Glimpses of San Francisco

San Francisco capture in pictures. San francisco, California is considered a photographers paradise by many who live in the San Francisco Bay area. Being a resident of this area, I have done my part of trying to capture this beautiful city with my camera. Even though I cannot do enough justice of portraying its beauty, I have tried to present some of the sights in San Francisco. Wherever possible, I have tried to add some blurb about these different places in San Francisco with help from wikipedia.org

golden gate bridge

 

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the “golden gate”, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

golden gate from china beach

 

 

View of Golden Gate Bridge from China Beach at dusk

 

 

China Town Entrance

 

San Francisco China Town Entrance 

 

 

 

  

Alamo Square \

 

 Alamo Square “Six Sisters” (or) “postcard row” (or) “Painted Ladies”. Present at the intersection of Hayes and Steiner Streets.

 

 

 

Alcatraz Island – also called as “The Rock”,  this is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison followed by a federal prison until 1963.  

 

Transamerica Pyramid, the tallest building in San Francisco and the financial district of San francisco as seen from Coit Tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lombard Street – Considered as the crookedest street in the world, this street is full of hair pin bends lined by houses and filled with a nice garden along the way. This view of lombard street has been taken from Coit Tower

 

 

 

 

  

 

California Sea Lions taking a nap in Pier 39, San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bay Bridge as seen from Treasure Island at sunset

 

 

 

San Francisco Downtown from Treasure Island

 

 

 

Coit Tower - This was built on top of telegraphy hill area of San Francisco in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco 

 

 

 

 

 

 City of San Francisco behind golden gate bridge

3 Responses to “Glimpses of San Francisco”

  1. tasithoughts Says:

    Great pictures. I love this area.

  2. utbtkids Says:

    Pinochy, I have no clue as to hy Google reader did not update the new post!
    Anyways, I love the look. And for the nth time, great pictures, have always loved your work.
    A few suggestions:
    -Title for your blog.
    -SF is spl, cos even after a few hundred visits, it surprises a person with a different perspective. So break it down in to parts. SF-Golden Gate, SF-Coit Tower. And the blurb can be YOUR view of the place like the location from which the picture was clicked, the local pizzeria/bakery/icecream shop where you enjoyed something, what would be the best way to reach the place shown in photograph, parking tips(we all know this will be greatly appreciated :) )…etc.

  3. pinochy Says:

    utbtkids, Thanks for the feedback. This is kind of what I am expecting from experienced bloggers like you. The biggest problem is that some of these are snaps that I took a long time back. But I sure can add more information as you suggested. Maybe even make this into a separate category and do justice to each of the unique aspects of SF.

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