Inside San Francisco Coit Tower

The murals inside the tower s base were painted in 1934 by a group of artists employed by the public works of art project a precursor to the works progress.

Inside san francisco coit tower.

Come early to see the tower as wait times to travel to the top can become quite long. We arrived fairly early and had a wait time of 25 minutes after purchasing our tickets. Built in 1933 this 210 foot tower is located in the telegraph hill section of san francisco california. Opensfhistory wnp27 4692 jpg show more show less 2 of 44.

We had waited about 15 to pay. San francisco bay twilight or sunset cruise from 80 00. Click on the entrance and move inside. Coit tower sits on a hill that rises high above the streets of san francisco and has been a city landmark and tourist attraction since 1933.

She was a wealthy san francisco socialite who donated money to the city to build a landmark in her name. The tower was designed by the firm of arthur brown jr architect of san francisco s city hall. Coit tower is one of the most notable landmarks in san francisco. Coit tower is a 210 foot 64 m tower in the telegraph hill neighborhood of san francisco california offering panoramic views over the city and the bay the tower in the city s pioneer park was built between 1932 and 1933 using lillie hitchcock coit s bequest to beautify the city of san francisco.

Created in an art deco style this tower is constructed out of reinforced concrete and is left unpainted. Contrary to popular belief coit tower was not designed to resemble a firehose nozzle. The view from the observation deck inside coit tower on telegraph hill. All diego rivera murals are open to the general public.

Walk up and around coit tower as if you are there. The elevator brings you on top. You are at the base of coit tower the attraction number 2 in san francisco. It was added to the national register of historic places on january 29 2008.

San francisco urban hike. The city of san francisco actually hosts three of rivera s most important works each located within a different historic city institution as well as many other murals that were inspired by him including the murals inside of coit tower and the many street murals of the mission district. Coit tower in an aerial photograph from sept. Inside the tower there are beautiful murals that tell the history of the city of san francisco as well as how coit tower came to be.

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