
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6715/dsc006649py.jpg

- California Street. Bay Bridge on the background and please... excuse that SOB. :mad:
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/695/dsc006677pr.jpg

- Pine St.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3366/dsc006694gl.jpg

- Chinatown Gate.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/128/dsc006737um.jpg

- Geary St.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/2679/dsc006828ur.jpg

Ok, so... We went to our hotel room and then we decided to go to the Civic Center.

- If I'm not wrong, this building is the Veteran's Building.
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/487/dsc002471sg.jpg

- Some federal building.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8034/dsc002481ia.jpg

- Asian Art Museum.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7204/dsc002538tn.jpg

- Some building behind the Asian Art Museum.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7826/dsc002547tj.jpg

- City Hall.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/25/dsc002524ea.jpg

- Some building in the Civic Center area.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2359/dsc002557bt.jpg

- Other buildings around the Civic Center area.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3241/dsc002565tu.jpg

We ate some delicious Thai food and then we headed for Lombard St. ( aka Crooked St.) and the Golden Gate Bridge.

- Lombard St.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/2774/dsc002710ai.jpg

- Coit Tower.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3159/dsc002728bw.jpg

- Bay Bridge.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3802/dsc002737ky.jpg

- Alcatraz Island.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/4412/dsc002741bs.jpg

- TransAmerica Pyramid.
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6632/dsc002756el.jpg

- Lombard St. looking west.
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/874/dsc002897il.jpg

After taking some pics of the city from Lombard St., we decided to go to the world famous Golden Gate Bridge.

- Golden Gate Bridge looking south.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/333/dsc002967tk.jpg

- Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco's Skyline.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/3537/dsc003203qb.jpg

- Golden Gate Birdge again...
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/9696/dsc003212dt.jpg

- North tower of the Gold Gate Bridge. SFO's skyline in the backgroud.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/795/dsc003252lz.jpg

DAY 3
This is my third and last day in SFO. I've been pretty much everywhere except for one place, the CBD. We didn't have a lot of time left, so I got on the car and I told my friend Eric to take pics while I was driving. Here are some of the pics.

- Montgomery St. going south.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/4476/dsc003918on.jpg

- Bank of America Building.
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2886/dsc003928ry.jpg

- California St.
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4972/dsc003953zr.jpg

- Density.
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/6340/dsc004010jy.jpg

- Some skyscrapers on Market St.
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/4264/dsc004112ao.jpg
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8605/dsc004123oo.jpg
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3933/dsc004270dc.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8124/dsc004535hy.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7200/dsc004582fb.jpg

- TransAmerica Pyramid.
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6541/dsc004707ss.jpg

After driving around the CBD, we decided to go for a walk. We walked a long the Embarcadero all the way down to Fisherman's Wharf.

- View from the Embarcadero.
http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/2767/dsc004788sm.jpg

- Embarcadero.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2/dsc004818jo.jpg

... Then we took a tour around the bay in a little boat...

- Alcatraz Island.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/455/dsc004962hs.jpg

- SFO Skyline.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9197/dsc004998yk.jpg

- Gold Gate ( again...).
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3787/dsc005282ur.jpg

- SFO Skyline again.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1066/dsc005377bp.jpg

- Now we're back in the Embarcadero.
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4205/dsc005433es.jpg

Ok, let me come up with a new headline for this pic ( besides " SFO Skyline".)
- Hmmm some buildings. :tongue3:
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6329/dsc005446op.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8532/dsc005457uh.jpg

Now we're on our way back to Lala Land. Again, my friend Eric had to take these pics because I was driving.

- Veteran's Building.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3400/dsc005486vo.jpg

- Civic Aud. and some other building.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6575/dsc005513gd.jpg

- Veteran's building (again).
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3288/dsc005525om.jpg

And that's it.... Hope you enjoy the pics. ;)

Great tour. God, I really miss SF.

Nice shots man

I agree. Thanks for the pics. I'm finally back home in Sacramento, after being away in college for a while. I'll have to get back down there to SF sometime soon.

Beautiful pics man, I'm coming back in one week (currently in exile in Orange County). I work right were a couple of those pics were taken, pier 15 on the Embarcadero :)

San Francisco is a beautiful city, no doubt; but calling it the most beautiful of all the cities in North and South America is pretty subjective. Its definatly up there with Seattle, Vancouver, Rio, Banff and the other cities known for their stunning natural beauty. I just had to mention that since you brought it up:)

San Francisco is a beautiful city, no doubt; but calling it the most beautiful of all the cities in North and South America is pretty subjective. Its definatly up there with Seattle, Vancouver, Rio, Banff and the other cities known for their stunning natural beauty. I just had to mention that since you brought it up:)

I know. That's actually the first thing I mentioned.

" First of all, before you all jump at me, SFO is the most beautiful city in The Americas according to me :tongue3: "

I decided to put that as the thread's title because it's very hmmm eye-catching. :D But yeah, of all the major cities I've been to -México City, Buenos Aires, Los Ángeles, San Diego, Guadalajara, Córdoba, Mendoza, León, etc.- San Francisco is definitively the most beautiful city.

Thank youl, alex3000! :okay:

Wonderful photos of a great city! I'm not so sure it's THE greatest (there seems to be a divergence of opinion on that). but let's just say it's AMONG the greatest ... :cool:

Btw, that "some tower" building way up there in your photo lineup is The Ferry Building. :)

you know what? i was just looking at pictures of sf because i do find it one of the most beautiful cities. too bad i have such slow internet...

Great fotos...

alex3000, those are wondefful pictures of, (IMHO IS the most beautiful city), San Francisco. :)
Thanks for posting them. I miss San Francisco. Everytime I see a new thread concerning San Francisco, I HAVE to check it out because I love the city SO MUCH! :D
Thanks again! :)

Wow... That's nice pic :D

Great pics Alex3000!

I have to say one thing though, Lombard is not "the crookedest street in the world". It's not even the the crookedest street in San Francisco.

Great Pics! To me, the only city in the Americas that rivals SF would be Rio de Janeiro. If it wasn't for the slums, Rio would be perfect.

Great pics Alex3000!

I have to say one thing though, Lombard is not "the crookedest street in the world". It's not even the the crookedest street in San Francisco.

It's not? :?
What street in San Francisco is more crooked? :)

It's not? :?
What street in San Francisco is more crooked? :)

That's his opinion but you can have own opinion about this street. :)

Great pics Alex3000!

I have to say one thing though, Lombard is not "the crookedest street in the world". It's not even the the crookedest street in San Francisco.

It's not??? :? OMG... That sucks!!! :( I feel dirty and disappointed now. :( Well, if that's not the crookedest street in the world, then, which one is it???? :?

OMG... I seriously feel so disappointed. :( I mean, I'm feeling the same way I felt when my mom told me that my dad was not my dad. :( Nah, I'm just kidding. :tongue3:

... It's a beautiful street, though. :yes:

nice pictures. :)

It's not? :?
What street in San Francisco is more crooked? :)
Vermont Street.
http://www.mistersf.com/high/index.html?highvermont.htm

It's located in Potrero Hill. Click on the link below and scroll down to Sights & Culture, it's the third one.
http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/potrerohill.shtml

Great link, 612bv3. :)
Vermont Street looks more crooked. Well, I learned something new about the city I love, San Francisco. :D
Thanks.

It's definitely my definition of the most beautiful city in the Americas.

Great pics, I love SF

San Francisco is awesome.
For those who have never been there, they sure need to go so they can understand. :)

Thanks for the great pics and commentary, alex3000!

I too share your assessment of San Francisco's beauty.

Also, StevenW, Mister SF is a great website. I've spent many hours reading up on all of the fascinating info on that web. Definately, highly recommended.

Cheers!!

Yeah, it is a great site. :)

X-tower = Ferry building

Thanks Palal and Whose Homepage. :okay:

LOL. You guys should of seen me. I came up with all kinds of weird names for that tower. Queen Mary Building, Boat Building, San Francisco's Clock Tower, etc... :lol:

Most overrated city to me.

:? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :?

Most overrated city to me.
:ohno:

Most overrated city to me.

Uhhh... If it makes you feel better, Guadalajara is also the most beautiful city in The Americas. ;)

GUADALAJARA... GUADALAJARA... ( GDL is like Mexico's SFO. ;) )

http://img31.exs.cx/img31/3947/teatrodegollado3hp.jpg
http://img31.exs.cx/img31/1631/g28rb.jpg
http://img88.exs.cx/img88/3255/gdl161bo.jpg
http://img75.exs.cx/img75/4576/gdl112lr.jpg
http://img75.exs.cx/img75/8704/gdl124lv.jpg
http://www.iwebphoto.com/Clients/AlexisSG/Album1/CH9.JPG

Wow feels love to visit SF again and want to visit Guadalajara, thanks for the pics they all look great.

Most overrated city to me.
Pffft! :tongue:

alex3000, great pictures!! :nocrook:

hngcm, "Most overrated city"? I think not!!! :weird:

I kid I kid :tongue2:

Most overrated city to me.

Showing your bitterness about the Stem Cell Research HQ on this forum too eh? :bash:

Showing your bitterness about the Stem Cell Research HQ on this forum too eh? :bash:

More like Superbowl XXVIII :cry:

I'd rather have $3B for Stem Cell research rather than a lousy Super Bowl.

You say that now cuz the 49ers suck:tongue:

I'm just on vacations in sillicon valley and enjoing also SF. let me show you pictures from my thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=252038

first we went to lincoln park in NW SF, between Golden Gate and ocean
there is a museum
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7412/pict00117rt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1466/pict00127lw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

holocaust monument
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1558/pict00354dd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2215/pict00370pu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and some bridge
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6681/pict00158be.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

then we went near the ocean
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9628/pict00468kx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8791/pict00433pf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7573/pict00483kt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8207/pict00527wc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

richmond district on the left
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4036/pict00534oe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9349/pict00562gk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

surfers on the right
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9361/pict00556al.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

then we went to SE, thru sunset district, on the top of twin peaks (280 m above sea level). views from there are great.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1007/pict00038zg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

SF-oakland bay bridge
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6323/pict00049hx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

financial district
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1931/pict00070yi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8526/pict00088yo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9786/pict00172pj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

not bad point of view
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8676/pict00477ub.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I just had to put on my glasses;)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2329/pict00480wa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

road, which we used to go to the city
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5792/pict00605eh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

castro is proud district
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1306/pict00635cm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7417/pict00917rm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4989/pict00930qe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

municipal transportation
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3016/pict00961qw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

old trams, some from italy
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2464/pict01107du.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8508/pict01186ou.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

already near the bay. a part of oakland bridge
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4128/pict01253ib.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ferry building
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5465/pict01405nj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

there is commerce inside
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7356/pict01280su.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

bay bridge is tall, even over the city
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4307/pict01334qw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm going on SW thru financial district. I stay north from market street and east from chinatown, so on small area
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8303/pict01449qr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8786/pict01458se.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6371/pict01477hq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I didn't expect SF to be so "newyorky"
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2748/pict01537qv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2062/pict01541sn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8578/pict01551sm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9171/pict01586xd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4725/pict01599tt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3825/pict01661we.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3546/pict01685gr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3196/pict01715gt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

small architecture
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7701/pict01723ra.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

do you remember a movie "meet my parents"?:D
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6346/pict01751qd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6577/pict01778cw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

there is a number of old buildings between towers
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4878/pict01810xo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

transamerica pyramid - 260 m, the tallest building in SF
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/749/pict01903yj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2776/pict01979ay.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

on many buildings there are state and national flags
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5027/pict01991xn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

TAP from near
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2848/pict02052fm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

it has original groundfloor
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4766/pict02064jy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/204/pict02110ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8623/pict02138hi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9606/pict02200sj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

it is probably forbidden to go upstairs but there are cameras on the top so you can see images from the street
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2467/pict02187ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

so nice building in front of TAP
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7571/pict02078bf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

is a scientologist center. in SF there are also masonic temples
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8643/pict02095cr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

there are plenty of banks
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7941/pict02276da.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

some of them funny
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/787/pict02294me.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2378/pict02571lg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5224/pict02283gy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9847/pict02313mp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8962/pict02325hc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6853/pict02376ps.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

good brakes are needed
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1874/pict02395dz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

eventually I went to chinatown
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6199/pict02417pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the oldest church in SF is now near chineese street
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3559/pict02436xj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/323/pict02480dl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I like such back streets
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1552/pict02492vu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5561/pict02517wf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6492/pict02564le.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/827/pict02533bk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the sun is going down
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8461/pict02522gj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks for the tour, AGC. Great photos.

Great Photos, really appreciate the work you guys put into it. SF is pretty no doubt about it but it always seems that there is a odd mix of old and new. I guess when some of the new buildings are build the city will look more 21 century if you know what i mean.

great pix!

Yes, I really enjoyed this tour which has some fantastic close up shots of interesting places. Cheers!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture008.jpg

wonderful pix! I love San Francisco! :D
thanks for posting these. :)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture068.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture033.jpg

i miss SF so much...i used to live like 3 or 4 blocks from the lombard (crookedst street)...i lived right next to the comfort by the bay on van ness and lombard, near choi's dvd;s and black magic. nice pictures...brings back memories..ahh :)

Actually, according to Mr.SF, Vermont Street, in San Francisco, is more crooked than Lombard. :) Next time I'm in San Francisco I'll have to make it to Vermont Street. :)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture204.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture177_edited.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture219.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture217.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture208.jpg
I tried to show the slow progress of the eastern part of the bay bridge, but this photo kind of sucks.

:cry: I miss San Francisco......

Awww, don't cry, mongozx! :pet: San Diego is quite wonderful :okay: and perhaps you can come back for a visit soon. :)

:cry: I miss San Francisco......

:cry: me too... :cry:

I took these picture in May for a school project and I totally forgot about them until this morning when I found them :)
The quality is not the best but hey :sleepy: ...

San Fracisco
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3153/1a6yl.jpg
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3968/1b7tt.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7426/1c3di.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2397/1d6ha.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3838/2a2tc.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7554/3a8rf.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2758/3b9gw.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2782/3c7fo.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5231/4a7ly.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7395/4b6lh.jpg

Oakland
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5214/2b8fx.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6988/2c6ub.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2489/2d5yg.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7251/3d0ed.jpg
:cheers:

Love all the pics.

Wow, the pyramid shape gives it the illusion that its raising forever in the sky from that angle.

does anyone have any recent pix from the Tenderloin, Union Square or from the south of Yurba Buena? :D

BTW, I NEVER get tired of San Francisco.
Bring it on! :D
allow me to continue with these shots I took in Chinese New Year:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00501.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00502.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00503.jpg
what is the name of this building?? I like it alot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00506.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00507.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00513.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00510.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00518.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00517.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00565.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00514.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/DSC00516.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/Heavyzakura334/Chinese%20New%20Year%20in%20SF/2.jpg
hope you like it...

Actually, according to Mr.SF, Vermont Street, in San Francisco, is more crooked than Lombard. :) Next time I'm in San Francisco I'll have to make it to Vermont Street. :)
seriously? i didnt know that, why isnt this street metioned as much?

seriously? i didnt know that, why isnt this street metioned as much?

because its in the projects.

its kinda off the tourist path :laugh:

^^ I don't think it's in the projects, it's not in the Tenderloin or Hunter's Point. It's just not as beautiful as Lombard. Lombard is very picturesque, which is what the tourist like.

@heavyzakura334: Great pictures.:okay:

seriously? i didnt know that, why isnt this street metioned as much?

probably because it's not near all the other tourist attraction and all like Lombard is. That would be my guess. :D

probably because it's not near all the other tourist attraction and all like Lombard is. That would be my guess. :D
makes perfect sense, its just that i lived about 3 blocks away from the crooked part (lived on lombard & van ness) so i guess that is why i would think it was more crooked i guess, i dont know :dunno:

Here are some of my older pics after being given a Photoshop treatment.

http://static.flickr.com/29/54238131_63318ea495_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/32/54238182_347cb8314b_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/30/54238203_284b95c6d3_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/26/54238161_bbaa3294fb_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/31/54238222_f5d5f1282f_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/29/54238279_73b5ed83a0_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/32/54238289_4b60735a84_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/29/54238308_f047364118_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/31/54238331_1d3b9716e3_b_d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/28/54238344_209d5e1c98_b_d.jpg

^^ I don't think it's in the projects, it's not in the Tenderloin or Hunter's Point. It's just not as beautiful as Lombard. Lombard is very picturesque, which is what the tourist like.

@heavyzakura334: Great pictures.:okay:

sorry i got it confused with another street on protrero hill which is right next to the projects there. Still, it's not the most desirable part of the city to advertise to tourists. Its on potrero hill and next to the mission which are working class, with more crime and whatnot than the toursit areas of SF.

Those are AWESOME pictures! :eek2: :uh:

How many Skyscrapers (over 10 Floors) does San Francisco has? Just curious...

Beautiful! No wonder why SF is considered one of the best cities in USA, I'd love to live there :)
Its also one of the most expensive.

When i went to Sf this August i really liked it and i live really close to, HAS ANYONE HEARD OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA?

How many Skyscrapers (over 10 Floors) does San Francisco has? Just curious...

as quoted from sfcityscape.com:

"16 buildings taller than 500 feet in the city, at least 90 taller than 90 meters, or 295 feet (the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's definition of a "skyscraper") — the third-highest total in North America — and nearly 270 structures taller than 12 stories, although no one's quite sure how many there really are"

great pics

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture016.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/whiked918/Picture034.jpg

That is one hell of a walk between the two bridges let me tell ya.

Ah, Whiked! :)

In the last pic you captured, knowingly or not, the spot where Kim Novak thrust herself into the Bay, to be rescued by none other than James Stewart in Hitchcock's Vertigo. :okay: If you haven't seen the movie, go & rent it ... it shows what SF looked like decades ago. :cool:

Yes, Whiked ... it's quite a hike between the two Bridges, but what a beautiful one! :)

@firulais: yes, of course I've heard of Modesto & have been there for a conference, and I'm sure many other WC forumers (at least the CA ones) have heard of it as well. You guys are the fruit and veggie basket for us and the nation, and we appreciate it! :master:

It would be lovely if you could show us some pix of Modesto. :cool:

When i went to Sf this August i really liked it and i live really close to, HAS ANYONE HEARD OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA?
Who hasn't heard of Modesto after what happened to Laci Peterson. :cry:

I'm glad you liked your visit.

That is one hell of a walk between the two bridges let me tell ya.
By the look of the pictures, you left the BB at noon and got to the GGB at dawn!

By the look of the pictures, you left the BB at noon and got to the GGB at dawn!

Oh yeah those pics are from 2 different trips. I just picked the best photos I had. Not to say I didn't walk there and back though.

I will try that walk agian, my Golden gate pics didn't come out that good.

Cool! Never seen a real china town before, looks great. Too bad they're all grainy, though.

Not bad, it's nice chinatown.

I just noticed that there's barely any people in your pictures. Chinatown is usually filled with people. Weird.

By the way, are there more pictures? It looks like you only visited a small part of the Oakland Chinatown.

oakland has a chinatown? lol. Nice pics

oakland has a chinatown? lol. Nice pics

Yeah :yes:

oakland has a chinatown? lol. Nice pics
you never knew this? :eek: I thinks it's the 4th biggest Chinatown in the West Coast.

Well, sure Oakland has a Chinatown! :)

For block after block, the street signs are "bilingual." :okay:

Looking at the area nearest Oakland's downtown and the City Hall, it would appear that quite a few old buildings were razed to make room for the dreary concrete apartment buildings that now constitute part of Oakland's Chinatown. This doesn't mean in any way that they are all horrible: there are charming interior courtyards and pleasant public spaces in between. :)

This wonderful Art Deco building, on the other hand, fortunately survives: :happy:


http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2489/2d5yg.jpg

Thank you for this nice series & thread, Masher! :okay:

Is very nice the san franciscon and oakland´s chinatown

I just noticed that there's barely any people in your pictures. Chinatown is usually filled with people. Weird.
By the way, are there more pictures? It looks like you only visited a small part of the Oakland Chinatown.
If I remember correctly, I went on a wednesday morning and I could not take more pictures of Oakland's Chinatow because I ran out of time:colgate:
You are welcome Whose Homepage, I'm glad you liked it.
Coming up...Oakland's Downtown:okay:

Ok I found a couple more pictures from SF and Oakland's Chinatown
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4707/l24yb.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3750/p27yw.jpg
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/1608/oc16nc.jpg
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9937/oc28mu.jpg
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/7397/oc35bc.jpg

:cheers:

Great Pics. By the way the unidentified building at US is the Sir Francis Drake Hotel.

I posted these pictures on the other SF Picture Thread but never here. They were taken on July 30th, 2005.
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1549/img07366zx.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2801/img07379kx.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1725/img07385an.jpg

Awesome pic

Man! I do love my hometown of Baltimore, but I find myself coming back to San Francisco every time I can! To me it's the city that all other cities aspire to be. I'm in awe of some of those amazing pictures! Thanks, guys!
Please keep these pics coming.
:)
Steve

Excellent pictures, there is no doubt in my mind that San Francisco is California's urban crown jewel.

Here are some more pics, I took these yesterday.

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/5739/img0967a7hz.jpg
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6350/img0968a6dg.jpg
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/3249/img0975a5by.jpg
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/5075/img0984a6hm.jpg

Hey guys!

I'm sorry I forgot to put this thread over here (it's in the international section as well), but well, here it is. As I've mentioned in the "considerations thread", I really liked this city, and I'm sure I would have liked it much more if weather wasn't that crap, but well, I should not regret, cuz I had a great oportunity of knowing a great city.

Take a look:

01 - Arriving in San Francisco
http://i3.tinypic.com/w04xvq.jpg

03 - View from the hotel (Holiday Inn - Civic Center)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w04ygl.jpg

04 - Fisherman's Wharf at night
http://i3.tinypic.com/w04ynt.jpg

06 - Idem
http://i3.tinypic.com/w04yv5.jpg

07 - Golden Gate at night. One of my first nightshots, not so good :( Short exposure
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0506q.jpg

08 - Downtown SF from Vista Point (accross the bay, to the North)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0509l.jpg

09 - I don't really know which buildings are these, but they're great hehe
http://i3.tinypic.com/w050kg.jpg

10 - City Hall I think
http://i3.tinypic.com/w050qr.jpg

11 - Same as Picture #9
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0510z.jpg

12 - Trees, trimmed lawn, good...
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0516x.jpg

13 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w051k4.jpg

14 - Nob Hill
http://i3.tinypic.com/w051rn.jpg

15 - Another one
http://i3.tinypic.com/w051y8.jpg

16 - Towards the top
http://i3.tinypic.com/w053cn.jpg

17 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w053jp.jpg

18 - Big hotel at the top. I've noticed that the best and most well kept buildings are actually in the high parts of the city (cept downtown)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w053xk.jpg

19 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0543p.jpg

20 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w054bs.jpg

22 - Pretty houses
http://i3.tinypic.com/w054if.jpg

24 - Golden Gate during the day, a bad day by the way :(
http://i3.tinypic.com/w054pl.jpg

25 - Downtown San Francisco
http://i3.tinypic.com/w056hd.jpg

26 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w054t3.jpg

28 - Lombard Street
http://i3.tinypic.com/w056p2.jpg

29 - Only one car at a time. Nice houses eh?
http://i3.tinypic.com/w056vr.jpg

30 - Just some random street in San Francisco (close to Lombard)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0573n.jpg

31 - Downtown SF from Coit Tower
http://i3.tinypic.com/w057c5.jpg

32 - Here u can see Lombard Street and some of SF's relief
http://i3.tinypic.com/w057iq.jpg

33 - Pier 39
http://i3.tinypic.com/w057oo.jpg

34 - Pier 39
http://i3.tinypic.com/w057uw.jpg

35 - Pier 39
http://i3.tinypic.com/w057xg.jpg

36 - Pier 39
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0585x.jpg

37 - Pier 39
http://i3.tinypic.com/w059mx.jpg

38 - Pier 39 (2nd floor)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w059ty.jpg

40 - Downtown! Looks a bit like NYC for what I remember from NYC
http://i3.tinypic.com/w059xs.jpg

41 - Fancy street, very busy
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05ao3.jpg

42 - Downtown
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05aus.jpg

43 - Again
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05b1d.jpg

44 - Besides Union Sq.
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05bh4.jpg

45 - Union Square, a hotel I think, very nice place
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05d15.jpg

46 - This is in the other side
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05d90.jpg

48 - Walking in Downtown
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05dfa.jpg

49 - Buildings :cool:
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05dmp.jpg

50 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05dsx.jpg

51 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05e6t.jpg

52 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05ead.jpg

53 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05enr.jpg

54 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05g15.jpg

56 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05g87.jpg

57 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05gfb.jpg

58 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05gly.jpg

59 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05gtg.jpg

60 - Notice the people in the streets, I was all impressed (for a Sunday!)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05gz4.jpg

61 - Buildings, very beautiful ones
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05h8k.jpg

62 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05hfo.jpg

63 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05hmg.jpg

64 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05j4p.jpg

65 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05jb6.jpg

66 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05je9.jpg

67 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05jkg.jpg

68 - Arriving on Market St. (seems it's the main one in town)
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05jqx.jpg

69 - More buildings
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05jys.jpg

70 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05kw1.jpg

71 - Last pic in downtown, batteries are depleted :(
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05m9t.jpg

72 - The Embarcadero, close to the piers
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05mhf.jpg

73 - At the Embarcadero
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05mx1.jpg

74 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05n45.jpg

75 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05nar.jpg

76 - Close to Metreon.
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05nhl.jpg

I hope u have enjoyed. Thanks! ;)

These are great pictures, thanks for sharing. I saw them yesterday in the Brazilian Forums.

Yay! Finally... Ive been waiting for you San Fransisco Pictures for some time now. They Look great, thanks for sharing.

Excellent photos! Thank you.

#19 is awsome, I think I'll use it for a painting?

Great collection of pictures, good job

Great pics! Sorry the weather wasn't better, it's been an unusally wet spring here.

Grat pictures.. Good job.
But where are you?? i can't see you..

Great pictures. San Francisco is on my list of must-visit cities. Your pictures are making me wish I was already there.

Good job man. Your pictures make an amazing city like S.F. look even better

:) Very nice. Some of those places i've never even seen and I live here!!

I may actually post some of MY pics later. But just later :D

Awesome!!! :)
Great Pix!!! :)

man thats some dense shit.

not bad at all. Hope you enjoyed your trip

You should try getting some them published. I could see some in a photo book.

Especially #19.

What was the intersection of #19?

^^ I don't know the street, but it's in the far left part of pic 18.

What was the intersection of #19?

California and Mason Streets.

Many moons have passed since I last saw SFO. The interesting aspect of your post is that it was timed to coincide with exactly 100 years from the earthquake on tuesday 18 April, 1906. No one else has mentioned this, including yourself. One pic of the Harbor Court Hotel on the Embarcadero looks like the old Embarcadero YMCA of the early 1970's, when it had a freeway near the roof top. You must have shopped at House of Byron in Beverly Hills before going north, for the pic on the cable car shows your friend. :)

these pics are incredible! GREAT JOB! :okay:

Best way for you is to take the train from San Diego all the way to Seattle, stopping off at each place on the way. Meet the people.

I like your pics, they portray SF realistically (at least during cloudy weather).
http://i3.tinypic.com/w05aus.jpg
I never noticed Bulgari before! ("buvelgarri" :) )

I was hoping you catch a shot of my old apartment, but oh well:(

Anyway, great shots, I promise Im moving back...

Nice job, these pics are pretty cool

I'll say it again, "San Francisco Rules!" :)

These were taken from Apr 6/ 2006, enjoy!

http://static.flickr.com/54/150940523_debe47f7bb_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/150939636_ade093b990_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150939440_7d43c3638b_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/53/150939144_275c931de2_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/150938953_350ffab544_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/47/150938690_6b7bda2f1d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150938100_028f634cec_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/48/150937839_dd7c134d0f_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/45/150937579_387c9cd916_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/150937398_5d59dc071f.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/150937104_29ff112ef6.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/46/150936738_d5c1fe32d2.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/45/150936352_8cf453cc16.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/48/150936050_efbfd4c534.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/47/150935747_47fcfe3cab.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/150935206_ca3f70edb8_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/150934921_4e4b8a2bb8_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/45/150933754_d5635a93be.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/150933305_67ed3bb1b9_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/50/150932872_c339003379_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/150932430_b91be17144_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/56/150932046_5443f80235_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/55/150931542_163a0e8342_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/53/150930972_a9660f6f80_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/46/150930660_2facb772eb_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/48/150926161_e52ea33dd2_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/150925906_43463643fc_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/45/150924956_e07402f37a_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/44/150924628_173f57b40c_b.jpg

some nice photos

Awesome!

I can't wait to go there again ( T minus two weeks :D )

I cant believe i've lived on the westcoast my entire life and i've never been to sanfran!! I need to go there at least once this summer. Awesome photos btw.

And so hilly, too! Must be nightmare being a cyclist there.

And so hilly, too! Must be nightmare being a cyclist there.

Yeah the crazy thing is that SF is also really famous for its SF hipster cyclists who insist on doing the hipster thing and ride around on fixed gear bikes-- you know, bike messenger chic and all. Whatever floats their boat. I'd rather be biking in nice geared style in SF. The clothes are cool... but don't kill yourself on your fixies... my god those hills are steep.

I never really got that scene. Why not dress the part, and have a geared bicycle? Or better yet, a motor- assisted bicycle(nobody knows its a fixie and nobody cares!). I know I do, apart from the hispter clothing part. I don't like dressing a scene, especially the alternative ones. That doesnt mean I don't know how to dress, I would'nt use this name if I wasnt into that kind of stuff.


I really love the old victorian style houses, especially the ones with vivid colors. I hope to someday buy one of my own regardless of the high prices!!!!

I'll probably go there next December. As a matter of fact, I was just looking at the hotel rates in SFO right now. LOL. If I go, I promise to take pics (and that would be the third time I make a thread about SFO with my own pics. ;) )

Very sweet! I LOVE San Francisco! Awesome CITY!!! :D

those pictures just made me miss San Francisco so much more... and the houses sweet sweet houses! awesome awesome pictures!

Three more weeks and I'll be there! I can't wait.

Good shots man! Gotta love that city

nice photos....SF is the real deal...

Not my type of city but I like the density. Some of those hills aren't sports car friendly.

19 -
http://i3.tinypic.com/w0543p.jpg

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Does anybody have pics of the new area that was built down by Van Ness where the freeway was taken down? I heard a new boulevard was created making this area very high end.

I can't see all the pics that were originally posted here. So, maybe there are, in fact already pics.

^^ You must be talking about Octavia Boulevard. I haven't seen pictures of that place lately. There's a picture here in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Boulevard .

^^ You must be talking about Octavia Boulevard. I haven't seen pictures of that place lately. There's a picture here in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Boulevard .Yes! That's it. Thank you. It looks very wide. Nice. But I thought there would be more real estate development.

Great pictures! Even the weather looks like the stereotypical "SF climate", lol.

Beautiful photos.

That pink building in #17 is really cute...I wanna live there!

great photos, and some lovely old buildings.

Well its about time I posted these from my trip to San Francisco. I spent a week visiting relatives and friends the first week in July, so I’ve been both very busy at home, and a bit lazy at the same time.

Enjoy!

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5369/dsc00170editedgz8.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6871/dsc00171editedfr1.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1087/dsc00113editedmw5.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/329/dsc00114editedoh4.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9649/dsc00117editedzl1.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8687/dsc00127editedvp1.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6365/dsc00129editedfk3.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9/dsc00130editedpk7.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3564/dsc00131editedym7.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1866/dsc00133editedhk0.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5994/dsc00135editedai3.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5199/dsc00142editedip2.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/2938/dsc00143editedvy4.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1796/dsc00146editedzk0.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8466/dsc00148editedhf3.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9766/dsc00149editeder6.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8692/dsc00150editedmw3.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5114/dsc00151editedcr0.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8104/dsc00152editedai6.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9859/dsc00153editednc1.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5811/dsc00156editedso7.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9853/dsc00159editedtp8.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2134/dsc00161editedxn6.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7136/dsc00163editedsi0.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2332/dsc00164editedoq8.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2896/dsc00166editedmn2.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2057/dsc00169editediy5.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1201/dsc00171editedbz2.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8638/dsc00173editedkx8.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/974/dsc00175editedmi9.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9201/dsc00176editedce7.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2412/dsc00177editedzo4.jpg

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9657/dsc00179editeduu1.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4086/dsc00182editedkc8.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9572/dsc00167editedfy6.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6496/dsc00165editedno4.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3133/dsc00164editedub3.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2039/dsc00163editedcj6.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4536/dsc00162editedrn9.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2552/dsc00161editedai3.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8646/dsc00159editedtz2.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6730/dsc00158zp6.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5668/dsc00157editedaq8.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3572/dsc00156editedkt5.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8923/dsc00155editedhl4.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1739/dsc00151editedyp6.jpg


In and around Golden Gate Park, I covered this area on rollerblades. Not the smartest way to enjoy the park for sure, (way too many potholes, not enough smooth surfaces) next time I will use a bike.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6047/dsc00120ph6.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4743/dsc00150editedlv2.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1952/dsc00136editedev5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3540/dsc00133editedxx2.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9207/dsc00129editedre8.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6176/dsc00127editedlu3.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6332/dsc00126editednq9.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4799/dsc00125editedpz7.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4214/dsc00123editedrb5.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9681/dsc00121editedjx0.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7302/dsc00119qw8.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2096/dsc00118editedgr1.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7811/dsc00116bq4.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9070/dsc00103editedbe5.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5051/dsc00102editedsk9.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2605/dsc00101editedpp3.jpg

http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/9632/dsc00145edited3nh.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/202/dsc00068zk3.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/326/dsc00069editedld7.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/3285/dsc00072editedle8.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/3393/dsc00075editedjz8.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/4108/dsc00076editedpi6.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/9594/dsc00077editedsp3.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5557/dsc00078vp0.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5802/dsc00079lq5.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9816/dsc00081pj3.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7120/dsc00082ux1.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5327/dsc00083kd2.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/2388/dsc00084nq5.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6615/dsc00085wj9.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/6044/dsc00087iz4.jpg


Of course I had to post a photo of one of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5047/dsc00088si6.jpg


Now on my way back to San Leandro, figured I'd take a couple of shots as I waited at the West Oakland station where I had to transfer trains
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1792/dsc00096editedqw6.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6522/dsc00095editedle1.jpg

^^ OMG!!!! very nice photos!! great job . San francisco is very beautifull city :)

Great photos.

San Francisco is defeanately high on my list of cities i want to visit.

Hey, those are gorgeous.

Awesome captures!

Even though there's no fog, sure beats the he*k out of that old Milwaukee fog pix thread that someone just HAD to post in the US forum

Thanks :)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9649/dsc00117editedzl1.jpg
I wonder if the guy on the left is a traveling pimp?

I LOVE this picture thread. Glad you posted them. :yes:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9649/dsc00117editedzl1.jpg
I wonder if the guy on the left is a traveling pimp?



You beat me to it lol...

Good fun.

I'm so excited about visiting SF in October.

The pics are excellent - gives me a real feel for the city

Cool, please be sure to take pictures and tell us about it!

Thanks all, yes October is a very good time to visit the city. You should also go up to Napa Valley, its beautiful during that time.

Thanks all, yes October is a very good time to visit the city. You should also go up to Napa Valley, its beautiful during that time.

I've decided not to hire a car (was advised not to do so in SF) and after the nightmare traffic in Toronto and around Buffalo last year it's public transport or tours only from now on. We decided on day trips to Yomesite and Muir Woods - the rest of the time we're staying in the city (Hotel Nikko - any good??)

SF's public transport seems pretty good anyway. In fact all the cities I have been to in the US have had much better (and cheaper) public transport than in England. Ours is deregulated I'm afraid (Margaret Thatcher - stupid cow) so not only is it unrealiable but it's really dear too. Seattle was fab - all buses in the city centre were free, Chicago was unbelievably cheap, NYC, Philly and Boston all with great transit systems. I'm hoping for the best in SF too.

I heard that September and October sees SF at its best climate too. Seems odd, but I'm happy if that's the case. Getting excited now. Just hope those effing terrorists don't try something stupid again and cause more delays.

San Francisco looks great. I never realized it was that dense; it looks almost as dense as New York City.

The beach house neighborhood looks great.

My favorite picture is the one with the beach, sand dunes covered with beach grass, and houses in the distance.

Yes, the western part of the city is lined with a beach, the whole western area used to be sand dunes with unbearable winds and sandstorms. The ocean, strait and upper bay nearest to SF are underwater dunes. Such a strange contrast with the way you would might normally percieve SF.

I was in San Fancisco in August. A very nice trip. If you get a chance go see "Beach Blanket Babylon." It is on Green Street. A very funny play.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/Wlangston1/San%20Francisco/P1010098.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b287/Wlangston1/San%20Francisco/P1010363.jpg

I was in San Fancisco in August. A very nice trip. If you get a chance go see "Beach Blanket Babylon." It is on Green Street. A very funny play.

It's good news as I've already booked tickets to see this in October when I'm in SF.

I would have to be crazy to deny the beauty of this city.

its not the beauty that gets me... its the fact its something american that actually has an original style.

You definately captured the beauty of this amazing city. My all time favorite city in the world. Great shots.

Hi I just got back from a great week in SFC. My pictures are located here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/

I would put them here but theres 134 and my net is running very slowly! Let me know what you think, theyre in reverse order so best starting on the last page and working your way back as the first page or two is just alcatraz.

Thanks,

x

I gotcha covered - some that I thought were noteworthy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1147.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1139.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1128.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1131.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1089.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1082.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1080.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1067.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1064.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1060.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1045.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1024.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1024.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/daniel3982/San%20Francisco/DSCN1008.jpg

cool

as a vistor what would you recommend and not recommend

i am planning a trip there in 2 weeks!!!

Nice shots !

cool

as a vistor what would you recommend and not recommend

i am planning a trip there in 2 weeks!!!

how long are you planning to stay?
stay at a location near union square or nob hill. a lot of transit access there.
if you want "touristy" stuff, go to the fisherman's warf.
if not, just get on some of the buses and check out all the cool neighborhoods. oh, yeah, definately check out golden gate park. i loved it! :yes:
there is SO much to see and do and eat! :D
it's hard to start, but when I do I would be here all day telling you all the great places. :)
get a muni pass and prepare to walk so have some comfortable walking shoes.
a lot of great walking trails too.


i hoped that helped some. :)

steve

btw, yes, very nice pix. :yes:

:)

Nice, gotta love the city by the bay :)

Glad the weather cleared up for you.......nice pics!

God I love San Francisco....what an absolutely gorgeous city.

Excellent pics too btw!

Looking south from Telegraph hill to Transamerica, Bankamerica, and the city skyline: A CLASSIC!!!!!

Nice pics!

I love that first photo.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4679/sf12102006fsa5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8500/sfunionsquare212102006fjk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3844/sfunionsquare312102006fgg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8504/sfunionsquare412102006fpp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7832/sfunionsquare512102006fyb1.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6012/sfunionsquare612102006fci3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7638/sfunionsquare712102006fkp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/751/sfunionsquare8112102006ak9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Wide Shot >>>>>

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3562/sfunionsquare912102006fws1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9522/sfunionsquare1012102006jb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3684/sfunionsquare1112102006hh4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8384/sfunionsquare1212102006qx7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hell yes, these are beautiful.

Here are some pictures I took recently of downtown SF along the Embarcadero (with the Christmas time lights on the Embarcadero Center buildings) as well as some pictures of Oakland around Lake Merritt near where I work.

San Francisco

Taken on a different night from the rest, SF as I came back from Alcatraz
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3187/2006birthday109nw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Looking towards the Bay Bridge
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/907/2006christmas007nk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Looking down the Embarcadero
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/7593/2006christmas010vb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The beginning (or end) of Mission Street
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6159/2006christmas015gv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Ferry Building
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/9595/2006christmas017bg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I loved the lights on this old building. Muni F line on the left
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2821/2006christmas019uy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Embarcadero Center Towers
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1448/2006christmas020md2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The Transamerica Building partially blocked by the clouds
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1934/2006christmas031fo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Embarcadero Center and Transamerica Building
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/5545/2006christmas032hs3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The beginning of Market Street
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8270/2006christmas052tp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I loved these lit up palm trees
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/4605/2006christmas049jw6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
End of the Cable Car line on California Street
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3172/2006christmas055et7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Oakland

I work in the building on the right, the Kaiser Building
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5356/2006fall077ym2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Residential towers along Lake Merritt
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/3738/2006fall085uu4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4570/2006birthday193by7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
A look at the moon across Lake Merritt near 14th Street
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4116/2006birthday198ob3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The night lights of the Oakland Tribune (not sure if this is just for the holidays)
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4861/2006fall101gx0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sunset across the lake towards downtown Oakland
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3059/2006birthday221tx7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
A fountain in the lake
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/1542/2006birthday220cd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Across the lake along Lakeshore Avenue, Kaiser building again on the right
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/6953/2006birthday226hk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I hope you enjoyed these!

Lovely!<3

Looks nice to see those SF skyline at night. ;)

Nice photos!

Great photos! I love cities at night.

nice

I was in SF in october/november

wished i could have seen it all decked out for xmas

Nice pictures.

Great pictures! I love the contrast of the cloudy SF background and the "you can't stop looking at me" holiday lights and red.

very nice.

Following on from my NYC trip last year (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=206526), here are my photos from my trip to San Francisco. No strange commentary in this one though.

Financial District from the waterfront.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0016.jpg

Transamerica pyramid close up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0033.jpg

Walking past China town

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0034.jpg

Walking up a hill and look back to the financial district and the Bay Bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0039.jpg

From the top of the Coit Tower, a memorial dedicated to the San Francisco fire department. Perfect location to get views of the city, the bay and even across to Oakland.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0046-1.jpg

Walked across the whole city to the Golden gate.... as you can see it took a while and now night time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0075.jpg

From Vista Point towards the city.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0073.jpg

Alcatraz island dock. Graffiti is from the native indians who took over the Island from 1969-1971.... there is quite a lot across the island.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0094.jpg

Old model industries building ahead with the new industries building on the right (where Al Capone used to wash army uniforms)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0103.jpg

Looking across to the Golden Gate

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0104.jpg

Alcatraz prisoner courtyard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0112.jpg

"D block." The far top right cell is where Robert "Birdman" Stroud spent most of his years.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0116.jpg

The Alcatraz lighthouse.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0136.jpg

Nice trip on a seaplane.... this is beyond the Golden Gate looking out to the Pacific

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0170.jpg

Flying back over the bridge. The small building on the left is Fort Point. Our driver was the stunt pilot who landed a helicopter in the fort for the 60's version of the film "Point Break."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0175.jpg

Flying over the Bay Bridge. The bridge is actually in 2 parts... the suspension part and a cantilevered part which can be seen in the distance. The total length as just over 8 miles.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0186.jpg

Downtown from the air.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0188.jpg

Alctraz again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0200.jpg

Finally, the Golden Gate as the sun prepares to set.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/lancebloke/CIMG0206.jpg

Hope you enjoy them

Loved the shot of the city from the plane. Great pics!

Great job! Sometimes I feel like exploring the city and taking pictures, but I am too lazy to do that.

Awesome! :yes: I never tire of San Francisco. :yes:
Thanks for posting them. Very nice. :)

Wow thanks. What great pics of a great city.

dense dense and more dense......awesome

Ahhhhh . . . makes me homesick. :(

(someone please leave me $1M so I can get 500 square feet of SF to live in)

Gorgeous pics. You really caught the beauty of SF and Oakland in December.

a thing of absolute beauty. :)

LOVE these pix! :yes:

San Francisco looks so magical at night. :)

Amazing pics. Damn SanFran is cool looking.

Got to love the night pics. Good assortment.

Thank you for all the compliments. SF is of course one of the most beautiful cities and is especially nice this time of year. Working in Oakland though I have really come to appreciate that it has its own beauty as well.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4116/2006birthday198ob3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love the Bay and I love these pics. Great job. The one above is my favorite. Beautiful. Do you or anyone else here have any links to some good Oakland photos; perhaps from other threads here? I love Oakland, but its hard to find good pics of the city. Especially neighborhood shots (like Adams Point, Montclair, etc.).

^^
Fabulous pictures, love the hustle and bustle of Union Square.

super pics!!!!

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4116/2006birthday198ob3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love the Bay and I love these pics. Great job. The one above is my favorite. Beautiful. Do you or anyone else here have any links to some good Oakland photos; perhaps from other threads here? I love Oakland, but its hard to find good pics of the city. Especially neighborhood shots (like Adams Point, Montclair, etc.).

I've been meaning to post some more pictures I've taken, but, they are mostly of downtown. There is a post on this forum with some additional downtown pictures as well here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=333118&highlight=oakland

San Francisco is a great place to go on vacation. I was there in July 2006 and had a great time. I stay about 2 blocks from Union Square.

It's been a few years since I was there but check out the glass elevators in the high-rise part of the St. Francis hotel on Union Square. They're among the very best glass elevators because you board them at lobby elevation and the back wall is black and you barely realize it's transparent and then it gets going and WOW! you're zooming up over the City in full daylight. On the way down it's kind of exciting because it feels like I just fell through the lower roof!

this is my trip to SF and Bay Area :D 28 Dec - 13 Jan 07

In Changi Airport Singapore :yes:

cozy airport :yes:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2929/dsc0043sek1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2929/dsc0044sik6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Airport from Distance (Rainy day)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4844/dsc0046skm8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Runway :eek:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2748/dsc0047sld6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Inside the plane :D
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1681/dsc0061sta7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nice Clouds :drool:
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8548/dsc0075sne6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)