RE: Light Shining on Bernal Hill

Mary's post of the evening light shining on Bernal Hill reminded me of a bunch of photos I took in January 2006 from the top of Bernal Hill. The way the light falls on the victorians in San Francisco is really one of the most beautiful things about the city. Her description of the houses jumbled together looking like a patchwork quilt couldn't be more apt. Anyway, here be the photos:







Oooh, pretty!

Lower Valencia Street

A crumbling Victorian, lit from the top.

I've always liked the exterior of this 50's era building on Valencia and Hill. Even the gold cursive writing is very midcentury.

An old plaque from Horace Mann Middle School that looks like it was pasted on this metal rail.

A little bottle-green Victorian house in the middle of the commercial/more modern block. These sort of rectangular Victorians always seem older to me than the A-frames. They seem very "old West."

Light Shining on Bernal Hill

These are really pretty (and huge...) if you enlarge them. I love how when the sun is setting certain things or buildings will get illuminated. All the A-frame houses crowded together always remind me of a jumbled quilt.

Pointy Little House

This house looks like a gnome's hat. I should have photographed it with other houses to show how incredibly pointy it is, as you can't quite tell from this image. It's on Paris street between Brazil and Persia in the Excelsior. Who built this house? None of the other ones on the street look like this at all.