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Coit Tower (also known as Coit Memorial Tower) is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park , was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit 's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco.
In 1932–1933, Coit Tower was built where the semaphore and telegraph once stood. Telegraph Hill retained its name and is now registered as California Historical Landmark #91, with a bronze plaque in the lobby of Coit Tower marking the location of the original signal station. [4]
It was established in 1876 in celebration of the United States Centennial. Prior to establishment of the park, it was the site of the Marine Telegraph Station. The 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. [1]
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Statue of three volunteer firefighters, funded by Coit's bequest. Coit left one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved". [1] The city used this bequest to build Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill.
Telegraph Hill. If you can brave the traffic, the area near the base of Coit Tower will put you up above the action with a panoramic view of the Embarcadero, Bay Bridge and the entire waterfront.
Image title: Coit Tower, San Francisco, California. Coit Tower was built in Pioneer Park atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco; Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Francisco "to be expended in an appropriate manner for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city which I have always loved"
The Waymo, he said, navigated morning traffic downtown San Francisco and made it up Telegraph Hill all the way to Coit Tower overlooking the city and the bay. To be clear, there is no army of ...