SAN FRANCISCO NIGHT (1.29.07)

That would be Coit Tower in the background and the Bay Bridge behind that. Coit Tower was built in 1933 and is meant to resemble the nozzle of a fire hose. Seems  Lillie Hitchcock Coit, whose post-morteum money built the 210-foot tall tower, had a thing for fire fighters after seeing them in action during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire.



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