Photos of San Francisco California Tourist (7)
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#485 — A scenic picture taken of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California with Alcatraz prison visible on the left upper corner of the picture and some yellow flowers in the foreground. The Golden Gate Bridge is a historic symbol that represents the city of San Francisco.
Alcatraz & Golden Gate Bridge
#404 — This is a scenic picture taken of Lombard Street which is located in downtown San Francisco, California. Lombard Street is a major east to west street that crosses the entire city of San Francisco. It is best known for one block on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, with eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being the most crooked (winding) street in the United States. One of San Francisco's car lines stops at the top of this block. The crooked section of the street is reserved for one way traffic traveling east (downhill), and is paved with bricks. The section was built in 1923 to accommodate the steepness of the slope of the hill. The road is surrounded with beautiful shrubs and flowers and stunning bay views that draw in tourists day after day. From the top of the hill you will see amazing views of the bay such as Telegraph Hill and North Beach.
Lombard Street, San Francisco
#487 — A close up picture taken of a San Francisco Cable Car which makes its way up Powell and Hyde St. San Francisco's cable cars are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the cars do not operate under their own power. Instead, the cars are propelled mechanically, by "gripping" a continuously moving steel cable which runs in a conduit underneath a slot between the rails. The cable is kept in motion by an engine in a centrally-located powerhouse. The cable car system was developed in San Francisco because of a guy named Andrew Hallidie whom in 1869 witnessed a horse-car accident and wanted to develop a cable railway to stop such accidents. In 1873 HGallidie tested the first cable car system near the top of Nob HIll at Clay and Jones Streets. Ever since this date the Cable Car system kept growing and became one of the symbols of San Francisco.
Cable Car, Powell & Hyde Sts.
#441 — A close up picture of Coit Tower located on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. Coit Tower on Telegraph hill in San Francisco has provided visitors, and locals, with impressive views of The City since its completion in 1933. Coit Tower was built due to admiration for the fire fighters who fought the 1906 earthquake fires. Many believe the tower was designed in the shape of a fire hose nozzle in relation to that admiration.
Coit Tower
#486 — A scenic picture taken of the tall buildings of downtown San Francisco, California and the Bay Bridge from Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. In this picture you can also see the Ferry Building in front of the Bay Bridge. San Francisco is a city full of things to do. San Francisco offers a wide arrange of activities from climbing to the top of Coit Tower, admiring the grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge, or even exploring the infamous Alcatraz prison! And don't forget about the Golden Gate Park, the Japanese Tea Garden the Botanical Garden plus so much more!
Downtown San Francisco from Telegraph Hill
#1574 — A scenic picture taken of an orange cable car in downtown San Francisco right by the warf.
Orange Cable Car
#483 — A day time picture taken of the Palace of Fine Arts Exploratorium located in San Francisco, California. The task of creating a Palace of Fine Arts for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition fell to the architect Bernard R. Maybeck, then fifty years old and known for his innovative ideas. Setting to work on this new project, he chose as his theme a Roman ruin, mutilated and overgrown, in the mood of a Piranesi engraving. The Palace of Fine Arts was meant to give delight by its exterior beauty, but its purpose was also to offer all visitors a stimulating experience within doors.
Palace of Fine Arts Exploratorium
