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Sinnott Building - Built 1883 - Built for $24,000 by F. B. Simon, former Mayor and Oregon State Senator. - Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 1975
I have been meaning to take a T to Bayview and walk up to Bayview Park on Bayview (or Candlestick) Hill since I moved to San Francisco. Originally, I wanted to get photographs of Candlestick Park before it was razed (in 2015), but I never got around to it. I found out today, though, that there is no clear view of it from the park, so in a certain sense, my procrastination has been vindicated. Maybe if I were to climb down the eastern slope a bit it would be possible, but... risk. Anyway, I walked the entire footpath of the hill, which, I was glad to find, is without any development, except for this building. In 1934, William Randolph Hearst bought radio station KYA (now KSFB) and commissioned Julia Morgan to design a new transmitter building and studio, which began operation three years later.
In doing some quick research about the hill, it has been interesting to have a few of my interests intersect... one of my regular (pre-Covid) clients held its annual meeting in the Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchants Exchange Building downtown, which was designed by Daniel Burnham, who co-designed one of my favourite buildings in the world, the Flatiron (Fuller) Building in New York City, and was the Director of Works of Chicago's 1892–93 World's Columbian Exposition, subject of one of my favourite books, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Burnham, by the way, proposed Bayview Hill as parkland (as Visitacion Park) in his 1905 Burnham Plan for San Francisco which, due to the city's rush to rebuild the city after the 1906 earthquake, was never enacted.
After descending the hill, I came across a crow lying on the steps at Third and Key Streets. At first, I thought it was dead, but as I got closer to look, it started moving and appeared injured. It struggled to get away from me and eventually flapped its way to the sidewalk. I called animal rescue services and got through on the emergency line. The woman asked me if there were any other birds around and I told her that there weren't. I asked if she wanted me to send her a photo of it and she gave me a mobile number so that I could do that.
She said she'd call me back after taking a look. As I was sending the photos, though, a crow started cawing from the palm tree just above me, then flew to a utility pole across the street with a second crow. I got a text back from the animal rescue woman telling me it was a baby crow, at which point I told her about the two crows that had arrived. She said it was probably best to leave it alone, that the two crows were likely its parents, and that they would take care of things. It was difficult to walk away from the bird, though. I feared that some heartless bastard would come by and do something to it. As I walked away, the two crows seemed to be making sure I was gone, but then flew off appearing to chase another couple of crows away. Because the smaller bird was up against a wall on the sidewalk and wasn't making a sound, I'm not even sure that its parents knew where it was. I hope it all worked out.
Detail of the main arch and suspension cables of Santiago Calatrava's Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Dallas, Texas.
Creepy old house in Wrens, Georgia. This shot is from 2010 and I re-processed the original using Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC.
The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is located at 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, on the east side of Logan Square in Philadelphia. It was built between 1846 and 1864, and was designed by Napoleon LeBrun, from original plans by the Reverend Mariano Muller and the Reverend John B. Tornatore, with the dome and Palladian facade, designed by John Notman, added after 1850.[2] The interior was largely decorated by Constantino Brumidi.
A view of the Ostankino Tower;
Moscow, Russia;
55°50'9" N 37°37'3" E;
YASHICA FX-D Quartz, ISO 50, 50 mm, 0 EV, YASHICA AUTO YASHINON-DX 50mm f/1.7, OSCAR FILM BW50
Details on italian architecture. This is a little piece of the whole entrance of a famous museum site. The Kings residence.
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While not exactly towering in height, I'd still call this Havana's skyline. There are some taller buildings in Havana, but they top out at 121m (397ft). The view is from across the bay, just outside Morro Castle. Around sunset, this would make for a great view of Old Havana with the water reflecting the various lights from the city.
Read the full post: www.aisleseatplease.com/blog/havana-bay
Built in 1872 at Blue Springs State Park
For more info: edrosack.com/wordpress/2014/01/24/blue-spring-state-park/