Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 53 - The California State Capitol - August 21, 2014

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On a bright sunny day, against a blue sky background, the state capitol 

of California looks especially beautiful.

This neoclassical structure, home to the government of 

California is located in Sacramento.  The office of the

governor is here.

Based on the U. S. Capitol Building in Washington, D. C., 

it was completed between 1861 and 1874 and, in 1973, it

was listed on the Office of the National Register of Historic Places.

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Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 52 - Follow the Signs - Thursday, August 14, 2014

This is one of my favorite signs of all time.  It's posted in a little fish and chips place,
Briitsh to the core, called Camelot in Pacifica, California where I have lived for part
of my life.  I've been in that area for all of the 35 years I've spent in the San Francisco
area and I just love its proximity to the Pacific ocean, though it can definitely be
engulfed in fog, at times.

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Look Up, Look Down Challenge - Week 41 - San Francisco Scenes - May 28, 2014

Certainly, with its hills "climbing halfway to the stars" as Tony Bennett tells us 

in song, the city of San Francisco gives us many views looking up and down.  

I have not participated in this meme before but, having chanced upon it today,

I thought I'd add a few San Francisco "looking up" pictures to take part in it.

When it was completed in 1972, the Transamerica Pyramid was the 8th 

tallest building in the world.  It no longer houses the headquarters of 

Transamerica which has since moved to Baltimore.

Houses often perch precariously on hillsides and cars park with signs with

signs warning, "Prevent runaways.  Curb your wheels".

This is a house in the Castro district of San Francisco.  Imagine carrying 

groceries up all those steps!  The residents shouldn't need a gym membership!

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