Hellooooooo, San Francisco!
by sarah
San Franciscans, we need your help! Our Chicago cards are done, and Erin is working away at the drawings for our new Alameda set, but when she finishes those, we’ve got plans to move across the Bay and tackle some of our favorite San Francisco landmarks.
We’ve narrowed our choices down to a short(ish) list of 10 places around San Francisco, and we need your help to choose the best five. Whenever we put together a set of cards, we really work to stay away from the touristy locations and focus on the places that are nostalgic for natives and locals – you know, the ones that give you that warm fuzzy feeling when you think about your beloved city.
I lived in SF for 7 years, and Erin is still there, so we’ve got a pretty good idea of what we’re looking for, but we want some more opinions. So, we’re looking for input from people who live or have ever lived in the Bay Area – check out the landmarks below and tell us what you think. Which are the warmest and fuzziest for you? Are there any that are decidedly NOT warm and fuzzy? And if we’ve forgotten somewhere that can’t be missed, tell us that too!
Leave a comment telling us what you think, and be sure to include which part of the Bay Area you live/lived in so we know you’re a local! Once the San Francisco cards are drawn and printed, we’ll randomly pick three people from the commenters below and send them a few cards in the mail as a thank-you. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Keep in mind, these are not the photos/angles/perspectives we’ll be using for the cards – just some preliminary research, courtesy of flickr and wikipedia!
The San Francisco Short List
![]() Conservatory |
![]() Palace of Fine Arts |
![]() Copper Building (Columbus & Jackson) |
![]() Ferry Building Sign |
![]() St. Francis Hotel |
![]() City Hall |
![]() De Young Museum |
![]() City Lights Books |
![]() Legion of Honor |
![]() Golden Gate Bridge |
Thoughts? Ideas? Loves? Hates? Leave a comment and let us know what you think. And when the cards are done, we’ll send some SF letterpress goodies to three randomly-picked commenters as a thank-you!
I think that you have to include the Golden Gate Bridge. then i would vote for The ferry building sign and the Hotel St. Francis probably the conservatory! just my thoughts!!
Ferry Building for sure! Palace of Fine Arts also. Of course GG Bridge. I hadn’t thought of City Lights but I think it’s a great idea. I would say not the Legion of Honor and not the St Francis.
Palace of Fine Art, GGB and copper bldg. All instantly recognizable and iconic.
My five picks would be the Palace of Fine Arts, Copper Bldg., Legion of Honor, Conservatory and City Lights. I personally love the idea of a set of SF landmarks that doesn’t include the GGB. My picks are places I love to return to over and over, and while I certainly love the GGB, it’s not as warm and fuzzy for me as, say City Lights or the Palace of Fine Arts. Great options; it was hard to choose just five!
I love the palace of fine arts, the Conservatory, and the GG bridge. Have you considered Coit tower? Also, I think SFMOMA would be great.
ferry building, copper building, GG bridge, de young! and hey what about coit tower & transAmerica building! and castro theater!
p.s. make sure you randomly pick me please!
Palace of Fine Arts – definitely!