 Coit Tower with statue of Columbus in foreground Coit Tower was built atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco.[citation needed] Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved."[citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (446x669, 89 KB) Kelvin Kay en:user:Kkmd File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Coit Tower 49-Mile Scenic Drive Metadata This file contains additional information, probably...
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A view of Telegraph Hill from a boat in the San Francisco Bay. ...
Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Lillie Hitchcock Coit (* 1842, † 1929 in San Francisco) was a well-known volunteer firefighter and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, a local monument in the shape of a fire-hose. ...
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Contrary to popular opinion, the tower was not designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle.[citation needed] This myth persists in part because of Lillie Hitchcock Coit's affinity with the San Francisco fire fighters of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5. Although the architects claimed to have no design precedent in mind,[citation needed] during this time Europe saw the construction of aesthetically designed power stations that could be claimed as prototypes (e.g.: Battersea Power Station). Lillie Hitchcock Coit (* 1842, † 1929 in San Francisco) was a well-known volunteer firefighter and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, a local monument in the shape of a fire-hose. ...
Battersea Power Station viewed from the north bank of the River Thames at Pimlico. ...
The art deco tower, 210 feet (64 meters) of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard with murals by 26 different artists and numerous assistants.[citation needed] Asheville City Hall. ...
Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete in some countries, is concrete in which reinforcement bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle. ...
Arthur Brown, Jr. ...
Henry Howard may refer to Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517 - January 13, 1547), an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. ...
Murals
Two of the murals are of San Francisco Bay scenes painted by Spanish artist José Moya del Piño, who by then was a fulltime resident in the Bay Area. Most murals are done in fresco; the exceptions are one mural done in egg tempera (upstairs, in the last decorated room) and the works done in the elevator foyer, which are oil on canvas. While most of the murals have been restored, a small segment (the spiral stairway exit to the observation platform) was not restored but durably painted over with epoxy surfacing. These murals in particular contained very "leftist" political and social themes related to the Great Depression and socialist political movements. Most of the murals are open for public viewing without charge during open hours, although there are ongoing negotiations by the Recreation and Parks Department of San Francisco to begin charging visitors a fee to enter the mural rotunda. The murals in the spiral stairway, normally closed to the public, are open for viewing on Saturday mornings at 11:00 am with a free San Francisco City Guides tour. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...
For other uses, see Fresco (disambiguation). ...
Egg tempera is a type of paint used by artists. ...
Oil on Canvas is a live album by Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records, after the band had split in 1982. ...
In chemistry, epoxy or polyepoxide is a thermosetting epoxide polymer that cures (polymerizes and crosslinks) when mixed with a catalyzing agent or hardener. Most common epoxy resins are produced from a reaction between epichlorohydrin and bisphenol-A. The first commercial attempts to prepare resins from epichlorohydrin occurred in 1927 in...
In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition...
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Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...
The famous Rotunda church in Thessaloniki, Greece. ...
The view The tower, which stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, offers fantastic views of San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park ("Aquatic Park"), Alcatraz, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill. Coit Tower (photo courtesy of Michael Doeff) Coit Tower is a notable landmark dedicated to the San Francisco, California firefighters. ...
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...
The historic fleet moored at Hyde Street Pier, with Alcatraz and Angel Island in the background. ...
Alcatraz Island is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ...
Sea lions on Pier 39 A musician performs at Pier 39. ...
Angel Island Angel Island is an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, offering spectacular views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. ...
An aerial view of Treasure Island in the foreground, with its link to Yerba Buena Island in the background. ...
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ( ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans San Francisco Bay and links the California cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States, as part of Interstate 80. ...
Russian Hill is an affluent, largely residential neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. ...
The Financial District and the Transamerica Pyramid as seen from Coit Tower. ...
There are at least two famous Lombard Streets Lombard Street, London, leading from the Bank of England to Gracechurch Lombard Street, San Francisco, famed for its twists and turns This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Nob Hill refers to a small district in sunny San Francisco, California adjacent to the intersection of California and Powell streets (and the respective cable car lines). ...
Telegraph Hill -
A view of Telegraph Hill from a boat in the San Francisco Bay. ...
Parking Due to the extreme topography, the parking lot at the top of the hill is only accessible by one road, Telegraph Hill Boulevard. Because Coit Tower is such a popular tourist attraction, at peak times, the street can be backed up a third or more of the way down the hill, and the wait to get to the top can reach 40 minutes or more. This prompts many drivers to make illegal U-turns, block resident access, and delay the 39-Coit bus. For these reasons, the San Francisco Department of Parking and Traffic is considering eliminating public parking at the top of the hill and promoting public transportation alternatives from more accessible locations, though no changes have yet been made. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) is the body which oversees the San Francisco Municipal Railway as well as the Department of Parking and Traffic. ...
A system of wooden and concrete stairs and footpaths, called the Filbert Steps, lead to the top of the hill from various directions, making a steep but direct climb possible. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Filbert Street (San Francisco). ...
Telegraph Hill Boulevard connects with Lombard Street, another popular tourist attraction. Lombard Streets famed twists Lombard Street in San Francisco, California is an east-west thoroughfare that runs from The Presidio, through the Cow Hollow neighborhood (through which Lombard Street is at its busiest and widest and is co-signed as U.S. Highway 101 for the 12 blocks between...
Media - In the book triliogy Nine Lives Of Chloe King by Celia Thomson, the protagonist Chloe King falls from Coit Tower and dies only to return to life due to her nine lives of belonging to a race of humans who have the characteristics of cats, also known as Mai.
- In the book On the road by Jack Kerouac, the Coit Tower is one of the symbols of San Francisco : "That was Frisco; and beautiful women standing in white doorways, waiting for their men; Coit Tower and the Embarcadero, and Market Street, and the eleven teeming hills."
- In A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, the phallic appearance of the tower as well as its origins are mentioned.
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Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. ...
This article discusses the embarcadero in San Francisco. ...
Market Street in downtown San Francisco. ...
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Coitus interruptus, also known as withdrawal or the pull out method, is a method of contraception in which, during sexual intercourse, the penis is removed from the vagina prior to ejaculation, primarily to avoid introducing semen into the vagina. ...
A Dirty Job is the ninth novel by Christopher Moore, published in 2006. ...
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Tower and related sites View of Coit Tower, Alcatraz and Marin from downtown. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 990 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) View of Coit Tower, Alcatraz and Marin from the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. ...
| View of Coit Tower from Fisherman's Wharf. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 236 KB) Photo by Greek-a-Fella. ...
| The intersection of Filbert Street and Napier Lane on Telegraph Hill. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2032x1524, 1306 KB) These steps are part of Filbert Street on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California, between Montgomery and Sansome. ...
| A photograph of Coit Tower from the steps in front of it. Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 949 KB) A photograph of Coit Tower from the steps right in front of it. ...
| A closer photograph of Coit Tower from the parking lot. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The mural Industry both in the city and out in the fields was an important theme in the mural. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 533 KB) Summary I took this picture for the sole purpose of posting it on Wikipedia Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the...
| Notice the robbery on the bottom right, and the car accident in the center Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 511 KB) Summary I took this picture myself with the express purpose of posting it on Wikipedia. ...
| Some of the headlines in the newspapers discuss the creating of the mural Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 58 KB) Summary I took this picture so I could post it on Wikipedia. ...
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Views from the Coit Tower View looking south: the Financial District. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 799 KB) Summary View of San Franciscos financial district from the Coit Tower. ...
| View looking southeast: the Bay Bridge, the Ferry Building, and the Bay beyond. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 585 KB) Looking northeast from Coit Tower. ...
| View looking southwest: the center of the City. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 543 KB) Looking southeast from the Coit Tower. ...
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See also The following fall under the definition of a tower which is a tall man-made structure, always taller than it is wide, and usually much higher. ...
This article is about the city in California. ...
49-Mile Scenic Drive sign The 49-Mile Scenic Drive (also known as 49-Mile Drive) in and around San Francisco highlights many of the citys major attractions and historic structures. ...
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