Fog 1, Sutro 0

We’ve had angry fog this week.  It invades and then retreats, lulling us into a false sense of security, and then spills once again over the hills, attacking with a vengeance.  And it’s not satisfied with taking out just one antenna of Sutro — it’s slowly eating away at the rest of the tower.

Two days ago, what do I see?

Yesterday:

And this morning?

Great Scott, it will be gone by the weekend!

Ha ha, just kidding — it’s still there.  These are just pictures of Sutro under construction in 1972-1973 from our friends at SFPL. And here’s an article on the controversy surrounding the secret planning of our beloved telecom tower.

Via sutrotower.org I discovered Flickr user Articulate‘s scanned scrapbook photos showing some groovy, leather jacket-wearing hipster radio engineer kids up on Sutro in 1979. I am ridiculously jealous.

“Some old photos scanned from a scrapbook. In the late 70s, engineers from the radio and TV stations at Sutro could take an elevator to the top platform, 872′ above ground level. Strict regulations imposed later eliminated such casual visits.”

So I’ve decided that someone needs to install 8 HD cameras on the arms of Sutro so we can get a nice 360 panorama of the city.  Those would make some nice channels on Comcast HD (though I don’t think they’d be too excited to remind people that you can get broadcast TV for free). Hey BrittneyG, can you get CBS5 to scare up any money?