From the Feb. 13 1956 feature “What I like approximately living in SAN FRANCISCO” written and photographed by LIFE staff photographer Nat Farbman. According to LIFE,Farbman has traveled around the world and lived in glamourous cities like Paris, but he is always drawn back to his hometown of San Francisco.
This image ran in the essay with the following caption: “Five minutes from downtown quiet residential backwaters like Pacific Heights glance out over the bay.” (
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