A view from the exterior glass elevators of the Westin St. Francis
Hotel Tower, a 1970 addition to the original St. Francis Hotel, which was built at 335 Powell Street by the Trustees of the estate
of Charles Crocker, one of "The Big Four" railroad magnates,
as an investment for Crocker's two young children, Templeton Crocker
and Jenny Crocker. It was originally meant to be called The Crocker
Hotel, but instead it took the name of one of the earliest San
Francisco Gold Rush hotels, the St. Francis. Designed by Bliss and
Faville, the hotel opened on March 21, 1904.
The Dewey Monument, always known as the American Navy Monument or Naval Monument,
located in Union Square, was built dedicated by President Roosevelt on
May 23, 1901. Designed by sculptor Robert Aitken and architects
Newton Tharp and Timothy Pflueger, the monument was installed to
commemorate Commodore Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet in the
Phillippines. The monument features a 12-foot bronze full-length
female figure of Victory atop an 83-foot granite column, ending in a
squared base with multiple steps that may originally have been flanked
by four bronze bears, symbol of California.
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GLIB909.NET 22 months ago | reply
Excellent shot!
Σταύρος 22 months ago | reply
those elevators are scary !