San Francisco’s iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half in style after city leaders, public transit fans and historical reenactors kicked off a birthday celebration.
By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News
“This is a moment for us to take pride in our past — a past that was all about innovation for the future,” said Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco during the ceremony. Onlookers of a cable car celebration in San Francisco’s downtown on Aug. 2, 2023 take videos and photos of city leaders singing Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin during a press conference to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city’s cable car on Aug. 2, 2023. Two historical reenactors join a group of others in riding a cable car in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 2023. Left: Tony Bennett singing at a Royal Command Performance in England in 1965. Center: Bennett posing with showgirls at the London Palladium in 1970. Right: Bennett hanging onto a cable car with then-San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein in 1984.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUG. 2: A San Francisco cable car on the Powell-Hyde line is turned around near Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. After a 16-month shutdown because of the pandemic the iconic cable cars are back in service. BERKELEY, CA. - July 12: A cable car on the Powell-Hyde line crests a hill in San Francisco, Monday, July 12, 2021, the first day of operator training and recertification for the historical landmarks that have been silenced since March 2020.
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, a cable car passes a parking meter near San Francisco's financial district. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Monday, June 23, 2014 issued a cease-and-desist demand to a mobile app called Monkey Parking, which allows people to auction off public parking spaces that they're using to other nearby drivers. A cable car glides past San Francisco's landmark Fairmont Hotel, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1995.
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