In case you haven’t figured it out by now, Robert and I are pretty much Type A vacationers. So soon after we got off the plane, we did what we always like to do- walk and eat. We decided to head up to Market Street and take in the local attractions. It was Saturday, and I knew from experience that there would be an outdoor craft show outside of the Ferry Building.

On the way, we passed the Hearst Building located on Third and Market.

Built in 1909, it was the home of the San Francisco Examiner until the late 1960’s when the building was converted to office space. In 1937, the exterior of the front door was remodeled by Julia Morgan, the architect who designed San Simeon. Ms. Morgan added the (H) design and the ornamentation which still exists today.

Once we crossed to the Ferry building, I turned around and spotted a unique form of transportation on San Francisco’s F-line. I bet you thought I was going to mention one of the classic symbols of this city, the cable cars. Wrong!

I’m talking about San Francisco’s lesser publicized historic light rail cars or Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars.  On this route, there are around seventeen of these historic beauties from San Francisco’s retired fleet as well as from cities around the world. Click here to see a terrific pictorial of all of these beautiful cars as well as of the city’s more popular streetcars.