Sunday, August 30, 2009

Side Trip to San Francisco: Ferry Building

"The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. On top of the building is a large clock tower, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city.

The present structure of the Ferry Building in San Francisco is designed by local San Francisco architect A. Page Brown and opened in 1898. Until the completion of the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge in the 1930s it was the second busiest transit terminal in the world."


1 comment:

USelaine said...

My mother recently told me that her grandfather used to walk all the way from the Dolores Mission neighborhood down to the Ferry Building, and back, for his daily exercise, when he was in his 80s! I need to get fit again.

I hope you enjoyed your time in the Bay Area. It really is cosmopolitan, with so many things to see.