The palace of fine arts!
Next stop
see you chinatown
on the bus for more exploration
trying out the local lunch!
food's a bargain too
totally buzzing market atmosphere
weekend markets and bargains!
it's packed already!
back at Chinatown
old day tickets
yup, the real stuff!
the small museum section of the building
the original cable car operators
schematic of how the cables run
All thanks to the inventor
spun in this very building
but are pulled uphills up cables
do not have engines on board
the cable car as the name suggest
spinning!
subterranean view of the undergound cables
and the lines going underground
overview of the cable pull
History of how it started
and trolleys alike!
old collections of decommissioned cable cars
WIth high speed cable pulls in operation
Active as in live
The museum's an active cable station too
yup, it's the right museum alright!
The entrance
The Cablecar museum!
along Washington Street
but 1st, a visit to a nearby musuem
The morning markets open!
Chinatown is well served by public transport
people unloading goods for the day
The street's waking up
across Jackson street
still moving along Grant street
the arts section
outskirts of Chinatown along the nearby streets
spanning 48 floors
tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco
along Montgomery Street
The Transamerica Pyramid!
Here we are at another San Fran landmark
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buildings uphill