There was an old fire alarm on the street corner there. It was like seeing a phone booth, an anachronism. I had no idea it worked until I heard the sirens.
I was just there a few months ago! The Painted Ladies are such an iconic sight, and the view of the San Francisco skyline behind them is just breathtaking. Love this shot!
These houses look so serene from the outside.
Inside there are the sounds of laughter, the fragrance of good food, and the touch of a lover's embrace, as the walls of each one block the world outside from entering; like a witches spell cast to keep evil out.
Thankfully, the license plate readers we voted to approve and install are working, specifically in that area, and reducing the bipping (smashing a window and grabbing whatever they can). Still, a friendly local’s reminder, don’t ever leave anything visible in your car.😅
As a local - totally agree - don’t leave anything at all - even hidden in the trunk. This mainly applies to the tourist areas. The neighborhoods are better but empty cars are best.
Empty is best, but even empty, living across the street from Golden Gate Park, sometimes the bippers go fishing. The worst was the night all the passenger side glass on two cars got shattered. But I’m not going anywhere. Been here for 25 years and I love this place.🤷♂️
Great photo. I work close to the sales force tower but never seen this angle. And 40 minute (non traffic) drive and you are here at Mt.Diablo. Bay Area is really a great place to live.
They are less colourful than they once were. I have a book of photographs published in the late 60s or early 70s showing them with very bright paint jobs.
Because of their recognition from TV shows and movies, they're a local tourist destination and are saught after. If you're someone who watched Full House in the 90s, you heard the theme song in your head the second you saw these houses. Tours make a point to visit this park to capture THIS photo.
Couldn't tell ya, have never been there myself. However, given that it's America the answers are: No, yes, and idk depends on how cracked out they are.
I so wanted to live there and tried to find a place I could afford for several years beginning in 2012. It's so sad that I was never able to find a place then. And now, I can't even afford to visit there. The prices are crazy
Beautiful! I love San Francisco! I'm from Los Angeles and I never understood the San Francisco vs Los Angeles nonsense, its all California. One of my friends lived in SF for a few years and I'd fly out every couple months and spend the weekend there. It's such a beautiful city. I love my California!
The house on the far left was for sale when we were trying to decide if we should move to CA or CO. I looked into it and discovered what the requirements were, not to mention the cost per actual square feet. I would have LOVED to own that home; I couldn't get past the rules and lack of space
What’s funny about The Painted Ladies is just below the houses where you can’t see, there are a hundred blue port-o-potties. No joke. It’s a very funny dichotomy.
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Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
Open those Golden Gates!
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😎
The milkman, the paperboy, evening TV.
Everywhere you look (everywhere you go)
There's a heart (there's a heart)
A hand to hold onto.
Everywhere you look (everywhere you go)
There's a face
Of somebody who needs you.
IYKYK
*and all of the pearls in all of the world were clutched simultaneously, then the Olsen twin's career was born.*
It's a shithole.
Inside there are the sounds of laughter, the fragrance of good food, and the touch of a lover's embrace, as the walls of each one block the world outside from entering; like a witches spell cast to keep evil out.
My favorite city.
Thanks for the smile 🙂!
Do thrives break into your tour bus while it's moving, or do they wait until it stops?
Two very, wildly different cities:
both awesome, both fun, both special and great.
I never diss SF.