Sentences with phrase «building golden gate bridge»

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Did you know that when they began to build the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the work went very slowly for quite a while.

«The metal from coffins buried each year in the U.S. is more than was used to build the Golden Gate Bridge,» says Joe Sehee, founder of the Green Burial Council in the U.S., which sets ethical standards for the budding practice.

«One of the companies estimated that the amount of construction and metal work was as much metal for steel as was used to build the Golden Gate Bridge,» Brady notes.

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You don't look at the Golden Gate Bridge and think it just «magically» appeared — someone designed and built it.

President Obama replies, «Like Baudrillard, I'm gonna build the simulacrum of the Golden Gate Bridge in your mind.»

But the Ferry Building's fortunes waned as water - based transport became increasingly obsolete (the Bay Bridge opened in 1936, and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937).

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And just as you're thinking about the Golden Gate Bridge, the monsters are tearing through San Francisco, too, swinging tails and crushing buildings.

On the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge (which served as a key human / ape battleground in Rise) is Caesar (played again by Andy Serkis via motion capture), who since the last movie has built a thriving community of fellow apes and led them to a harmonious existence, tucked away in the towering redwoods of Marin County.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today the approval of $ 150 million in credit assistance to help California build the second phase of the Presidio Parkway, a new 1.6 - mile, six - lane roadway that will improve the connection between San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge and replace the existing Doyle Drive.

Doug is a self - proclaimed nerd who is building a matchstick replica of the Golden Gate Bridge for his model railway town; Andy is a popular football player and actor.

San Francisco's Panama - Pacific International Exposition 1915, celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, resulted in the construction of the Palace of Fine Arts located near the Golden Gate Bridge - and the great Crystal Palace built for the first world exposition in London stood proudly until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire.

With its bright - painted clapboard buildings and wanderable wharfside, California's best metropolis is certainly enticing — especially with our dollar now riding higher than a rivet on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center >> Built in 2012 for the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, this new facility will welcome visitors, provide orientation and information services, house exhibits, and offer high - quality commemorative and interpretive merchandise.

Built in 1903, this Classic Revival brick building is three stories high with Bay and Golden Gate Bridge views from the top floor.

Golden Gate Bridge: Once called «the bridge that couldn't be built,» today it is one the seven wonders of the modern Bridge: Once called «the bridge that couldn't be built,» today it is one the seven wonders of the modern bridge that couldn't be built,» today it is one the seven wonders of the modern world.

Fort Baker, set on 45 acres of national parkland at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, was an army post built at the turn of the 20th century in the Marin Headlands, minutes from San Francisco.

The historic houses, the former military buildings, and the City and Bay views serve as a dramatic backdrop to the orange - clad star of the show — the Golden Gate Bridge.

One day you could be taking a cab to the Empire State Building in the Big Apple; the next strolling past the White House in Washington DC or crossing San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

Located at historic Fort Baker in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Cavallo Point overlooks the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and Marin Headlands, with areas of the property built into the natural hillside terrain to take advantage of the stunning views.

Almost all the most famous landmarks are within a ten - minute walk or drive from our luxury San Francisco hotel — including the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, the Ferry Building and the Financial District.

Roundhouse Café This historic art - deco building at the southeast foot of the Golden Gate Bridge has reopened as a café, closer to its original use as a diner in 1938 (one year after the Bridge itself opened!).

Take in the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and Angel Island before arriving at the ferry building in Vallejo.

And you understand why the designer of the Golden Gate Bridge [Joseph Strauss] decided to build around it — so we could keep it a part of our nation's history.

The Legion of Honor's Beaux - Arts style building designed by George Applegarth is located on a bluff overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

The photographs include images of well - known monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Coliseum and the Golden Gate Bridge as well as seemingly banal images of city streets, gardens, tropical sunsets and apartment buildings.

The knowledge that was invested in building bridges enabled the construction of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, and those bridges stand as testimony to the reliability of the knowledge; but the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed because the very same knowledge was shown to be incomplete.

Identifying the Golden Gate Bridge is table - stakes, but Lens was able to recognize lesser - known public buildings too.

Elegant unit is on the 3rd floor of this 3story, 6 unit building; views of Golden Gate Bridge & Mt. Tamalpais!