South San Francisco sign seen from San Bruno Caltrain station / myLot

San Jose, California

May 13, 2022 4:20pm CST

If you take Caltrain to the San Bruno station, you can see the South San Francisco sign on the mountain. It says South San Francisco the Industrial city. This sign was created in the 1920s and is listed in the national register of historic places. It is located in Sign Hill Park in South San Francisco. The sign is th main feature of the park, which has hiking trails. The city once had mainly heavy industry like shipbuilding,steel and cement plants,and meat packing, but there was a gradual shift to light industry and then to high tech and biotech companies. The largest employer in the city today is Genentech. AS for the sign, it can be seen from planes.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (102958)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

13 May 22

I did not know that the sign that reads South San Francisco is in the area since the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles gets all of the attention from either the internet or You Tube channels.

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Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

13 May 22

Yes, both are in California. However, the sign here is in Northern California, near San Francisco, while the Hollywood sign is in Southern California.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (102958)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 May 22

@Aquitaine24 Thank you for sharing the locations of the signs.

Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

14 May 22

@Deepizzaguy can you think of any signs like this?

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