9.12.2025

Coit Tower. It's a long vertical walk up to the base. Prettier and easier if you go the secret way, the local tells me. Diego Rivera inspired murals about the history of SF. Ten bucks to go to the top? Sold. When were these commissioned. 1934. Test run for the WPA. First projects. Old hand operated Otis elevator. Talkative lady in a blue mask. Same song going up and coming down but different lyrics. A single note she sings herself, like a chime. Two guys one had perfect pitch the other had an app she says. Neither of them got it right. We think it's a concert A. Don't trip it's a long way down, she says. Up top panoramic view through windows. These are the bridges. The big orange one over there and that's Alcatraz. City in 1906 v 1915. We can rebuild they said and they did.