downtown oakland, looking northeast.
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mission creek channel, san francisco.
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silver terrace, san francisco.
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downtown oakland.
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sf ferry building.
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san francisco city hall, civic center, and the central freeway, 1959. photo: duke downey. more photos: sfchronicle, 13.03.19.
and today, without the central freeway.
read: the freeway revolt, and “captain blake versus the highwaymen: or, how san francisco won the freeway revolt.” by kathertine johnson, 2008.
san francisco, 1959: the embarcadero freeway, piers at the waterfront, and the bay bridge. photos by duke downey.
more: “1959 san francisco aerial photos show a city on the verge of transformation.” sfchronicle, 13.03.19.
san francisco.
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san francisco, california.
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citymaus reblogged
Returning home from a weekend in Seattle the approach to SFO offered an aerial tour of San Francisco.
hella <3 that, too. when the pilot does a big u-turn (probably because of a queue at the runway) to get to OAK. but i see the bay bridge more than the gg bridge.
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rhamphotheca
Amazing Aerial Image of NYC
This is a great image of a city that seems designed to bring great images into being. Sergey Semonov, a Russian photographer, submitted the image to the Epson International Photographic Pano Awards, and took first prize in the amateur category…
(read more: TheAtlantic)
CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL SIZE IMAGE.
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the costs of maintaining highways..