This, That, and the Other

John Steiner, the blogger behind Journeys With Johnbo, has this prompt he calls Cellpic Sunday in which he asks us to post a photo that was taken with a cellphone, tablet, or another mobile device. He invites us to participate in this cellphone photo prompt by creating our own CellPic Sunday post and linking it back to his.

The photo I’m featuring today was taken with my iPhone 6 on April 20, 2017 in Golden Gate Park. I’m standing on the top floor of the de Young Museum, which is situated on the north side of the Music Concourse in the park. It’s a fine arts museum and is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, along with the Legion of Honor. The de Young is named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.

My camera is aimed towards the south. The Music Concourse is an open-air plaza within Golden Gate Park. Directly across the concourse from the de Young, where I am, is the California Academy of Sciences. The structure to the right is the Bandshell where free concerts are presented several times each week. For example, today a Reggae band is performing, on Wednesday local singers and songwriters are being spotlighted, and next Sunday is a progressive rock show. Hmm. I may go to that.

Slightly to the left of the center of the photo is a round fountain and on many weekends local artists set up stalls where they display and sell their paintings and handiwork.

You may notice what looks like a tall radio tower in the upper left corner of the photo. That’s the Sutro Tower. The Sutro Tower is a unique three-legged, 977-foot tall TV and radio lattice tower. It rises from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro and is a prominent feature of the city’s skyline. The tower was the tallest structure in San Francisco from the time of its completion in 1973 until it was surpassed by the Salesforce Tower in 2018.