You know, with all this Bill O'Reilly brouhaha, we totally realized that, as stalwart San Francisco residents, we'd never actually to Coit Tower. In fact, we only know it as the rightmost icon in the SFist logo. Gotta go before it's gone!
Like Daly said, Coit Tower was built on land donated to the city by Lillian Coit to commemorate SF firefighters (with whom she was a little obsessed). The Tower opened in 1933, and our government, flirting with socialism, decided to pay artists to paint public works of art in it. And now Bill O'Reilly wants it destroyed!
Parking is always a nightmare on Telegraph Hill Road, so either schlep up on foot or take the #39 bus. The 39 only goes from Fisherman's Wharf to Coit Tower -- and it only runs every 20 minutes, but hey -- you paid for that FastPass, it's free to you!
The Tower's open from 10 to 5; it's free to view the WPA murals on the first floor. It's $3 to take the elevator to the top, and you can only see the murals on the 2nd floor on the Sunday Saturday 11 a.m. tour.
