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A test conducted on January 24, 2013 Opening on March 6, 2013 A time lapse image of Market Street, with The Bay Lights in the background. The Bay Lights was a site-specific monumental light sculpture and generative art installation on the western span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its opening.
That year, only 384 of New York City's 5,660 street lamps were gaslights. [1] Chicago turned on its first hundred-odd gaslights on September 4, 1850. [6] Gas light was up to ten times brighter than light from oil lamps, [1] but by present-day standards, the lights appeared "distinctly yellow and not very bright". [6]
James Clair Flood Mansion, 1000 California Street, San Francisco (National Register of Historic Places, 1940) image credit: Historic American Buildings Survey 90
Looking east from the Steiner Street pedestrian overpass. Geary Boulevard (designated as Geary Street east of Van Ness Avenue) is a major east–west 5.8-mile-long (9 km) thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, United States, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Kearny Street, and running westbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western ...
The land for the site slopes up steeply, it is located immediately west of San Francisco's Mission District flatlands, and a stream is said to run down the line of the street in a brick culvert. [2] All of the contributing buildings to the historic district are narrow residential structures, are generally two stories tall, and most buildings ...
San Francisco, Calif. (Oct. 9, 2005) - The Navy's Flight Demonstration team, the Blue Angels lead solo, performs the sneak pass, a maneuver that demonstrates the F/A-18 Hornet's ability to sneak into a target area undetected at speeds approaching 700 mph.
Jim Campbell (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a contemporary San Francisco based artist who is known for his LED light works. [1] Campbell began his artistic career in film making but switched to electronic sculpture in 1990 and started making his iconic LED matrix works in 2000. [2] His current work combines film, sound, and LED light ...
The Exposition at night. Few of the surrounding areas were electrified, making the Fair a magical sight after dark. The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, commonly referred to as the "Midwinter Exposition" or the "Midwinter Fair", was a World's Fair that officially operated from January 27 to July 5 [1] in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.