BGuthrie Photos: CA -- San Francisco -- Coit Tower

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1. COIT_041102_087.JPG: Note the guy getting robbed at gunpoint in front and the traffic accident in the back.
2. COIT_041102_133.JPG: Coit Tower in San Francisco
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Wikipedia Description: Coit Tower
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Coit Tower was built atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco. 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."

Popular opinion is that the tower was designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle due to Lillie Hitchcock Coit's affinity with the San Francisco fire fighters of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5. (Coit commissioned a separate tribute which still stands in nearby Washington Square Park on Columbus Street.) The designers denied this, a fact which is attributed to the Arts Commission meeting notes at the time of approval.

The art deco tower, 210 feet (64 meters) of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard (of the architectural firm of Blakewell and Brown),

Murals:

A feature of the towers interior are murals by 26 different artists, including Victor Arnautoff, Bernard Zakheim, John Langley Howard , and Clifford Wight. Two of the murals are of San Francisco Bay scenes painted by Spanish artist Jos� Moya del Pi�o, 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 Park ...More...
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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