LA...In wykein yn Los Angeles

Sunset at Crescent Heights looking toward the Hollywood Hills



Hmmmm....interesting name....



West Hollywood streetscene



Patio El Moro on Fountain--the home of many stars and starlets in the 1950s



Fabulous apartments at the junction of Fountain and San Vincente



El Mirador on Sweetzer



Looking west on Sunset Blvd



Detail of the Sunset Tower



The Sunset Tower Hotel--home to many famous Hollywood stars in the Golden Age of cinema. On the right the Sunset Plaza Hotel.

Views from Tank Hill on a Cold Morning

Looking down on Mono Steps from Market St.



Pemberton Steps. The climb is worth the effort!



Looking northward on Greystone Terrace at Pemberton



Peeking between two buildings on Greystone Terrace



Another hidden gem of a view from Greystone Ter



Looking downtown from atop Tank Hill



Mt Sutro Forrest covered in non-native eucalyptus trees



Golden Gate Park and the deYoung Museum tower poking out over the treetops



The view directly north with St Ignatius, the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands, Pacific Heights, in the distance Bay and Tiburon



Looking down on Cole Valley from top



The Castro and Mission Districts. 18th St is the long straight street running the length of the photo.



Looking down from the top at Twin Peaks Blvd and the beginning of Greystone Terrace. In the distance both Market and Corbett Streets wind their way to the top.



You just can't escape the hideous Sutro Tower

Geary Blvd

Holy Virgin Cathedral, Joy of All Who Sorrow (Russian Orthodox)
Us Leaffrouwe Katedraal, Blydskip fan Alle dy Vertrietten Hawwe

Palm Sunday--Palmpeaske

From the garden...út'e tún





Goulash cooking in anticipation of my guest

On the Bay---Op'e Baai

The Golden Gate Bridge peeks out through a pea soup fog



Sailing under the Golden Gate



Bay Bridge looking east toward Yerba Buena Island



The skyline from under the Bay Bridge



Alcatraz Island

The Pyramid on Friday--Freed, De Piramide

A few shots of our most iconic building. The Transamerica Pyramid was built in 1972, designed by William Pereira and stands 260 meters, or 848 feet tall. The building was universally hated by San Franciscans when it was completed, but it is hard to imagine the city without it. At the base is a small park of Calfornia Coast Redwoods(sequoia sempervirens). The pyramid is owned by the Dutch insurance firm AEGON.









The base from across the steet



Play of shadows at the base of the building



The entrance



Fountain in the adjoining park



Redwoods planted when the Pyramid was built. They can grow to over 300 feet if unmolested, and live to over 2,000 years. Once they covered the entire coast of the California, but about 95% of their habitat has been lost to logging and development



Embarcadeo Center, John Portman's very 1970s design which resembles sugar wafers on edge



The brick expanse of Justin Herman Plaza with Vaillancourt Fountain in the foreground. Water spews from the brutalist sculpture as the pre-earthquake Ferry Building and the WPA era Bay Bridge stand guard



At the foot of Market St looking toward Twin Peaks in the distance

---for Gabriel---

From Civic Center up Market to Noe St

The California Supreme Court



Look down Van Ness Avenue toward Market St



Veterans' Memorial. The United Nations charter was signed in this building in the Green Room.



The facade of the opera house



City Hall with the War Memorial Opera House on the right and the Veterans' Memorial Building on the left



Davies Symphony Hall with the dome of City Hall



The Board of Education Building. A heap of a run down, poorly maintained, shambles. Says volumes about the value SF politicians place on the education of youth. But one block away is a marble and gilt riot of civic buildings.



The SF Conservatory of Music near Market and Van Ness



Zuni Cafe...a San Francisco institution.



Great equestrian victory statue at Market and Dolores Sts



The United States Mint at San Francisco overlooks a collection of historic streetcars under repair at Duboce, Dolores and Market Sts



Looking up Duboce and the Muni tunnel entrance toward Buena Vista Park



The LGBTQ Center at Octavia and Market...in an inconvenient location, and a strangely configured building. Currently in a financial turmoil, but is being helped by the City.



Looking up 16th from Market toward Corona Heights