Posts Tagged ‘hamon’
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Here’s the Hamon Tower of the de young Museum from the outside….

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…and here it is from the inside:

Don’t skip The Tower the next time you’re in Golden Gate Park!
And best of all, there’s no charge for access for that part of the building. Hurray!
All the deets.
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
See? Before or after visiting the Big Picasso Show at our de Young Museum, check out the free-to-the-public Hamon Tower, why not?
Like these people.
Say cheese!
A scary cantilevered floor:

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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Our de Young Museum, now with Olmec, doesn’t charge you a dime to ride up their ‘vater to check out the view from the Hamon Tower.
Hurray! You ought to check it out, on a dreaded sunny day.
This could be you. Looking northward, ever northward:

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Here’s the Hamon Tower of the de young Museum (now, with more Tut!) from the outside….

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…and here it is from the inside:

Don’t skip The Tower the next time you’re in Golden Gate Park!
*If you’re in the west side already, and it’s a cold, windy day.
Tags: best, best view, de Young, golden gate park, hamon, High, museum, San Francisco, tower, tut, view
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
This is the view you can get in San Francisco when you look over Golden Gate Park to see the Point Bonita Lighthouse in Marin County.
How does the de Young Museum‘s inverted pyramid stand up?

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Tags: california, de Young, hamon, lighthouse, marin, museum, nancy, point bonita, San Francisco, tower
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