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

University Of California Berkeley (UC Berkekley)

The University of California was chartered in 1868. UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a 178-acre main campus. I toured the main Library, the Charles Franklin Doe memorial Library, one of the many buildings listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.



The main entrance patio

The Doe Library

The bronze entrance to the north reading room

The clock tower in the center of the campus

The North reading room

The South reading room

The bulletin board of the free speech cafe

The reflecting pool and the clock tower and Doe library

A out side reading/study area

A preserved grove very old red wood trees on campus

The free speech cafe

The Berkeley BART platform

The dome of the Berkeley BART station

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.