San Francisco Photolog [by SSC members] - Page 3

Phoenix Ashes · August 11th, 2005, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovecharlie

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.

Whiked918 · August 14th, 2005, 06:04 AM

These are some pics I took

kota16 · August 15th, 2005, 03:33 PM

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!

StevenW · August 15th, 2005, 11:13 PM

I LOVE this Shot:

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

Whiked918 · August 17th, 2005, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenW

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

In that case here ya go.

Wallbanger · August 17th, 2005, 06:45 AM

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

Bravo

alex3000 · August 27th, 2005, 08:34 AM

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

- First part of the Bay Bridge ( busiest bridge in the US.)

- SFO skyline from the Bay Bridge.

- Bay Bridge from Fremont St.

- Union Square and the Bank of American Building in the background.

- Geary St.

- The GAP and FOREVER 21 stores on Market St.

- Cable Cars on Powell St.

- Market St. at night.

- Union Square at night.

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.

- I believe this is Grant Ave.

- Grant Ave. again.

- California Street. Bay Bridge on the background and please... excuse that SOB.

- Pine St.

- Chinatown Gate.

- Geary St.

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.

- Some federal building.

- Asian Art Museum.

- Some building behind the Asian Art Museum.

- City Hall.

- Some building in the Civic Center area.

- Other buildings around the Civic Center area.

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

- Lombard St.

- Coit Tower.

- Bay Bridge.

- Alcatraz Island.

- TransAmerica Pyramid.

- Lombard St. looking west.

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.

- Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco's Skyline.

- Golden Gate Birdge again...

- North tower of the Gold Gate Bridge. SFO's skyline in the backgroud.

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.

- Bank of America Building.

- California St.

- Density.

- Some skyscrapers on Market St.

- TransAmerica Pyramid.

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.

- Embarcadero.

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

- Alcatraz Island.

- SFO Skyline.

- Gold Gate ( again...).

- SFO Skyline again.

- Now we're back in the Embarcadero.

Ok, let me come up with a new headline for this pic ( besides " SFO Skyline".)
- Hmmm some buildings.

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.

- Civic Aud. and some other building.

- Veteran's building (again).

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

***i_am_hydrogen*** · August 27th, 2005, 08:39 AM

Great tour. God, I really miss SF.

Dancer · August 27th, 2005, 08:48 AM

Nice shots man

Kerfloozles · August 27th, 2005, 08:52 AM

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.

PaintItBlack · August 27th, 2005, 09:53 AM

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

crazyjoeda · August 27th, 2005, 10:43 AM

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

alex3000 · August 27th, 2005, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyjoeda

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 "

I decided to put that as the thread's title because it's very hmmm eye-catching.

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.

Whose Homepage · August 27th, 2005, 10:58 AM

Thank youl, alex3000!

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 ...

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

*Jarrod · August 27th, 2005, 11:14 AM

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...

Krzyżak · August 27th, 2005, 04:50 PM

Great fotos...

StevenW · August 27th, 2005, 05:19 PM

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!

Thanks again!

VansTripp · August 27th, 2005, 08:29 PM

Wow... That's nice pic

612bv3 · August 27th, 2005, 08:56 PM

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.

rt_0891 · August 27th, 2005, 09:14 PM

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.

August 15th, 2005, 03:33 PM	#43
kota16 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Adelaide Posts: 576 Likes (Received): 0	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! __________________ kota16 Australia

August 15th, 2005, 11:13 PM	#44
StevenW Born in Baltimore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 10,639 Likes (Received): 12	I LOVE this Shot: BTW, I NEVER get tired of San Francisco. Bring it on! __________________ Baltimore, my hometown.

August 27th, 2005, 08:34 AM	#47
alex3000 I'm not Chinese Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,347 Likes (Received): 1	:::San Francisco::: - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE AMERICAS - First of all, before you all jump at me, SFO is the most beautiful city in The Americas according to me 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. - 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. - First part of the Bay Bridge ( busiest bridge in the US.) - SFO skyline from the Bay Bridge. - Bay Bridge from Fremont St. - Union Square and the Bank of American Building in the background. - Geary St. - The GAP and FOREVER 21 stores on Market St. - Cable Cars on Powell St. - Market St. at night. - Union Square at night. 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. - I believe this is Grant Ave. - Grant Ave. again. - California Street. Bay Bridge on the background and please... excuse that SOB. - Pine St. - Chinatown Gate. - Geary St. 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. - Some federal building. - Asian Art Museum. - Some building behind the Asian Art Museum. - City Hall. - Some building in the Civic Center area. - Other buildings around the Civic Center area. We ate some delicious Thai food and then we headed for Lombard St. ( aka Crooked St.) and the Golden Gate Bridge. - Lombard St. - Coit Tower. - Bay Bridge. - Alcatraz Island. - TransAmerica Pyramid. - Lombard St. looking west. 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. - Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco's Skyline. - Golden Gate Birdge again... - North tower of the Gold Gate Bridge. SFO's skyline in the backgroud. 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. - Bank of America Building. - California St. - Density. - Some skyscrapers on Market St. - TransAmerica Pyramid. 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. - Embarcadero. ... Then we took a tour around the bay in a little boat... - Alcatraz Island. - SFO Skyline. - Gold Gate ( again...). - SFO Skyline again. - Now we're back in the Embarcadero. Ok, let me come up with a new headline for this pic ( besides " SFO Skyline".) - Hmmm some buildings. 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. - Civic Aud. and some other building. - Veteran's building (again). And that's it.... Hope you enjoy the pics.

August 27th, 2005, 08:48 AM	#49
Dancer Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 2,013 Likes (Received): 23	Nice shots man __________________ - Flickr - facebook - Urban Photo Set -

August 27th, 2005, 10:43 AM	#52
crazyjoeda Mac User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,006 Likes (Received): 0	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 __________________ Vancouver, site of the next Winter Olympic Games in 2010! British Columbia, Canada. "The best place on earth."

August 14th, 2005, 06:04 AM	#42
Whiked918 East Bay Area Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Bay area Posts: 85 Likes (Received): 0	These are some pics I took

August 17th, 2005, 06:45 AM	#46
Wallbanger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego/Temecula Posts: 252 Likes (Received): 0	WOW! That was fun. You sure know how to capture every single angle of a city which has a lot of different angles. Bravo

August 27th, 2005, 08:39 AM	#48
*i_am_hydrogen* muted Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 7,193 Likes (Received): 8	Great tour. God, I really miss SF.

August 27th, 2005, 08:52 AM	#50
Kerfloozles Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Alameda (Bay Area), CA Posts: 38 Likes (Received): 0	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.

August 27th, 2005, 09:53 AM	#51
PaintItBlack black as night Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Francisco, Seattle and Orange County Posts: 9 Likes (Received): 0	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

August 27th, 2005, 10:58 AM	#54
Whose Homepage BANNED Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Berkeley, California USA Posts: 1,163 Likes (Received): 0	Thank youl, alex3000! 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 ... Btw, that "some tower" building way up there in your photo lineup is The Ferry Building.

August 27th, 2005, 11:14 AM	#55
*Jarrod ....kay? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 556 Likes (Received): 0	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...

August 27th, 2005, 04:50 PM	#56
Krzyżak fortuna favet fortibus Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,836 Likes (Received): 0	Great fotos...

August 27th, 2005, 05:19 PM	#57
StevenW Born in Baltimore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 10,639 Likes (Received): 12	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! Thanks again! __________________ Baltimore, my hometown.

August 27th, 2005, 08:29 PM	#58
VansTripp BANNED Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LA/Trussville Posts: 2,407 Likes (Received): 0	Wow... That's nice pic

August 27th, 2005, 08:56 PM	#59
612bv3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alameda Posts: 1,537 Likes (Received): 1	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. __________________ My BART Fantasy Maps: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 4.1 \| Circle \| Other Maps

August 27th, 2005, 09:14 PM	#60
rt_0891 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Hong Kong, Vancouver Posts: 2,697 Likes (Received): 0	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.

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