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1 Telegraph Hill (at Greenwich) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-362-0808

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Best Place to Forget the Other 49 States
Award Winner 2003

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This famous landmark was built in honor of Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1933, and the interior frescoes showing California industry are as interesting as the panoramas seen from the top.

Guided Tours of Coit Tower Murals

11:00 a.m. every Wed.

Coit Tower has its history, and it's definitely got its views -- and some of the best of each is inside the tower itself. The murals, commissioned ...

2003 | Best Place to Forget the Other 49 States

The world seems to grow sweeter step by step as you hike to the top of Telegraph Hill. The noise of the city fades away, and you become more aware of birds, flowers, and sky. At the summit, the panorama of the bay, Alcatraz, and Angel Island is transfixing. It remains the best show in town, with only the gentle rustling of trees to break the spell. When you're finally satiated, be a sport and spring for the elevator ($3.75) to the top of the 70-year-old tower. (Don't miss the gorgeous old... More »
2000 | Best Local WPA Project

FDR's Works Progress Administration not only gave people from every walk of life jobs during the country's worst financial depression, it left us with several notable public works that continue to delight 65 years later. From 1933 through 1934, a dozen WPA-sponsored artists converged at the base of the then-newly completed Coit Tower and painted murals directly on the wet plaster walls that depicted life in contemporary California -- its industry, agriculture, and so on -- the best mural... More »

Food and Friends at the Dinner Party Project

By Mollie McWilliams | Tue, May 22, 2012

The Dinner Party Project Where: All over this fine city, starting at Flour + Water When: The first dinner is June 11 Cost: Varies, Flour + Water dinner $275/$265 (if purchased with Visa signature c... More »
Our Ultimate Mash-Up Mother's Day Meal in San Francisco

By Tamara Palmer | Tue, May 8, 2012

Like Valentine's Day and Easter before it, Mother's Day can be a particularly annoying holiday for us food blogger worker bees. The endless pap of press releases touting how kind the restaurant indust... More »
Emily Luchetti Hawks Giants-Themed Cookies on Opening Day

By Joe Eskenazi | Wed, April 11, 2012

The terms "baseball" and "baked goods" don't normally go together -- unless you're talking about Dock Ellis, the former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who managed to toss a no-hitter while high on acid. W... More »
James Beard Finalists Announced Today: Here Are the Locals

By Jonathan Kauffman | Mon, March 19, 2012

Today, the James Beard Foundation announces the finalists for both its restaurant, book, and journalism awards, often called the "Oscars" of the food world. (Semifinalists for the 2012 restaurant awar... More »

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Coit Tower

1 Telegraph Hill (at Greenwich) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-362-0808

Description

11:00 a.m. every Wed.

2003 | Best Place to Forget the Other 49 States

2000 | Best Local WPA Project

By Mollie McWilliams | Tue, May 22, 2012

By Tamara Palmer | Tue, May 8, 2012

By Joe Eskenazi | Wed, April 11, 2012

By Jonathan Kauffman | Mon, March 19, 2012