Inside San Francisco Coit Tower

Coit tower is a 210 foot 64 m tower in the telegraph hill neighborhood of san francisco california offering panoramic views over the city and the bay the tower in the city s pioneer park was built between 1932 and 1933 using lillie hitchcock coit s bequest to beautify the city of san francisco.

Inside san francisco coit tower.

She was a wealthy san francisco socialite who donated money to the city to build a landmark in her name. Built in 1933 this 210 foot tower is located in the telegraph hill section of san francisco california. Contrary to popular belief coit tower was not designed to resemble a firehose nozzle. The elevator brings you on top.

Opensfhistory wnp27 4692 jpg show more show less 2 of 44. Coit tower in an aerial photograph from sept. Coit tower sits on a hill that rises high above the streets of san francisco and has been a city landmark and tourist attraction since 1933. The tower was designed by the firm of arthur brown jr architect of san francisco s city hall.

Come early to see the tower as wait times to travel to the top can become quite long. San francisco urban hike. It was added to the national register of historic places on january 29 2008. The view from the observation deck inside coit tower on telegraph hill.

Walk up and around coit tower as if you are there. Inside the tower there are beautiful murals that tell the history of the city of san francisco as well as how coit tower came to be. San francisco bay twilight or sunset cruise from 80 00. You are at the base of coit tower the attraction number 2 in san francisco.

Coit tower lombard street and north beach from 57 60 vantigo san francisco city tour from 65 00 san francisco all day special gocar tour from 266 45 san francisco vista helicopter tour from 215 00 straight to the gate access. Created in an art deco style this tower is constructed out of reinforced concrete and is left unpainted. Click esc key on the keyboard you come back where you were. We arrived fairly early and had a wait time of 25 minutes after purchasing our tickets.

The murals inside the tower s base were painted in 1934 by a group of artists employed by the public works of art project a precursor to the works progress. We had waited about 15 to pay. Click on the entrance and move inside. Coit tower is one of the most notable landmarks in san francisco.

The story of this san francisco tower starts with a woman by the name of lillie hitchcock coit.