Coit Tower (also known as the Coit Memorial Tower) is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking...
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Public Works of Art Project (section Coit Tower murals)
the projects sponsored by the PWAP were the murals in San Francisco's Coit Tower, begun in December 1933 and completed in June 1934. A total of 44 artists...
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Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower...
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Bernard Zakheim (section Coit Tower murals)
a Warsaw-born San Francisco muralist, best known for his work on the Coit Tower murals. Zakheim was born to a Hasidic Jewish family in Warsaw, then part...
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with Coit Tower (left) and the Pier 43 Ferry Arch (foreground) A ground-level view in late 2018 after construction was completed Salesforce Tower Street...
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main feature of the park, Coit Tower, was completed in 1933 using a $118,000 bequest left to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1929. A bronze statue...
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multi-media artist Moses Coit Tyler, American author Stanton Coit, writer on ethics Coit Tower, landmark in San Francisco Battle of Cat Coit Celidon, a battle...
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it turns south, becoming Telegraph Hill Boulevard to Pioneer Park and Coit Tower. Lombard Street starts again at Winthrop Street and ends at The Embarcadero...
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stipulation that the land be dubbed as the Pioneer Park. In 1932–1933, Coit Tower was built where the semaphore and telegraph once stood. Telegraph Hill...
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poured-concrete Art Moderne Coit Tower (1932), that crowns Telegraph Hill is an important Modernist landmark in the Bay Area. Coit Tower was the site of some...
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