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The Cliff House is a neo-classical style building perched on the headland above the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building overlooks the site of the Sutro Baths ruins, Seal Rocks , and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area , operated by the National Park ...
The Camera Obscura is a large-scale camera obscura, in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.. It is located immediately adjacent to the Cliff House, perched on the headlands on the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach.
The oldest topiaries were started from boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) seedlings in 1912 shaped from California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium). Boxwood is more commonly used for topiary than privet except at Green Animals. Boxwood is a dense small-leaved native evergreen, with dark green glossy foliage. Slow growing and shade tolerant.
In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of masonry. Two special types of cliff dwelling are distinguished by archaeologists: the cliff-house , which is actually built on levels in the cliff, and the cavate , which is dug out, by using ...
What is Cliff House of Folsom? Perched above the American River in the heart of Folsom’s Historic District , Cliff House of Folsom was known for its deckside views and American-style menu.
Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.
Cliff House (San Francisco, California), a restaurant; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colorado), listed on the NRHP in El Paso County, Colorado; Cliff Cottage, Southbridge, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts; Z. E. Cliff House, Somerville, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
The Z.E. Cliff House stands on the south side of Powderhouse Terrace, facing Nathan Tufts Park to the north, in Somerville's Powder House Square neighborhood. It is a large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a broad cross-gabled gambrel roof. The roof's side gables are conventional gables, their facades flush to the main wall, with a ...