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@shutterslut.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 8:48 PM

The 1932 Pacific Telephone Exchange #building at Steiner & Pine in #SF – a fantastic example of #IndustrialDeco, completely clad in #terracotta #tile (photo 2 has detail). Nothing exists behind those #windows but racks of equipment.

#ECK #Photography #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #architecture

A photograph of the three story art-deco Pacific Telephone Exchange building in San Francisco, with green trees in front of it and bright blue skies behind it.

The building is completely clad in pale beige terracotta tile, plain near the base of the building but breaking out into exuberant crests at the top in a zig-zag pattern.

While all the windows give it the look of an office building, behind those windows are just endless racks of telephone switching equipment.

A close up of the terracotta tiles on the Pacific Telephone Exchange building, showing how the buttresses rise out from the sides in thin layers, and showing the sculpted details at the crest of the building. Those details resemble fountains or stylized plants.

Zooming in on the plain looking tiles shows that they all have a rough textured surface, adding another layer of subtle detail.

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