I Left My Heart In... - Ongoing so long as I live here

simms3_redux · #1 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 3:37 AM**

Start off with some recent skyline shots::

Some additional photos I took back in June:
San Francisco Spring Views: Because It's Been Awhile

1. Skyline from due South

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2. Rincon Hill condos

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3. South Beach

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4. USS America amphibious assault ship (LHA-6), 844 ft delivered in 2014

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13. Discard

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simms3_redux · #2 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 3:51 AM**

14. Cityscape from the North

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15. Russian Hill

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17. Downtown from the north

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18. Hills leading up from Marina District to Pacific Heights

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19. Russian Hill again, different angle

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20. Sausalito Ferry cutting through boat traffic

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simms3_redux · #3 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 4:04 AM**

22. Skyline at dusk from Mission Bay (south)

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23. City Hall peeking out

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26. T Third light rail stop in Mission Bay

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27. Very still night/construction of more lab space

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28. Mission Bay (all new construction) from South Beach neighborhood

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35. Goodnight from Mission Bay

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Danny · #4 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 9:00 AM**

Nice pictures, simms3_redux! Thanks for sharing.

It´s a pleasure for me seeing again San Francisco, a city which I adore. These days it´s 3 years since our first and only visit, and we would like to return there to spend more days in that beautiful city. We have pending matters, like visiting Alcatraz.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.

Nightsky · #5 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 10:13 AM**

I would never have guessed that the first skyline was San Francisco, a new angle for me!

I only visited SF for one and a half day in 2001, way too short. Would really like to come back!

tech12 · #6 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 4:06 PM**

Nice pics! I love those skyline shots from the water.

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Originally Posted by Nightsky

I would never have guessed that the first skyline was San Francisco, a new angle for me!

Yeah, some of the best angles of the SF skyline are like that, from the south looking north. SF's skyline runs mostly east-west, so it's wider when viewed from the north or south, and smaller looking when viewed from the east or west. But you have to be in a relatively unknown (to tourists) part of SF, driving north to SF on the freeway, on a boat, or across the bay with a giant telephoto lens to see it...which excludes a lot of visitors I guess. I'd say the most famous views visitors get of the SF skyline are from Twin Peaks, the golden gate bridge, Alcatraz, and treasure island, which have a more compressed and/or obscured view of the skyline.

Ex-Ithacan · #7 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 7:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightsky

I would never have guessed that the first skyline was San Francisco, a new angle for me!

Ditto.

Heckuva city and set of pics, Thanks for sharing.

simms3_redux · #8 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 9:48 PM**

36. Alcatraz Island

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37. Angel Island

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38. Angel Island

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39. Angel Island

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40. Angel Island

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fflint · #9 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 9:57 PM**

Awesome pics! Rarely do forumers see San Francisco from these angles.

So...tell us about the boat!?!?

simms3_redux · #10 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 9:57 PM**

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42. Clash of old versus new East Bay Bridge span

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43. Oakland in hazy distance

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44. Looks like an Albin or Compton boat on its way south through the Bay Bridge

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45. Bay Bridge

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47. Port of Oakland

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48. Port of Oakland

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49. Port of Oakland

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50. Old Alameda Naval Yard

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simms3_redux · #11 Posted **Oct 15, 2014, 10:10 PM**

52. Inside the most corporate of corporate sections of the Financial District - the density of buildings is pretty much on par with Midtown Manhattan/the Loop Chicago

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53. Part of the new Mission St wall that is forming

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54. One of Salesforce's new towers going up

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55. Not a "tall" skyline, but a dizzying 400-600 ft nonetheless!

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56. 'Merica

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57. Not nearly as common a sight as you would think in SF

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59. Changing views

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60. The other direction

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61. Getting harder and harder to see this bridge around town, but we are getting tons of new high-rises (sacrifices)!

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