san francisco city hall

People are gazing the Tree of Hope and listening the jazz tunes.
The floor made out of Tennessee pink marble, the walls are made of Colorado limestone.If you fold 1,000 cranes, Japanese legend says, you're granted a wish.The dome atop San Fransisco's City Hall that was completed in 1896 supported a twenty-foot statue, The Goddess of Progress. The statue was so securely mounted that on April 18, 1906, when the City Hall and the city around it lay in ruins from the great earthquake-fire, it continued to stand at the peak of the now-exposed steel tower. After workmen brought it down, the statue fell from a wagon and the 700-pound head broke off.Mayor Jim Rolph was the visionary who insisted that the City of San Francisco build this magnificent structure.The floor of the elevators is wood, inlaid with brass, and features the official monogram of San Francisco.George R. Moscone was the Mayor of the city beetween 1976-1968.
The structure's beautiful dome is the fifth largest in the world, even higher than the United States Capitol.The Ceremonial Rotunda, where the wedding of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio was performed.The Tree of Hope has thousands of origami paper cranes bearing wishes from around the world, from the likes of President Obama and Jane Goodall to anonymous schoolkids.I wish people would stop killing other peoples' families. That's not right for the other family!Ok, we didn't find Obama's wish, but this one is just :D

My wish for the world is that we would stop raising too many cows because their farts make green house gasses.Christmas spirit with a small jazz bandAn original vault used for the Treasury of the City and County of San Francisco.The design of the Civic Center was the city's architectural expression of its grandeur, vitality and international importance.