Two-hour leisurely lunches are nice, especially when there's a view and it's a clear day. All this came together today as I dined with several (camera-shy) colleagues in the Main Dining Room of the Carnelian Room atop the Bank Of America building here in downtown San Francisco. This building, and the TransAmerica building, a/k/a "The Pyramid," vie for the title of San Francisco's tallest building. The Pyramid comes in at 853 feet, compared with 779 feet for the Bank of America building. But the Pyramid's needle is 212 feet, which if discounted, easily makes the Bank of America building the tallest -- the 49th-tallest building in the United States, 136th-tallest in the world.To remember the nice view, I pressed my camera against the glass. Using various zoom levels, I captured these shots of The City, Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, the San Francisco Bay, and beyond. Take a look, and "get high" with me!
7 comments:
I couldn't be any higher! San Francisco... she is a sight for sore eyes man!
Those are some awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Fantastic pictures proving that the song was true "On a clear day you can see forever..." Would you like to employ an English butler? I could vacuum your apartment and post your mail and with training could learn to be obsequious. It would be great to live in SF.
Miz B - You probably have many memories of some of the neighborhoods in these views ... North Beach, Chinatown, Nob Hill, downtown, maybe even the tourist-trap Fisherman's Wharf ...
~Keely~ - Glad to share; hope you don't have acrophobia!
Yorkie - Do you do windows? Can you cook? If so, and if you can work on becoming obsequious, there may just be a position for you as my new English Butler. Benefits include all the clam-chowder-in-sourdough-bowls you can eat!
Hey Freethinker -
Great photos as usual. I just returned from a trip to Hawaii and I posted some beautiful pictures on my blog.
I know you love great photos - Check them out if you get a chance =>
~ Hawaii: Mountain Ranges, Ocean Shorelines, Exotic Flowers & Other Plant Life
great photos! i need to go back on a clear sunny day...
Dani - Aloha! Interesting how America's most atheistic state is also its most beautiful!
Kerbot - The nice thing is you can go up there for free, take in the view, and snap some photos. After 10 minutes or so you should buy a drink or excuse yourself.
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