City Of Paris / Neiman Marcus Magnificent Stained Glass Ceiling

It's beautiful and it's right at the corner of Stockton and Geary streets in San Francisco's Union Square.

I love to just wander into Neiman Marcus and look up at the ceiling and think that I'm in Paris. The City Of Paris store was modeled after the many beautiful and grand department stores in Paris so I always feel like I'm in Paris when I step inside Neiman Marcus.

For something fun you should go to Neiman Marcus and try out their rotunda restaurant. It's quite beautiful and the food is great. It's best around the holidays ... a great experience!
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Transamerica Building - Various Angles

I love to take photograph the Transamerica Building in all different angles. It gives you a different feel from the various angles and yet it looks just the same. Anyway these were shot in the Financial District and North Beach.

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The Hobart Building - Market Street, San Francisco

The Hobart Building is one of my favorite buildings in San Francisco. When I look at it all I see is how San Francisco could have been 50 - 75 years ago. It's a beautiful building and very classic. The Hobart Building was completed in 1914 by the architect Willis Polk.
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St. Francis Theatres - Market Street

St. Francis Theatres is now closed for I believe a decade but the remains still exist. I thought I should snap some pics of it since I'm sure they are going to take it down someday. It's always nice to have some great record shots of the different neighborhoods in San Francisco and of structures businesses pictures you've shot because they are not around any longer. They definitely will come in handy one day!
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Ambassador Hotel - San Francisco Photos

The Ambassador Hotel is an SRO Hotel which can be seen from Market Street and right off Mason Street. Here's some info about it on Wikipedia and according to the article it's got some history. Check it out ...

Ambassador Hotel On Wikipedia

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Culinary Academy Of San Francisco

Quite a nice looking building! Would love to have had the opportunity to have visited the building.
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Culinary Academy Walk Of Stars - Julia Child

And here's one for the legend Julia Child! This was a pretty great discovery and I'm glad to have taken a couple of snapshots of the stars.
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Culinary Academy Walk Of Stars - Paul Prudhomme

Here's one for Chef Paul Prudhomme. I didn't realize that he had attended and graduated from the San Francisco Culinary Academy!

Chef Paul's Web Site

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Culinary Academy Walk Of Stars - Alice Waters

This was pretty new to me walking on Polk Street right in front of the San Francisco Culinary Academy I stumbled across the stars for these famous chefs. Here's Alice Waters of Chez Panisse Restaurant.

Here's a link to the Culinary Academy of San Francisco.

California Culinary Academy

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Ming Kee Game Birds Inc. - Chinatown

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Ferry Building At Night In The Rain

I love this shot of the Ferry Building just after the rain. I shot this several years ago and still do love it. I love the golden hue of the light reflecting on the wet ground. Perfect!
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E. M. O'Donnell Copper Works - Soma, San Francisco

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Maple Hall Building - Walgreens Polk Street, San Francisco

What is Maple Hall? When you look at the very top of the Walgreens building at 1524 Polk Street you'll see Maple Hall. I've been researching about Maple Hall online and the only thing I found was a thread on a forum mentioning that Polk Street had dance halls back in the day. There's also an article below that mentions jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton used to perform at Maple Hall on Polk street. I'm very curious to know what the inside of 1524 Polk street looked like before it was Walgreens. If anyone knows would love to find out.

SFGate Article
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333 Market Street - Financial District, San Francisco

Once again I love signs so I had to shoot this one. Not sure what the building is but this shot turned out quite nice.
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YMCA Hotel - For Men And Women - San Francisco

Just an interesting shot of this YMCA Hotel on Market near Van Ness ...

Sherwood Packing Company

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Cliff House Sign at Dusk - Ocean Beach/Richmond District, San Francisco

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Coit Tower - Nob Hill, San Francisco

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Ferry Building Ceiling - Embarcadero, San Francisco

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The Palace Hotel - San Francisco

Alright, I'm obsessed with the Palace Hotel ... well not really but I do think it's a beautiful building and it's got a lot of history. I also love the sign right above the hotel. It looks great all lit up at night. Once I get a good photo of it at night I'll definitely post it here on San Francisco Photos but for now we'll just do with this pic.

Check out this great article on Wikipedia about the Palace Hotel in San Francisco ...

The Palace Hotel San Francisco


Check out the other links on the Wiki page as well for more history.
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Hills Brothers Coffee - Embarcadero, City Of San Francisco

It's a beautiful old brick building and it houses a Starbucks and a Gordon Biersch on the street level. The building is located at 2 Harrison Street at the Embarcadero in the South Beach neighborhood. It was built in 1926.

For some history about Hills Brothers Coffee click the link below for the WikiPedia article.

Wikipedia Article about Hills Brothers Coffee

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Transbay Terminal Exterior City View - Downtown, San Francisco

This is a nice shot ... it's a great view of the buildings from the station. It kind of felt deserted while I was there ... hardly anyone around.
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Transbay Terminal Exterior - Downtown, City Of San Francisco

I didn't have any pictures of the Transbay Terminal so I thought I'd snap a couple of pics from the exterior and the interior. Was a dark and overcast day so you can kind of tell from the picture here.
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Brizard & Young Sheet Metal Works - Downtown, San Francisco

I was walking the other day and I came across this old building and I liked the colors
of the red and blue. I had to snap a couple of pics of it. I did some research online and can't find anything about it. Have to do some more research to see what it is that they do.


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834 Folsom Street - Soma, San Francisco

I like this shot as it looks kind of eerie with the low light and the light that's projecting from behind the building.
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St. Francis Of Assisi Church - North Beach, San Francisco

St. Francis Of Assisi Church
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Yerba Buena Center For The Arts - SOMA, San Francisco

Sometime ago I was walking past the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts and saw how green it was with the lighting so I had to snap several pics of it. I think these are quite fun. The Yerba Buena Center For The Arts and Yerba Buena Gardens are a fun place which also contains the Ice Skating Rink and Bowling Center and The Metreon.
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts
Yerba Buena Gardens
Wikipedia Article About Yerba Buena Gardens
Yerba Buena Ice Skating And Bowling Center
Metreon
Wikipedia Article About The Metreon


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Bay Bridge At Sunset - Embarcadero, San Francisco

I like this shot of the Bay Bridge. The lighting etc ...

I've always loved photographing the Bay Bridge and this is one of the many shots of it that I have.

Here's some history about the Bay Bridge on Wikipedia.

Bay Bridge On Wikipedia
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Yerba Buena Park - SOMA, San Francisco

I like the composition and colors of this shot. I shot this right next to Mo's Grill in Yerba Buena Park. Mo's has great burgers and they make it in many styles so definitely worth trying out. They also have another location in North Beach which I believe is their main store.

Mo's Grill

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Fugazi Building - Financial District, San Francisco

The Fugazi Building at 415 Sansome Street houses The London Wine Bar which happens to be Americas First Wine Bar. I believe there's also a second business if not more in the Fugazi Building being Sansome Dental.

I happened to be right in front of the Fugazi Building one evening after seeing a movie at Embarcadero Cinemas and shot this picture with a very fast moving Yellow Taxi Cab. I just love the way this shot came out ... although it's quite dark it has a great feel.

London Wine Bar
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Audiffred Building/Boulevard Restaurant - Embarcadero, San Franisco

The Audiffred building is a beautiful Parisian style building dating back to the late 1800's. It stands out as one of my favorite older buildings in San Francisco. It's right on the Embarcadero and across from the Hotel Vitale and it houses the restaurant Boulevard. The Audiffred Building is in the National Registry of historic places in San Francisco.

I have a couple of links to some historic information about the Audifredd building below and a link to Boulevard.

Audiffred Building History

National Register

Boulevard Restaurant

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San Francisco City Hall Interior Images - Civic Center

Built in 1915 and this was not the original San Francisco City Hall as the original was burned to the ground from the 1906 fire. Some info about and history about it is below at Wikipedia.

SF City Hall On Wikipedia

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Harrigan Weidenmuller Company Realtors - San Francisco,

I like this building building ... not sure what era it's from but looks like maybe 40's?? Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it's quite cute. On Kearny Street near Bush or California ... maybe in between.
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