From Eyesore To San Francisco Icon – Sutro Tower Turns 50

CBS San Francisco

July 5, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO -- At 977 feet, Sutro Tower looms over San Francisco. On a clear day it can be seen from just about anywhere in the city and, while the structure itself hasn't changed much in its 50 years of service, its status as a city symbol certainly has.

"There is something undeniably different about the Sutro Tower," said John King, architecture critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sutro Tower's antennas began broadcasting local television stations' signals (including KPIX) 50 years ago on the Fourth of July. Now middle age, it had an awkward childhood.

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