Talk:Coit Tower

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I made a gallery for the images in the article, hope thats ok with everyone. I have no preference on which one should be the main image for the article, I just left it there since it was on the top already. --Wesman83 17:30, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I think it looks great. I think the current one for the article should stay. Thanks for the cleanup Epachamo 18:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I add this picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sanfranciscocoittowerandstatue.jpg

Can someone incorporate it in the article? Astrophil


I posted some pictures of the mural that I thought looked nice. Does someone know how to get them to display all in a row, instead of tiled like they are? Epachamo 08:33, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Redirect from Telegraph Hill to Coit Tower

Does this redirect really make sense? It seems to me that there is a lot about Telegraph Hill that does not just relate to the Coit Tower building: gardens, neighborhood, set of numerous films, etc. Arnaudh

[edit] Firehose "myth"

Why does this article say it was NOT inspired by a firehose? I just got back from San Francisco, hoping to learn more, and was shocked when Wikipedia says the opposite. Furthermore, when you click on Lillie Hitchcock Coit, it says the tower was inspired by the firehose. Who says it wasn't the nozzle inspiration behind the tower? Why has no citation been provided? I couldn't find anything to back it up myself online, so I was wondering if perhaps someone can clear it up before I changed it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.28.144.186 (talk) 19:34, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

I think since its uncited the information should be removed unless a cite can be found. --Theblog 04:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
A quick review of the internet yielded some sources which attribute a denial by the designer.
Now, they are second-hand information, but certainly reputable enough to account for a dissenting view in the article. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 19:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diego Riviera

I believe Diego Riviera was involved in the murals. Am I wrong ? Ericd 15:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe so, but this can be found on the Art Institute of San Francisco site, I think. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 19:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
I was mistaken, artists who were students of Rivera worked on the murals. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍)
If I remember from my tour several years ago, he was supposed to have done it, but something held him up and they asked someone else. Epachamo (talk) 02:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Statue of Columbus

Maybe this article needs more about the statue, its history, and the famous myth about it. Paul Italiano (talk) 02:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)