going to San Francisco and vicinity, July 13-21. ...
Any suggestions for must-see architectural sites, i.e. things you wouldnt find in a guidebook?
also any landscape sites that are worthwhile but lesser known?
thanks.
a walking trip from the base of the bay bridge, along the waterfront you should walk along the satowitz ribbon bench strip, and some mid seventies halprin stuff if you want landscape), up the backside steps of telegraph hill (a serious hike) check out the old hillside neighborhood accessed only by the steps- pretty amazing urban condition. look up some website info for a description of the steps- http://offbeat.8m.net/NorthWalk1.html (either the greenwich or filbert steps). keep an eye out for the wild parrots back here you'lll notice them if you are looking/listening for them http://www.pelicanmedia.org/wildparrots.html
-in chinatown there is this restaurant between stockton and grant on washington on the east side of the street that is about l0' wide and 4 stories tall- its a bit of a dive, the food's not so great, but an interesting architectural experience- think of atilier bow wow. while you're in chinatown you could check out li po and the buddha- not much in the way of notible architecture, but if you like walking through a leftover charlie chan movie set- then this is the spot- two of the best dive bars in the city.
- bill stout's bookstore is also worth a visit- i think it is the best architectural bookstore in the world, in the very least the u.s.
- probably in the tour guide, but the hallidie building on sutter is worth a look. the curtain wall is beautiful, though its a shame to see what they've done with the inside.
- also probably in the tourguide- the crown zellerbach building- bundshaft at his best.
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going to San Francisco and vicinity, July 13-21. ...
Any suggestions for must-see architectural sites, i.e. things you wouldnt find in a guidebook?
also any landscape sites that are worthwhile but lesser known?
thanks.
The Sutro Bath Ruins are really cool to check out if you're into that sort of thing.
yeah, sutro baths.
and i think the yves behar exhibit may still be up at the sfmoma...it's not big, but worth seeing.
a walking trip from the base of the bay bridge, along the waterfront you should walk along the satowitz ribbon bench strip, and some mid seventies halprin stuff if you want landscape), up the backside steps of telegraph hill (a serious hike) check out the old hillside neighborhood accessed only by the steps- pretty amazing urban condition. look up some website info for a description of the steps- http://offbeat.8m.net/NorthWalk1.html (either the greenwich or filbert steps). keep an eye out for the wild parrots back here you'lll notice them if you are looking/listening for them http://www.pelicanmedia.org/wildparrots.html
-in chinatown there is this restaurant between stockton and grant on washington on the east side of the street that is about l0' wide and 4 stories tall- its a bit of a dive, the food's not so great, but an interesting architectural experience- think of atilier bow wow. while you're in chinatown you could check out li po and the buddha- not much in the way of notible architecture, but if you like walking through a leftover charlie chan movie set- then this is the spot- two of the best dive bars in the city.
- bill stout's bookstore is also worth a visit- i think it is the best architectural bookstore in the world, in the very least the u.s.
- probably in the tour guide, but the hallidie building on sutter is worth a look. the curtain wall is beautiful, though its a shame to see what they've done with the inside.
- also probably in the tourguide- the crown zellerbach building- bundshaft at his best.
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