Coit Tower

Panoramic Point San Francisco, California

Coit Tower is a tower located in San Francisco. It was built between 1933 and 1938 in Pioneer Park on top of Telegraph Hill with a bequest from Lillie Hitchcock Coit. The 200-foot-tall Art Deco tower of unpainted reinforced concrete was designed by architects Arthur Brown, Jr. and Henry Howard with murals by 26 different artists and numerous assistants. Coit Tower, atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, offers a commanding view of the city, including the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Alcatraz, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street and Nob Hill.

This tower has been commissioned in 1933 by Lillie Hitchcock Cock. When she died, she left the sum of 125,000 dollars as a gift to add beauty to the city she had always loved. In the tower, you can admire a series of fresco murals realized by 30 artists showing life in San Francisco's 30s. Once built, this tower has immediately gained great success, other monuments in the country were thus decorated with similar artworks. When visiting this tower, you'll see a colorful monument, which has always been a beacon of hope during the times of the great depression, as well as having a breathtaking view of the City by the Bay.