The city is high density by US standards and perhaps more dense than most Australian cities. And much of it dates from after 1906 when the great earthquake struck at about 8.0 on the Richter scale. It was rebuilt in a kind of 'Victorian' style and buildings of the period certainly have a lot of the ornamentation associated with the age.
Most of the older buildings are in good shape, but those around the Alamo are spectacular and we decided to top off our visit to SF with a trip to see them. Well, the park is a great facility, but many of the surrounding buildings are beautiful, as the pictures show. Of course, there weren't too many vehicles on the roads in 1906 and the lack of parking space makes the streets around very congested. Emily performed one rotation of the park before she found a small, but just usable, parking spot. The attached photos show what we saw nearby.
The final picture is from a later era and large apartment block looks possibly Art Deco (coming to the fore in the late 1920s). This view from the summit of the park shows how many good views SF's hilly sites offer visitors.
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