Pier 7 - "Pier Group" - San Francisco, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 37° 47.930 W 122° 23.795
10S E 553123 N 4183666
Zippy the Pinhead's "Pier Group" strip happens at Pier 7 in San Francisco, CA.
Waymark Code: WM7CNE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Team Farkle 7
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This Zippy strip looks like the setting on San Francisco's Pier 7 with the lamp posts and railings with ball knobs on the posts. The clincher is the view of the Bay Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid nearby.

Bay Bridge from Pier 7 Transamerica Building from Pier 7

Compare Zippy the Pinhead - "Pier Group" - Saturday, June 13, 2009

Pier 7 is a wooden plank pier with benches to sit on and enjoy the view. Many fisherman come to here to cast their lines in the bay.

Transamerica Building and Pier 7 Looking out Pier 7 from shore

A plaque at the beginning of the pier reads:

PIER 7
A FISHING AND PUBLIC ACCESS
PROJECT

Funded by:
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Open Space park Acquisition and Renovation Fund

PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

CALIFORNIA STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY

Operated and Maintained by
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO

Designed by:
ROMA DESIGN GROUP
Architects

T.Y. LIN INTERNATIONAL
Engineers

Dedicated
October 5, 1990

Pier 7 Dedication Plaque Transamerica Building looking down pier Pier 7

Pier 7 is visible in Google Street View.

Date the strip ran: 06/13/2009

Strip Name: Pier Group

Location of item featured in the strip: Pier 7, San Francisco, California

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