Fort Point 

San Francisco 

A bridge to Nowhere 

 Legion of Honor

March 2014

Where is the best spot for taking picture of the Gold Gate Bridge? Some people recommend Mari Headlands while some suggest Fort Point. I visited both places and my preference is the latter. Fort Point is a fortress located at the southern side of the Golden Gate Bridge. The fort was built before the American Civil War by the United States Army to defend San Francisco Bay. Although I can see the entire bridge from the viewpoint of Mari Headlands, the finished product is nothing more than another postcard-like photo. In contrast, Fort Point offered me a fresh angle. I went there twice. In the first visit the sky was clear but in the second one it was extremely foggy. I became David Copperfield because I made the bridge disappear in midair.

The Legion of Honor is a part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The statue shown in third last picture is the Thinker by Auguste Rodin in the front of the museum.

Photos taken by Alex Yu