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Attractions & Activities: Famous San Francisco Sights
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Coit Tower
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Coit Tower
In a city known for its great views and vantage points, Coit Tower is tops. Located atop Telegraph Hill, just east of North Beach, the round, stone tower offers panoramic views of the city and the bay. Completed in 1933, the tower is the legacy of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a wealthy eccentric who left San Francisco a $125,000 bequest "for the purpose of adding beauty to the city I have always loved" and also as a memorial to its volunteer firemen. She had been saved from a fire as a child and thereafter held the city's firefighters in particularly high esteem. Inside the base of the tower are the impressive murals titled Life in California, 1934, which were completed under the WPA during the New Deal. They were done by more than 25 artists, many of whom had studied under Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.
Atop Telegraph Hill
Phone: 415/362-0808 .
Open: Daily 10am-6pm.
Admission (to the top of the tower) $3.75 adults, $2.50 seniors, $1.50 children 6-12.
Bus: 39 ("Coit").
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