Aerial Photographs

Aerial Photography San Francisco Bay Rolex Big Boat Series

January 9, 2012 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Events

aerial photo San Francisco Big Boat Series — Contestants in the 2011 the Rolex Big Boat Series sailboat regatta in San Francisco Bay sail downwind under a blanket of fog in this aerial photograph with Alcatraz and the Golden Gate bridge in the background. St. Francis Yacht Club created the series 47 years ago to showcase big boat yachting talent, and each year the regatta attracts many world caliber sailors. San Francisco Bay is one of the premier sailing venues in the world. San Francisco has been selected to host the next America's cup, sailing's premier regatta in 2013.
Image ID: AHLB8853
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Aerial Photography Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center, Sonoma County, California

December 21, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

Aerial photography of Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center — The Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center consists of over 1000 acres in northwestern Sonoma County, California. It was founded by Tarthang Rinpoche, who was born in northeastern Tibet. The Odiyan center has planted over 250,000 trees on the once heavily logged property. A pilgrimage trail across the land owned by the Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center is marked by 108 stupas. The structure shown in this aerial photograph is the bronze Cintamani Temple, which was completed in 2008 and stands 140 tall. It contains sculptures of Buddhas and Bodisattvas which range from 12 to 35 feet tall. A community of 40-50 lay people ranging from 22 to 75 years old reside at the Odiyan Buddhist Retreat Center.
Image ID: AHLB7979
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Aerial Archives Hosts Western Horizon Flying Museum Presentations

October 26, 2011 August 3, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography, Events

Top Cub--J-3 Cub — Aerial Archives hosts presentations at its Petaluma Airport offices Saturday, Oct. 29 about flying and maintaining historical aircraft for Visions From Above, a reception and print sale and series of presentations that is raising funds for the Western Horizon Flying Museum, dedicated to keeping historical aircraft flying. Presentations begin at 1:00pm with Pat Bellanger speaking about flying the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. At 1:30pm Will Whiteside of Team SteadFast air racing with speak about flying the North American, T-6, Texan. At 2:00pm brother and sister team Julie Belanger and Bruce Perlich will give a presentation entitled Whatever Happened to the Flying Lady Restaurant?, about the famous aviation themed restaurant and private aviation museum founded by their parents. Ann Elsbach, founder of the West Valley Flying Club, one of the largest flying clubs in the world, who now specializes in tailwheel flight training, will speak about Flying the Loveable, Squirrelly Luscombe. Herb Lingl, Aerial Archives director and Airport Muse curator, will speak about flying the Antonov, AN-2, the world's largest biplane and at 3:00pm, Aeroventure mechanic and pilot, Joe Davis, will speak about Maintaining Historical Aircraft: An Aviation Mechanic's Perspective. Joe was a mechanic for United Airlines for over 25 years, is a pilot and now specializes in maintaining historical aircraft. Visions From Above also features a silent auction of aerial photography prints from leading photographers from around the world, a portion of which benefit the Western Horizon Flying Museum. The stunning photograph of the Piper J-3 Cub, two seat aircraft, which were manufactured from 1938 through 1947, was created by Stan Macbean of Utah by Air, and is one of the prints part of the Visions From Above exhibit.
Top Cub
Image ID: AHLM3021
© Stan Macbean/utahbyair.com

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Aerial Photography South of Market SoMa San Francisco

June 29, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Aerial Photography

Aerial photograph SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art SoMaSouth of Market San Francisco — The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), designed by architect Mario Botta is in the center of this aerial photograph of San Francisco's South of Market Street (SoMa) district. To the right of the SFMOMA at 181 Third Street is the W San Francisco, a luxury boutique 33 story high rise hotel. In the foreground are the buildings of Yerba Buena Gardens that front Third Street. To the left of the San Francisco Museum of Art in this aerial photograph is the St. Regis Museum Tower, a five star hotel designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill which includes 102 luxury condominiums and 269 hotel rooms.
Image ID: AHLB8084
San Francisco, California
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Aerial Photography San Francisco | Fog

June 16, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs

Aerial Photography San Francisco Toward Transamerica Fog — Fog rolling in over San Francisco ensures constantly and rapidly changing aerial views of the city. This aerial photograph shows the patches of fog at the leading edge of the bank moving in over San Francisco in the early afternoon. Some patches of fog already obscure parts of North Beach and much of San Francisco's financial district, though Coit Tower and some of the Embarcadero and Transamerica pyramid are still visible in this aerial perspective looking down Columbus Avenue.
Image ID: AHLB3171
San Francisco, California
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Historical Aerial Photography: Then and Now Comparisons | Manhattan

June 8, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs, Historical Aerial Photography

Historical Aerial Photography Comparison New York City 1954 2009 — The Hudson river shoreline of Manhattan changed dramatically during the last five decades. The two historical aerial photographs illustrate the amount of change that has occurred at this portion of Manhattan between 1954 and 2009. As the 1954 historical aerial photograph shows, the piers along the Hudson river were still actively used at that time. Eventually, shipping activity shifted to the New Jersey side of the Hudson river. In 1973 what were once Piers 1 through 21 were buried under landfill from the World Trade Center construction project and became Battery Park City. The ongoing construction of the new World Trade Center buildings ensures that this portion of Manhattan will continue to change significantly in the near term.
Manhattan, New York City
1954-2009
Image ID: AHLV3409

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Aerial Photography of San Francisco Architecture

May 10, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs

Aerial Photography San Francisco Architecture | buildings with numerous different architectural styles — Many different styles of San Francisco architecture are shown in this aerial photograph of a portion of the financial district. At the left in the foreground is 140 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco's first skyscraper. Built in the art deco architectural style, 140 New Montgomery served as an office building for over 80 years until it was converted into residential condominiums. Directly behind 140 New Montgomery is 33 New Montgomery Street, a 20 story high rise office building designed in the post-modern architectural style. The building wraps around the Bank of America Building at 623 Market Street, which is not as tall and not visible in this aerial photograph. Prominent features of 33 New Montgomery Street are the large clock tower and spike at the top of the building. Directly behind 33 New Montgomery Street is the Hunter-Dulin Building, located at 111 Sutter Street. Built in a Renaissance revival architectural style, this 308 foot high rise is San Francisco's only building with Romanesque and French Chateau ornamentation. Directly to the right of 33 New Montgomery Street in this aerial photograph is the Hobart Building designed by John Willis, San Francisco's leading architect during the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Designed in the beaux-arts classical revival architectural style with Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation, the building was completed in less than one year. Serving as a background to the Hobart building is 44 Montgomery Street, a modernist 43 floor high rise designed by architects John Graham and Associates. To the right of 44 Montgomery Street is 595 Market Street, another skyscraper designed in the modernist architectural style by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Just a very small portion of the post modern style KPMG Building, 55 Second Street, is visible on the far right portion of the frame of this aerial photograph.
San Francisco
Image ID: AHLB5490
© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

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Aerial Photography of San Francisco Skyscrapers

May 4, 2011 June 22, 2013 / By Herb Lingl / Aerial Photographs

Aerial Photograph of San Francisco skyscrapers — Aerial photograph of the tops of several San Francisco skyscrapers in the heart of the financial district. This aerial photograph created with a very long lens shows a unique perspective on these office towers which are relatively close to each other but actually have quite different heights. The aerial shows two buildings of the Embarcadero Center complex (a five office tower and two hotel commercial complex designed by John Portman and Associates): Embarcadero West (275 Battery Street)(left center), 34 stories and 404 feet tall and One Embarcadero Center (background), 45 stories and 569 feet tall. Also shown in this aerial photograph is the rooftop of 353 Sacramento Street (the office tower with the tinted wall middle right) designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and the top of 345 California Center (right front) a 48 story, 695 foot office tower also designed by SOM.
San Francisco, California
Image ID: AHLB4631
© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

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