Twin Peaks: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Burnham-stairs-castro-to-twinpeaks.jpg]] | ||
''' | '''Stairs ascend from the Castro to Twin Peaks under proposed Burnham Plan''' | ||
[[Image:Twinpeaksapproach.gif]] | [[Image:Twinpeaksapproach.gif]] | ||
| Line 23: | Line 19: | ||
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image:Twin-peaks-view- | [[Image:1906 Twin-Peaks-vw-downtown.jpg]] | ||
'''Close-up of 1906 view from Twin Peaks''' | |||
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
[[Image:Twin-peaks-tourist-view.jpg]] | |||
'''Classic tourist view of city from Twin Peaks, 1998.''' | |||
''Photo: Marina McDougal'' | |||
[[Image:Downtown-from-twin-peaks-2008 3563.jpg]] | |||
'''Twin Peaks | '''Downtown from Twin Peaks August 2008''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
| Line 37: | Line 45: | ||
[[Patty Hearst Bankrobber |Prev. Document]] [[St. Francis Wood |Next Document]] | [[Patty Hearst Bankrobber |Prev. Document]] [[St. Francis Wood |Next Document]] | ||
[[category:Sunset]] [[category:Twin Peaks]] [[category:downtown]] | [[category:Sunset]] [[category:Twin Peaks]] [[category:downtown]] [[category:1906]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:2000s]] [[category:1990s]] | ||
Revision as of 23:31, 22 August 2008
The view from Twin Peaks is world famous. Under the Burnham Plan of 1905 a straight boulevard would have ascended all the way to the top, but after the earthquake of 1906, the Burnham Plan was buried by events.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Stairs ascend from the Castro to Twin Peaks under proposed Burnham Plan
Approach to Twin Peaks
The famous view from Twin Peaks, here in 1906 a month after the big earthquake.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Close-up of 1906 view from Twin Peaks
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Classic tourist view of city from Twin Peaks, 1998.
Photo: Marina McDougal
File:Downtown-from-twin-peaks-2008 3563.jpg
Downtown from Twin Peaks August 2008
Photo: Chris Carlsson
View from south peak of Twin Peaks, April 2008, with California poppies in foreground.
Photo: Chris Carlsson