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We have begun to do photo pictorial narrations
to learn about the world and share these stories with you.
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This is undoubtedly one of the most reproduced
Cliff House photographs.
Marilyn Blaisdell's book attributes it to a Japanese boy "T. Imai". The story
tells A Japanese boy, noticing the approach of lightning and thunder storm,
took the last car for the Cliff House at 10:30 p.m. and was waiting until 2
o'clock a.m.
"The patience of the "Oriental," together with his keen preception of the
opportunity, give us this photographic rarity, thunder storms and lightning
being a rare occurance in the "glorious climate of California."
Marilyn Blaisdell's book "San Francisciana - Photographs of the Cliff House".
http://www.cliffhouseproject.com
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We are inspired by this photo. The stories about the second Cliff
House, and it's owner Adolph Sutro, a self made millionaire
philanthropist and later a mayor of San Francisco (1894-1896), and his famous
Sutro Baths are well known. We want to make our own photo story of
this place.
So, it was decided, that today we would take our photos at
the North Beach area which is famous for both fog and cold
winds. North Beach was where Adolph Sutro was not afraid to build a tropical
paradise inside a glass building with Victorian arches, and palm trees.
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First we climbed up and shot in Sutro Heights.
Fortunately, this beautiful park is not so well known by tourists... As part of
the history of Adolph Sutro's development of the area, Sutro Heights was known
for its plant conservatory and Romanistic statues that once decorated the area.
Now Marble bases that once held Greek statues are all that's left of the
gardens of Adolph Sutro.
By 3 p.m., the fog rolled in, turning the blue sky into a creeping gray wet
blanket that enveloped the area. In the summer, temperatures can swiftly drop
from the high 70s to the mid-50s in less than an hour.
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We are from Europe where the word "Bath" has a
truly magical meaning - Roman baths,thermal bath, Turkish bath, etc.
P.G.&E Magazine from September 1912 gives us a comprehensible idea
of Sutro Baths at this time.
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Length of baths, 499.5 feet.
Width of baths, 254.1 feet.
Amount of glass used, 100,000 superficial ft.
Iron in roof columns, 600 tons.
Lumber, 3,500,000 feet.
Concrete, 270,000 cubic feet.
Seating capacity amphitheater, 3,700.
Seating capacity promenade, 3,700.
Holding capacity, 25,000.
Salt water tanks, 6.
Capacity of tanks, 1,804,962 gallons.
Fresh water, plunge tank, 1.
Toboggan slides in baths, 7.
Swinging rings, 30.
Spring boards, 1.
Private dressing rooms, 517.
Club rooms capacity, 1,110.
Time required to fill tank by waves. 1 hour.
Time required to fill tank by pump, 5 hours.
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
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Sutro Baths, San Francisco, 10/26/2005. Oh well, today the Sutro Baths are
still popular for their scenic and recreational values...
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It is not neccessary to go to Greece or Italy to see ancient ruins. San
Francisco's version of Rome's Baths of Caracella, are Adolph Sutro's aquatic
fantasyland. Once this was a water palace that held up to 10,000 people.
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| Time to check the Ocean side. Being an Engineer,
Sutro also drilled tunnels into the cliffs so people could watch the waves hit
against them, as well as search for sea creatures. Amazing way of thinking...
Let's watch waves through the famous Sutro's tunnels!
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