Looking back towards the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset from the Coit Tower

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After a hard days basking in the sunshine for the tourists the Sea lions of Pier 39 were ready for a long sleep

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We took a bit of a detour around the Bay to enable us to drive into San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge

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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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Still photography has captured none of the noise or the smell of these Sea Lions at San Franciscos Pier 39. Just as well.

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