lilly hitchcock fire bell was considered eccentric and smoking cigars and wearing trousers before it was acceptable and an avid gambler and she dressed up as a male to do so. as a young woman she traveled to europe and married howard the caller for the san francisco stock exchange he passed away in 11885 he saw the fire department respond to telegraph hill and helped them get up the hill this was in the days when everything was outsourced to private enterprise but she get them up first and treated asia mascot of the firefighters and after her return in the 63 made an honoree of the engine company and rode along where the firefighters or which were in parade she tend to prove this relationship with firefighting throughout her life. she died in 1929 and left 1/3rd of the estate to 76 to be used for the purpose of adding to the beauty of the city the city adduced r use to see to build the tower on itself hill and it is the statute of 3 firefighters down in washington square so let's here it for this beautiful lady (clapping.) thank you >> thank you do you want to say a few words. >> all

lilly hitchcock fire bell was considered eccentric and smoking cigars and wearing trousers before it was acceptable and an avid gambler and she dressed up as a male to do so. as a young woman she traveled to europe and married howard the caller for the san francisco stock exchange he passed away in 11885 he saw the fire department respond to telegraph hill and helped them get up the hill this was in the days when everything was outsourced to private enterprise but she get them up first and treated asia mascot of the firefighters and after her return in the

commission staff and the art commission and the wonderful artists who've gathered to honor with lilly hitchcock coit that started to pay contributed to the sacrifices and the city a what it's all about i want to say thank you. again we have another opportunity in june to further that contribute by restoring our water. system with our firefighters and police department we continue to do that with prop a but today is about this wonderful tower i was reminded how everything came together whether the money or artists or the planning with the activists with the blending of a great small business that would operate here and balance that out and try to make sure that people have an experience with the restoration of the elevators i know it was a relatively easy conversation with the board of supervisors particularly with leader supervisor chiu because i only reminded them of a place to it can our significant others to get hitched my once this became the iconic symbol it was very sees easy to convince everyone you know what i'm talking about coit tower is special because probable one of the most beauti