Top deck
360 views.
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A white concrete tower 64 metres tall on top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, overlooking the city and the bay. It was built in 1932–1933 with the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit, who left her money to beautify the city. It was designed in Art Deco style by the architects Arthur Brown Jr. and Henry Howard in unpainted reinforced concrete, and the walls of its lower hall are covered with large murals by more than twenty artists depicting life in 1930s California. A lift takes visitors to the observation deck at the top, where a 360-degree view takes in the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, Alcatraz, the downtown towers and the waterfront piers. The ground-floor murals are free to see, and the lift costs about $11 for non-residents, per visitor guides. The road up the hill is very steep, and you can walk up the leafy Filbert Steps from the waterfront side.
360 views.
Ground floor.
Up the hill.
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