Coit Tower

The Coit Tower, an observation tower on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, was built by Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard, 1934. Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a child of high society, was a great admirer of the brave firefighters of San Francisco.

According to legend, she helped in a fire near Telegraph Hill, and so was the mascot of Engine Company No.. 5 of the Volunteer Fire Department ( Volunteer Fire Department ). At her death in 1929 she left the church $ 100,000 for the beautification of the city. With this donation, including the 64 -meter high observation tower in the Art Deco style, on Telegraph Hill was erected in honor of the volunteer fire department in 1934. Legend has it that the Coit Tower was built in honor of the firefighters is only partly true. In addition, it should also increase the beauty of the city and serve as a lookout, from which a panorama of San Francisco can enjoy. To the realm of fairy tales, however, heard the story that the form should correspond to the end of a fire hose. This was never intended by the architects and is the official notice board at the Coit Tower can be clearly seen.

At the mural Library of Bernard Zakheim in the tower there is a reference to the history of Austria: A man - top - reading a newspaper with the headline: " Thousands Slaughtered In Austria, " her date: February 12, 1934, the beginning of the February uprising in Linz / Danube (A). Early in 1934, the fresco was " Man at the Crossroads" was destroyed by Diego Rivera at Rockefeller Center because of the picture of Lenin from his client. The muralist in Coit Tower protested about some buildings left socially critical elements in your images a, and the image destroyed by Rockefeller is painted as newspaper text.

In the film, Dr. Dolittle, the tower is spectacular staged.