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San Francisco Photolog [by SSC members]

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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

University of California, Berkeley: Part I

University of California, Berkeley: Part II

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CHINATOWN

The entrance gate to Chinatown, SF





A typical Chinatown apartment/commerce building



A view of Chinatown from California Street



CIVIC CENTER/MARKET

Lippert Building (unknown; 1924; Market Street)



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



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





Interior view



Unidentified as of yet



Unidentified




FINANCIAL DISTRICT/UPPER MARKET STREET



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!)





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



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



View of the Hunter-Dulin Building, surrounded by skyscrapers



Northern Financial District building (unidentified)





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



A tiered skyscraper in the Northern Financial District



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



Unidentified skyscraper with beaming sunlight



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



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



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



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



A stunning apartment building



TransAmerica Pyramid







NORTH BEACH

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



Saint Francis of Assisi Church, North Beach



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





A coffeehouse in North Beach



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





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



Casual restaurant life in North Beach



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



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



Three American soldiers



The cemetery grounds at the Presidio



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





Man admiring the Golden Gate Bridge





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







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



RUSSIAN HILL (taken with Nikon D70)

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



TELEGRAPH HILL

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


View looking northeast from Union Square




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.



A closer view



Union Square







View of unidentified building from Union Square




EXTRAS: SF TRANSPORTATION

A streetcar riding up Market Street





A Van Ness-Market Trolley



A cable car rides past Union Square on Powell Street



Sightseeing bus affront Union Square



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



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

 
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#111 ·
612bv3 said:
^^ 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.:eek:kay:
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.
 
#116 ·
SacTown916 said:
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"
 
#119 ·
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. :eek:kay: 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:
 
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