San Francisco, California recent comments:

Head Building (1909) William Curlett and Son, architects

"After several temporary homes, and a major earthquake in 1906, the membership of First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, hired noted Bay Area architect Edgar A. Mathews to design the present church at the corner of Franklin and California Streets. The cornerstone was laid in 1911 and the church formally dedicated in 1913. Its architectural style is characterized as Romanesque-Byzantine by the architect. A tapestry of warm polychrome brick provides a warm glow in any kind of light. In the September 1913 issue of The Pacific Coast Architect it is written, “The delicate terra cotta ornament is concentrated where it blends most harmoniously on the main facades, while the graceful lines and proportions of the building as a whole are a perpetual delight to the eye.” The exterior is punctuated with a medium height, squared belfry or tower, and has a heavy roof overhang in the style of northern Italian country churches."

The wikimapia system seems not to be able to express the @ (собачку) symbol in the title of the enterprise.

I was stationed on Treasure Island in 1963/1964. I attended the Electronic Technician "A" school that was 48 weeks long. Seems that the Marine Barracks, Chow hall, and many of the buildings on the East side of H Avenue remain intact to this day. The old Navy Exchange, Movie theater, hangars, and bowling alley buildings also still exist. It was great duty, but it was hard to enjoy San Francisco on $38.00 a month. That was E-2 pay at that time.

I remember Nimitz's wife, Catherine used to swim in the indoor pool on Treasure Island. I used to go over and swim and occasionally see her there at the pool. She like the water very cool, so they kept it at a temperature hardly anyone else could tolerate. She seemed like a nice lady, she would always say "hi" to everyone, including us peons. I was there in 1963/1964.

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I have great respect Joe Montana

Who never played at this ballpark.

Visited this area once...not too impressed.

You ruined Flash!!!

Would love to zip down this thing at 40 MPH.

Yup, it's a nice place. Every resident in SF could go out to dinner on the same night, and there would still be room for tourists. ;-) Are you thinking of moving here? Consider that July is one of the colder, damper months, it's one of the most expensive places in the country, if not the world to live. And in spite of it's rather liberal reputation, it's really rather provincial. And yes, the population is dominated by people who fled their humdrum lives in bland places, and/or their families. There's a bar in the Mission District which explicitly charges hipsters more for beer!

Scheduled to be demolished after the Niners move in 2014.

This is the site of the last live concert by the Beatles on August 29, 1966.

Awesome. :)

this is a great city

This is the best school in the archdiocese

"Standing on the moon, where talk is cheap and vision true Standing on the moon, but I would rather be with you Somewhere in San Francisco on a back porch in July Just looking up to heaven at this crescent in the sky"

good one. HA