Another view of the city with another well-known building, Coit Tower on the skyline. The central part of SF itself is quite compact and its possible to walk to many of the major landmarks in a short time. Lillie Hitchcock Coit left the money to build a monument to the city's fire fighters - which explains why the resulting tower, which was built in 1933, is shaped like a fire hose nozzle!
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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Deranged Rants: Many of them are totally feral, unhinged, and totally irrational. (posted 2024-11-13 at 17:55:14). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-08-22 Stirring Up Trouble: Let's just get every view out there and fairly debate them..
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