DK Travel : San Francisco : Architecture

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Financial District

The black-stone Transcendence is in front of the Bank of America.
First Unitarian Universalist Church

Since 1850, this church has been a progressive voice in the city. Welcoming all faiths and creeds, this congregation is not bound by dogma, but by shared values. Coffee and conversation follow services.
Folk Art International

Dating from 1948, this is the city’s only building by American master Frank Lloyd Wright. The sweeping spiral ramp predates that at Wright’s controversial Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Fort Mason

The Learning Wall is a mural depicting education.
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church

This church has a credo of “the human condition first, not the Bible.” Services can draw up to 1,500 celebrants, with a gospel choir and jazz band. This is also one of the religious institutions where same-sex couples can exchange vows of matrimony.
Golden Gate Park

The Music Concourse is adorned with a number of bronzes, including Apple Cider Press .
Grace Cathedral

Executed in the medieval French Gothic style, echoing in particular Notre Dame in Paris, yet accomplished using steel-reinforced concrete. It is the third largest Episcopal church in the US.
Grace Cathedral

San Francisco’s own Notre Dame combines Italian Renaissance with a lot of American originality.
Haas-Lilienthal House

This Queen Anne-style mansion, built in 1886, is one of the few Victorian beauties in the city that accepts callers. It’s a wonderful glimpse into the way of life among San Francisco’s upper-middle classes from about 1890 to 1920. Outside, it features gables, a turret, and patterned embellishments; inside, you can see parlors, a dining room, one of six bedrooms, and the ballroom, all with period furniture.
Kong Chow Temple

The oldest of Chinatown’s temples is dedicated to Kuan Di, a male deity (see Chinatown).