Bay windows in San Francisco, California.

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan. The angles most commonly used are 90, 45 and 30 degrees. Bay windows are often associated with Victorian architecture. They first achieved widespread popularity in the 1870s. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1324 KB) Summary Bay windows in San Francisco, California. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1324 KB) Summary Bay windows in San Francisco, California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. ... WALL is an Radio station on AM 1340. ... A polygon (from the Greek poly, for many, and gonos, for angle) is a closed planar path composed of a finite number of sequential straight line segments. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

The windows are commonly used to provide the illusion of a larger room, as well as to increase the flow of natural light indoors. It is perhaps for these reasons that bay windows have become an architectural staple in San Francisco, a city of limited space. An illusion is a distortion of a sensory perception. ... Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

See also

• oriel window
• bay window caboose

Oriel windows are a form of window commonly found in Gothic revival architecture, which jut out from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. ... A Burlington Northern Railroad extended vision caboose at the end of a train entering Eola Yard, Aurora, Illinois, in 1993. ...

External links

A San Francisco Chronicle article discussing bay windows. [1] The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ...