Looking up at Art Deco Coit Tower, built on top of Telegraph Hall at the request of Lillie Hancock Coit in 1933.
From Wikipedia : "Coit Tower was built in Pioneer Park 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".
Contrary to popular opinion, the tower was not designed to resemble a fire hose nozzle. This belief 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, during this time Europe saw the construction of aesthetically designed power stations that could be claimed as prototypes (e.g.: Battersea Power Station).
The art deco tower, 210 feet (64 m) of unpainted reinforced concrete, was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard with murals by 26 different artists and numerous assistants.
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Traffic light colours seen along Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park
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In-line skater silhouetted on Santa Monica Beach promenade
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Portrait format landscape from Monument Valley.
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Detail of exposed tufa tower at Mono Lake
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