San Francisco's Little Italy to The Embarcadero and Pier 39

It seems most, if not all of San Francisco's historic buildings are in Little Italy or Chinatown, and like New York they are next door to each other. The Cable Car along California street is probably one of the steepest routes. At the top of the last 2 photos you'll see the hill up towards the Financial area from the Bart Embarcadero.

A walk from Jack Kerouac Alley along Columbus Avenue in Little Italy to Pier 39.



Jack Kerouac Alley named after the writer 

He lived above the book store.

Sidewalk Cafes on Columbus Avenue 

Saint Paul and saint Peter's Church 

Pier 39's best attraction. The best Sumo wrestling matches outside of Japan   

The crowd appreciates the action

Antique electric trolley

The California Line Cable Cars. It's one of the steepest streets.

San Francisco Antique Cable Car Museum

Amazing engineering that still works even after several earth quakes. The inventors of those days intended things to last for a long time. Something General Motors, Ford and Chrysler don't understand.

 

Wooden forms for casting replacement parts
 

 

Original Museum sign

Maintenance shop

Gift shop

An earlier Cable Car



Metal Lathe

A young admirer of the motor cable works

Wooden brake shoes

Powell Street Car



The grip grabs the moving cable and pulls the cars along the tracks

Oakland's Architechtural Doorways and Windows

San Francisco gets all the tourists which is okay by me. Living in Oakland for the last month I was able to discover the architechural gems around Oakland. Unfortunately many are destined to be demolished in the name of progress.

San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge the iconic image of San Francisco. The bridge itself is far from the central business district and is only visible from the very western end of the city's shoreline. Ironically the Oakland Bay bridge is visible from most of San Francisco's hilly streets and dominates the water front of the Embarcadero, it gets very little attention.

 

The Ferry Building and the clock tower on Embarcadero

 

The Oakland Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

 

 

The Ferry arriving from Jack London Oakland 

 

 

Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill

 

 

Oakland Bay Bridge from Telegraph Hill

 

 

Views of the Bay from Telegraph Hill

 

1. 

View of Bay from top of the stairs

 

 

 



                      View towards the business section of San Francisco

 

 

The Trans America Tower