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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Вторник, 14 Декабря 2010 г. 20:55 + в цитатник
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! )








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







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




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