Coit Tower, also known as the Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco; at her death in 1929 Coit left one-third of her estate to the city for civic beautification
We hiked up to Coit Tower, we then took the elevator up to the top
Here are some pictures from the top of Coit Tower
Panorama of the city
Marina and Alcatraz
Bay Bridge
Here is also some art from inside the Coit Tower near the elevator
The Stockbroker
Workers
Train workers
Street/Market
From Coit Tower to Market Street
We then took a walk from Coit Street down to Market Street, here are some pics
My guess is that this is a topless cabaret
Cafe Trieste
I don't know if it's true or not, but the lady who operates the elevator in Coit Tower told me that Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screen play for The Godfather in this cafe. Patti Smith is another frequent visitor back in the day
Cool looking record store
The Hobart Building
The new SalesForce headquarters
Some office building
Another office building
After Market Street, we decided to go to Mission Dolores
Mission San Francisco de Asís, or Mission Dolores, is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco and the sixth religious settlement established as part of the California chain of missions. The Mission was founded on June 29, 1776, by Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and Francisco Palóu (a companion of Junípero Serra), both members of the de Anza Expedition, which had been charged with bringing Spanish settlers to Alta (upper) California, and evangelizing the local Natives, the Ohlone.
View from the cemetery
Fra Junipero Serra
View inside, note the orange glass
Another view
Side view
We took a stroll around Mission Dolores Park
People enjoying a perfect day in the park
Nice palmtree
And we finished the day with a visit to the Painted Ladies
Painted Ladies near Alamo Square
In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings painted in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by writers Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies - San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
Painted Ladies with the financial district visible in the background
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