[PigBoy]

Went to San Francisco last week with all the other geographers in the universe for the Association of American Geographers conference. (Any other AAG folks around here?) I didn't come away with a great variety of photos, but I did what I could. I didn't really get much in the way of neighborhood pictures and even spent one three-mile walk without taking any photos at all. But whatever. It was a nice time in a nice city!

Everything but this one is just in chronological order.
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[Evergrey]

I have a Geography degree... never found anything worthwhile to do with it unfortunately! lol


Amazing thread... saw this over on UO already... brilliant

[James Bond Agent 007]

I left my map in San Francisco.

[BuffaloSam]

awesome stuff, I really wanted to go to the conference (Im a geography grad student at the University at Buffalo) The photos are GREAT!!!!

[Evergrey]

awesome stuff, I really wanted to go to the conference (Im a geography grad student at the University at Buffalo) The photos are GREAT!!!!

one of the best geography grad programs around!

[flar]

beautiful

[salvius]

I have a Geography degree... never found anything worthwhile to do with it unfortunately! lol

Well, there is the whole field of urban planning!!!!!

Excellent pictures for the record, my next visit will hopefully be sometime this year.

[Goody]

awesome, Shes looking good I really want to go :)

[bgwah]

Cool pictures. You did a great job showing off the city's density.

[Evergrey]

Well, there is the whole field of urban planning!!!!!

Excellent pictures for the record, my next visit will hopefully be sometime this year.

which requires an advanced degree... which is why i'm back in school... :banana:

[OhioGuy]

My area of study at Ohio State was a specialization in the Department of Geography in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. So I guess I'm part of the "geography circle". ;)

Great photos btw! :)

[Omaharocks]

Hey Pigboy, UW geography represent! I couple of my fellow geography major friends attended, and enjoyed themselves. I wish I could've gone myself. Thanks for the photos!

[BigKidD]

Great photos PigBoy. I love the angle of this photo,
http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/77604029.jpg
The clash of different architectural styles and of course the Bay Bridge.

[mthq]

I want to be part of the geography circle :(

brilliant!+

[BTinSF]

Without trying (I'll take your word for that) I think you produced one of the best SF threads I've seen. You do seem to have got lucky with great weather--SF is not always favored with blue skies. But also you seem to have a very good camera and took your shots from unusual places. I'm guessing many of them were from Coit Tower (or at least Telegraph Hill) and some of the others were from an upper floor of a hotel (I think the Marriott). Am I right?

[fflint]

Very good photos of SF. Nice job.

[sfcity1]

So this is why I live here. No further comments.

[ColDayMan]

Nice!

[ltsmotorsport]

http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/77604028.jpg

Love the layering of the bridge, port, and Oakland skyline. The pics of SF are great as well. :tup:

[mSeattle]

Gorgeous and very impressive density.

[cmoonflyer]

Just say nothing - amazing !

[e2ksj3]

Went to San Francisco last week with all the other geographers in the universe for the Association of American Geographers conference. (Any other AAG folks around here?) I didn't come away with a great variety of photos, but I did what I could. I didn't really get much in the way of neighborhood pictures and even spent one three-mile walk without taking any photos at all. But whatever. It was a nice time in a nice city!

I know some of my professors went out there and I was going to go but just didn't get a chance this go-round, maybe next time though :(

[ikcyzrteip]

san francisco looks beautiful as always

[STLgasm]

Too bad that city is so ugly.

[JivecitySTL]

I'd like to wrap San Francisco up and put it in a little box and send it on down the river.

[WesternGulf]

Beautiful colors and nice weather.

[PigBoy]

Thanks everybody! The AAG conference is great because it's pretty much an excused vacation from school, at least in a geography department. I hope some of you other geography people will make it to next year's in Boston. Do it while you're a student if you can; it's a helluva lot cheaper! (Although frankly it'd be super easy to just wander in without registering, and plenty of people do.)

I'm guessing many of them were from Coit Tower (or at least Telegraph Hill) and some of the others were from an upper floor of a hotel (I think the Marriott). Am I right? Yeah, a bunch are from Coit Tower and the other elevated ones are from Hotel Nikko. The conference was at the Hilton next door but there was some overflow into the other hotel.

[russbaseball]

great photos!

[keninhalifax]

From one geographer to another: excellent photographs!

[stepper77]

As a graduate in Geography from San Francisco State, I say you did a marvelous job capturing our city. Like someone else mentioned, one of the best SF threads I've seen!

[thesunsetdist]

very good pics

[thesunsetdist]

Too bad that city is so ugly.



and stL. looks better? Naw....i don't think so

[The Chemist]

Beautiful! I'd love to visit San Francisco someday. :)

[entheosfog]

Great shots. I love San Francisco!!

[Clevelumbus]

Geographers always have a good eye, great pics!

[Sacto]

Beautiful weather.

[LSyd]

yay, coruscant!!!

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[rriojas71]

and stL. looks better? Naw....i don't think so

Yeah this STLgasm and JiveCitySTL are both haters. I actually think they're the same person who has 2 log in names, which BTW is totally lame. Everytime pics of SF are posted he has to post some remark to snipe San Francisco. He clearly has some type of grudge. That's ok if he does but he should keep his negative comments to himself and stay in East St. Louis which is where he's probably from.

[fflint]

^Calm down, there, newbie. They were joshing.

[KevinFromTexas]

Such an incredible city. Simply beautiful.

Wonderful pictures, thanks!

[FREKI]

Great pics! :)

[KevinFromTexas]

Yeah this STLgasm and JiveCitySTL are both haters. I actually think they're the same person who has 2 log in names, which BTW is totally lame. Everytime pics of SF are posted he has to post some remark to snipe San Francisco. He clearly has some type of grudge. That's ok if he does but he should keep his negative comments to himself and stay in East St. Louis which is where he's probably from.

:rolleyes: Actually, they're brothers, and I'm betting gasm told his bro about this thread of nice pictures of a nice city so jive checked it out. And as for their comments which might have seemed like they were against San Francisco, no. Jive and Gasm are definitely not against it, and, they do have a sense of humor. Something that comes in handy around here. :)

[streetscaper]

wow

[condodweller]

Too bad that city is so ugly.

Yeah, we've been thinking of tearing it all down and calling in a decorator, but money's been tight :D

Seriously, though -- amazing pics.

[thesunsetdist]

:rolleyes: Actually, they're brothers, and I'm betting gasm told his bro about this thread of nice pictures of a nice city so jive checked it out. And as for their comments which might have seemed like they were against San Francisco, no. Jive and Gasm are definitely not against it, and, they do have a sense of humor. Something that comes in handy around here. :)

cool

[thesunsetdist]

:rolleyes: Actually, they're brothers, and I'm betting gasm told his bro about this thread of nice pictures of a nice city so jive checked it out. And as for their comments which might have seemed like they were against San Francisco, no. Jive and Gasm are definitely not against it, and, they do have a sense of humor. Something that comes in handy around here. :)



after i read it a few times (and other posts) i can tell there cool folks...:banana: ....sorry i just love the banana guy...haha

[IdahoMountainBoy]

I was there for a couple days at the AAG (represent Denver University woot!) and had a blast...unfortunately didn't have any time to take photos nearly as impressive as those, way to go!

[rriojas71]

:rolleyes: Actually, they're brothers, and I'm betting gasm told his bro about this thread of nice pictures of a nice city so jive checked it out. And as for their comments which might have seemed like they were against San Francisco, no. Jive and Gasm are definitely not against it, and, they do have a sense of humor. Something that comes in handy around here. :)


That's cool. Didn't want to start a ruckus. Just found it odd that I always see posts from them dissing SF. It's all good though. :cheers:

[pwright1]

Beautiful pics of a beautiful city. My favorite city in the world.

[giovanni sasso]

it's nice to see some interest (and attendance!) of the AAG conference from college students. i went to the 1999 conference in williamsburg VA and i swear i was one of maybe ten total college students there. i had a blast nerding it up with the founder of mapquest and a CIA cartographer (whose world map i still have hanging on my wall). i wasn't even a geo major or minor -- i would have been but by the time i realized the interest was there i was tired of college and just wanted to get the hell out.

super pictures there. i haven't been to SF in eight years, oi.

[-GR2NY-]

Great shots, I'm always surprised by the amount hills.

Anyone ever play the original san-francisco "rush" video game on N64, the alcatraz map? Shit was off the wire..

[Ex-Ithacan]

Not to sound crass, but after viewing this thread , I won't need Viagra. Love that city and these pics only deepen my affection. Thanks Pigboy.

[M II A II R II K]

One of the best SF threads I've seen.

Thanx for posting...

[badfish301]

Hey Pigboy, UW geography represent! I couple of my fellow geography major friends attended, and enjoyed themselves. I wish I could've gone myself. Thanks for the photos!

Uh Oh... What's up OmahaRocks? SanLuisObispoRocks in the house! one more UW Geography grad here. I can't find a job either, but I havn't been looking that hard.

Really great photos of San Fran, best city in the world.

[city dweller]

http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/77604025.jpg

^Yeah that is pretty much the manifestation of amazing and the reason San Francisco is my favorite U.S. city.

Great pics from beginning to end. :tup:

I subscribe to National Geographic magazine...that's about as close as I get to a geographer...

[StevenW]

San Francisco RULES! :yes:
I LOVE that city! :yes:

BTW, anyone ever ate at the Oriental Pearl there? It's great, IMHO. :yes:
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:)

Great pix of the greatest city ever! :yes:
Simply beautiful. Perfect! :yes:

[StevenW]

Great shots, I'm always surprised by the amount hills.

Anyone ever play the original san-francisco "rush" video game on N64, the alcatraz map? Shit was off the wire..

It's funny that you bring that game up. It was sort of part of the reason for me wanting to go there for the first time. I LOVE the hills! :D

[zodiac]

San Fran is beautiful!!!!!!!!

[Black Box]

It's so lovely! Great photographs.

[pico44]

Everything but this one is just in chronological order.
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The end.

The greatest American skysraper not in New York City. Amazing thread!

[Wheelingman04]

I hope I make it back there again some day.

[Kingofthehill]

USDA-approved.

[UglymanCometh]

One of the best photo threads I've seen this year.

Nice camera work! :tup:

[sav858]

http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/77604011.jpg



haha, the "Roaring 20's" was my first strip club I ever went to during my senior year in high school. God damn that was a crazy night too; a female friend of ours got up on stage and and stripped down to her underwear with another stripper, lost my wallet (or more likely was stolen by a stripper) which was later found on a Muni bus a few days later, got drunk and blacked out, missed the last BART train back to the East Bay and had to have some friends drive all the way out to the city and pick us up. I left a really nice blue Polo jacket there too. But that strip club is ghetto, strippers are nasty and they have some cheap self serve soda fountain like at MacDonald's. Never been back to that place and never plan on it but this pick brought back some memories, fuzzy memories too.

[Robert Pence]

Too many hills. And what's up with the obsolete streetcars? I don't think I'd like it at all. ;)

Seriously, gorgeous photos. I've made several trips there, and it's an amazing place both for the visuals and the climate.

If you pick your route, time the stoplights, and apply the "Idaho Stop" rule to some stop signs, you can coast all the way from the top of Twin Peaks to the Ferry Terminal on a bike without pedaling and without stopping. Going the other way probably wouldn't be as much fun.

[someone123]

Whoa thread necromancy!

Still a good set though. I still have yet to visit but I can't help but imagine that San Francisco is a great city given the way it looks. It's pretty unique in North America as an older city with an exceptionally good natural setting.

[StevenW]

My favorite city on earth!! Great pictures!!

[peanut gallery]

These are outstanding photos. I'm glad this thread was brought back to life. PigBoy has probably graduated by now! :)

[PigBoy]

PigBoy has probably graduated by now! :)Yup, Master of $cience!

'preesh the additional views and comments! Hope to make it back to San Francisco some day.

[10101000]

Nice stuff

[Jibba]

Glad this was resurrected because I would have missed this. Wicked shots of an amazing place.

[Austinlee]

Not a bad little city.

[i_am_hydrogen]

Nice perspectives.

[peanut gallery]

Yup, Master of $cience!

That's great. Congratulations!

[SFView]

PigBoy,

Nice...Views! :tup:

[Cbautz]

nice set, cool, geography conference. I did my undergrad in Geography at Berkeley and worked as an "environmental consultant" - I tested leaky storage tanks at gas stations. I also worked for a geology company intepreting earthquake maps - sounds cool but totally lame. I moved on to Urban Planning to study cities and get a job outside of environmental consulting and GIS-cartography, academics, etc. I am now an Architect, went back for that degree too, but would love to get back to Geography later in my career. i love maps, maybe I should join AAG.

[PigBoy]

i love maps, maybe I should join AAG.Meh, I wouldn't recommend it if you're not in academia anymore. It's not good for much else. I'm still hanging on just as an excuse to go on an annual 5-day bender with my friends in an interesting city.

[Urban Enthusiast]

Yup, Geographers rule. I myself have a Geography degree and a Master's in Planning. I'm now a GIS analyst doing transportation planning.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Evergrey
I have a Geography degree... never found anything worthwhile to do with it unfortunately! lol

Well, there is the whole field of urban planning!!!!!

You should seriously consider (if you haven't already) including GIS in your studies, as there are lots of opportunities with GIS.

Anyway, back on topic. Very nice photos! I really want to see SF someday.

[ozone]

Really nice photos. I'm going to be subletting a place on Russian Hill in the spring. I'm excited to spend my weekends in the City.

[RST500]

great pics. I was just wondering why have all these great SF threads been dissapearing. I clicked on them and it said this thread no longer exist.

[downtownpdx]

Great mix of street-level and skyline views.

[whatsthepoint13]

Thank you for showing my favorite city in the world. The pictures explain it all.