DAY FOUR
Marina
Presidio
Western Shore

Click MAP to locate destinations preceded by yellow numbers.

Buy a $9 all-day Muni Pass and take the #30 Stockton bus at Market and Third. Get off at Chestnut and Fillmore, and walk west along Chestnut, a bustling shopping area with Art Deco storefronts. At Baker St., proceed north to Bernard Maybeck’s 1915 Palace of Fine Arts, an outdoor rotunda built for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. On Marina Blvd. is Willis Polk’s 1928 St. Francis Yacht Club. Walk along the Crissy Field shoreline to Fort Point, built between 1853 and 1861. At the tip is the spot where Kim Novak jumped into the Bay in the film “Vertigo.” To get to the viewing area for the Golden Gate Bridge, Joseph Strauss’ 1937 wonder, walk back halfway between Fort Point and the warming hut and up a flight of steps that leads to Battery East Rd.

After walking the 1.7-mile bridge, catch the #29 bus, which goes through the Presidio, now a national park. Get off at 25th and El Camino del Mar, and stroll past the beautiful homes and gardens of Seacliff. Continue on El Camino del Mar into Lincoln Park and George Applegarth’s 1916 Palace of the Legion of Honor on 34th Ave., featuring 16th-18th century European paintings and sculpture, plus a renowned Rodin collection.

Take the #18 bus outside the museum to Sutro Heights Park and the Cliff House, and walk south along the beach to the restored 1921 Willis Polk-designed Beach Chalet, with WPA murals by Lucien Labaudt. Have lunch or a beer in the brewery and restaurant upstairs. Return downtown on the N Judah streetcar.

 

RESOURCES

American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter
(130 Sutter; 415-362-7397)

San Francisco Architectural Heritage
(2007 Franklin; 415-441-3000)
www.sfheritage.org

Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, San Francisco Planning Department
(415-558-6320)

National Trust for Historic Preservation
(1 Sutter; 415-956-0610)

City Guides
(415-557-4266)
Free walking tours of City Hall and other San Francisco landmarks
www.sfictyguides.org

Victorian Home Walk
(415-252-948)
www.victorianwalk.com
Daily walking tours plus trolley car ride

California Preservation Foundation (510) 763-0972 www.californiapreservation.org Statewide architectural preservation information

 

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