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San Francisco - The Painted Ladies
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row
by Eduard Wichner

In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.

It's the Painted Ladies!
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

The renowned "Painted Ladies" (Victorian houses) at Alamo Square, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Evening at Alamo Square
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

View from Alamo Square Park over Steiner Street and Downtown San Francisco.

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Alamo Square Plaza
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

Every time I've tried to take a nice shot from this place weather/fog always ruins it so I decided to post this image and give up from this place.

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San Francisco
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row
by Enrica Fabriani

Las Painted Ladies son casas de estilo victoriano pintadas de diferentes colores.

Painted Ladies City Twilight
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

Painted Ladies – Alamo Square – San Francisco

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I took this image of the famous row houses known as the Painted Ladies...

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Painted ladies
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row
by David ruiz luna

In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.

In 1963, San Francisco artist Butch Kardum began combining intense blues and greens on the exterior of his Italianate-style Victorian house. His house was criticized by some, but other neighbors began to copy the bright colors on their own houses. Kardum became a color designer, and he and other artists / colorists such as Tony Canaletich, Bob Buckter, and Jazon Wonders began to transform dozens of gray houses into Painted Ladies. By the 1970s, the colorist movement, as it was called, had changed entire streets and neighborhoods. This process continues to this day.

One of the best-known groups of "Painted Ladies" is the row of Victorian houses at 710–720 Steiner Street, across from Alamo Square park, in San Francisco. It is sometimes known as "Postcard Row"; they are also known as the Seven Sisters.

San Francisco California, USA September 2016

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City Lights, Alamo Square, San Francisco, California
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

I've decided to do some cityscapes of San Francisco taken during that 3-5 minute window when the daylight becomes even with the city lights. So I'll...

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San Francisco - Painted Ladies
Painted Ladies - Postcard Row

Sunset in San Francisco CA

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Alamo!
Most notably Eduard Wichner, Enrica Fabriani and David ruiz luna.