COIT TOWER
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64 m high tower with impressive frescoes from the inside offering a 360° panoramic view on the sublime bay
This tower of 64 meters high was inaugurated in 1933. The Coit Tower is in fact a donation to San Francisco from Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a wealthy heiress, to honor the firemen who died in the 1906 fire. It is also possible, and recommended, to climb to the top of the tower to enjoy the 360° panoramic view of the sublime bay. The bare concrete exterior contrasts with the impressive murals of the interior. In the 1930s, twenty local artists were each given a few square feet to exercise their talent as part of a New Deal federal art project. In 1934, Maxine Albro painted the first mural in Coit Tower. Then it was the artist José Moya del Pino, a Bay Area resident, who painted two scenes of the region. The other murals focus on political and social themes of California at the time, illustrating an important aspect of the Great Depression (1929-1936). Victor Arnautoff 's City Life , or Ralph Stackpole's Industries of California are splendid. The influence of the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera is evident. He and his wife Frida Kahlo had indeed just stayed in the region between 1930 and 1931. He had painted three frescoes and his energy and allegory of the bay greatly intrigued and inspired the local artist community even after his departure. Four years later, his disciples painted the murals on the Coit Tower.
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