[touraccuracy]

Wednesday, third day of the five day trip, I rented a bike. I strongly recommend this to anyone visiting San Francisco; I was able to get from Fisherman's Wharf to the GG Bridge, Baker Beach, Sutro Baths, Ocean Beach, GG Park, Pacific Heights, etc, before dark.

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Hyde Street Pier
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Tai Chi
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Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco Bay
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Into some old fort ruins of the Presidio
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It's a little known fact that hobbits live in SF
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Baker Beach
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Palace of the Legion of Honour
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Thinkers
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Holocaust Memorial
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Richmond District?
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Golden Gate Park in the distance.
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Cliff House
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Sutro Baths
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Ocean Beach
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Into Golden Gate Park
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Up the De Young observation tower.
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Conservatory of Flowers
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Into the Pacific Heights area now.
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Notice anything strange about this photo?
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What's the deal with that giant, windowless... church?
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[Top Of The Park]

Wonderful shots.....I wish Sutro Bath's and swimming pool still existed

[touraccuracy]

^aha, i wouldn't go in there now.... there was gross looking poisonous algae blooms growing in the water and the smell was absolutely disgusting.

[SLO]

Again, great tour. So the trip was generally good then....

[OhioGuy]

More good stuff!

[touraccuracy]

Again, great tour. So the trip was generally good then....

it was perfect

[M II A II R II K]

Beautiful! Let's hope you stayed every other day of the week there!

[BTinSF]

Richmond District?

Yes. So-called "Outer Richmond".

Into the Pacific Heights area now.
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This isn't actually Pacific Heights. It's a little known and very exclusive neighborhood called Presidio Terrace. And did you photograph that house for a reason (something your guidebook told you about a former owner perhaps?)? Being Canadian, you may not even know the name but that's the home for many years of former mayor, now US Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Incidentally, fantastic shots once again--and once again, especially the night shots.

[wisla_krakow]

i wish i had been able to visit the west side of the city. hope there are like 3 more threads.

[BTinSF]

What's the deal with that giant, windowless... church?
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That's the Cathedral Church of St. Mary of the Assumption (St. Mary's Cathedral for short)--the local Catholic Cathedral. It's by a starchitect of his day (1971), Pier Luigi Nervi: http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Pier_Luigi_Nervi.html
In a recent article I posted ( http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=136313&page=10 ) about Oakland's new Cathedral of Christ the Light, St. Mary's was termed one of "the three most imaginative and successful modern Roman Catholic cathedrals in the country" (obviously a matter of opinion and it isn't universally liked even in SF). It's not actually windowless. It has small windows on the ends of the cross giving an interesting effect inside:

http://www.stmarycathedralsf.org/images/ceil-cross.jpg
Source: http://www.stmarycathedralsf.org/index.html

[touraccuracy]

Yes. So-called "Outer Richmond".



This isn't actually Pacific Heights. It's a little known and very exclusive neighborhood called Presidio Terrace. And did you photograph that house for a reason (something your guidebook told you about a former owner perhaps?)? Being Canadian, you may not even know the name but that's the home for many years of former mayor, now US Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Incidentally, fantastic shots once again--and once again, especially the night shots.

I went by there on the Tuesday (first full day) on a car tour of the city and the guide said that a senator lived there at the moment (guess his info's out of date?). I didn't know the name, and I don't recognize it now, but I was biking along and recognized the Synagogue so I decided to bike in where the car couldn't go before because of the gate and snap a shot.

i wish i had been able to visit the west side of the city. hope there are like 3 more threads.

2 more, one's already up.

That's the Cathedral Church of St. Mary of the Assumption (St. Mary's Cathedral for short)--the local Catholic Cathedral. It's by a starchitect of his day (1971), Pier Luigi Nervi: http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Pier_Luigi_Nervi.html
In a recent article I posted ( http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=136313&page=10 ) about Oakland's new Cathedral of Christ the Light, St. Mary's was termed one of "the three most imaginative and successful modern Roman Catholic cathedrals in the country" (obviously a matter of opinion and it isn't universally liked even in SF). It's not actually windowless. It has small windows on the ends of the cross giving an interesting effect inside:

http://www.stmarycathedralsf.org/images/ceil-cross.jpg
Source: http://www.stmarycathedralsf.org/index.html

Interesting place... cathedrals are always a little too gaudy for me. Just from everywhere I noticed these large blank silverish walls sticking up from the city and I didn't notice until a close inspection of the photos that there was a cross on the top.

[BTinSF]

the guide said that a senator lived there at the moment (guess his info's out of date?). I didn't know the name, and I don't recognize it now

Yup--out of date. Here's her new crib:

http://www.counterpunch.org/Feinstein.jpg
Source: http://www.counterpunch.org/frank02282006.html

And here's why a lot of people, even non-Americans, know of Feinstein:

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[ambiguoustraveller]

What beautiful photos. I love the fog.

[BigMeanBean]

What kind of tool would tag a great looking old fort like that?

[Vinu007]

Such a beautiful place . thanks for the pictures man

[sabotai]

Thanks for showing some often unseen parts of SF.

[peanut gallery]

Some mighty high quality photos. I look forward to the next batch.