SF Winter Solstice Union Square (1469)

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Folder: California
The parts of San Francisco that have been an integral part of my life. The areas where much of who I am, developed. My first visit to San Francisco was in 1967, when I was in the military. I've been in and out of the city ever since, having lived there from 1983 to 1996 and continuing to have personal and professional contacts there that facilitate regular visits. The city was very important…  (read more)
SF Chinatown (0190)

SF Chinatown (0190)

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Just to prove that there are some ordinary looking buildings in Chinatown!
SF Russian Hill Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe 0189

SF Russian Hill Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe 0189

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Interesting depiction of Virgin Mary at church of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, on Russian Hill.
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SF Russian Hill Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe 0188

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Church of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, on Russian Hill. In efforts to reduced the expenses of the archdiocese, the church was slated to be closed and the property sold. Opposition by church members resulted in the church building receiving landmark status. The future of the building is uncertain.
SF Chinatown (0187)

SF Chinatown (0187)

21 Dec 2012 126
Bay Bridge from Chinatown.
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SF Chinatown (0186)

21 Dec 2012 118
Interesting street sign embedded in street in Chinatown.
SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0185

SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0185

21 Dec 2012 161
One of the placards that had once advertised "Rice-a-roni" on the cable cars.
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SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0184

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Cable car being pushed into location in front of the San Francisco cable car museum.
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SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0183

21 Dec 2012 118
Cable car being pushed into location in front of the San Francisco cable car museum.
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SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0182

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The museum houses the engines for pulling the cables that move the cable cars. Pictured here are some of the pulleys. Note that there is a separate cable system for each of four cable car lines.
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SF Nob Hill / Cable Car lines 0181

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum. Map of the separate cable car systems that once existed in SF. Though not a great shot due to the lighting, you can see that at one time cable cars ran into the Castro, the Mission, and out to Golden Gate Park. I had not realized how much of the city was once served by cable cars.
SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0179

SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0179

21 Dec 2012 139
San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The museum houses the engines for pulling the cables that move the cable cars. Pictured here are some of the pulleys. Note that there is a separate cable system for each of four cable car lines.
SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0176

SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0176

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The museum houses the engines for pulling the cables that move the cable cars. The engines are now electrical but the cable engines were originally steam powered, thus the large smoke stack.
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SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0175

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The museum houses the engines for pulling the cables that move the cable cars.
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SF Nob Hill: Cable Car museum 0174

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San Francisco Cable Car Museum. The museum houses the engines for pulling the cables that move the cable cars. The museum is housed in what was the cable and car barn for one of the many cable companies that were once in SF, the "Ferries and Cliff House Railway"
SF Nob Hill / Transamerica Tower (0171)

SF Nob Hill / Transamerica Tower (0171)

21 Dec 2012 120
Transamerica Tower from Nob Hill.
SF Nob Hill: Grace Cathedral AIDS memorial 0170-2

SF Nob Hill: Grace Cathedral AIDS memorial 0170-2

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Keith Haring altarpiece in AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel at Grace Cathedral.
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SF Nob Hill: Grace Cathedral AIDS memorial 0167-2

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AIDS Quilt in AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel at Grace Cathedral.
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SF Nob Hill: Grace Cathedral 0163-2

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Inside Grace Cathedral.
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