oriental indeed!
at the heart of Chinatown
Portsmouth Square in the morning
opening the gates
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
looks like a deal going on
the financial district in the background
seating areas in the park
overview of the park
park statues
the park playgrounds
Overhead view of Kearny street
buildings uphill
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along Montgomery Street
Here we are at another San Fran landmark
The Transamerica Pyramid!
tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco
spanning 48 floors
outskirts of Chinatown along the nearby streets
the arts section
still moving along Grant street
across Jackson street
The street's waking up
Chinatown is well served by public transport
The morning markets open!
people unloading goods for the day
but 1st, a visit to a nearby musuem
The Cablecar museum!
along Washington Street
The entrance
yup, it's the right museum alright!
Active as in live
WIth high speed cable pulls in operation
The museum's an active cable station too
old collections of decommissioned cable cars
History of how it started
and trolleys alike!
and the lines going underground
overview of the cable pull
the cable car as the name suggest
the original cable car operators
do not have engines on board
subterranean view of the undergound cables
spinning!
All thanks to the inventor
but are pulled uphills up cables
spun in this very building
yup, the real stuff!
old day tickets