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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book San Francisciana written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the various buildings known as the Cliff House, in photographs.
Author : James R. Smith
Publisher : Linden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1610351916
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book San Francisco's Lost Landmarks written by James R. Smith and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, this collection showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than 150 years.
Author : Nathaniel Rich
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781892145307
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (453 download)
Download or read book San Francisco Noir written by Nathaniel Rich and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All cities have their secrets, but none are so dark as San Francisco's, the city that Ambrose Bierce famously described as "a point upon a map of fog." With its reputation as a shadowy land of easy vice and hard virtue, San Francisco provided the ideal setting for many of the greatest films noir, from classics like The Maltese Falcon and Dark Passage to obscure treasures like Woman on the Run and D.O.A., and neo-noirs like Point Blank and The Conversation. Readers visit the Mission Dolores cemetery where James Stewart spied Kim Novak visiting Carlotta's grave in Vertigo; the Steinhart Aquarium, where a steamy love scene unfolded between Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai; and the Kezar Stadium, where Clint Eastwood captures the serial killer, Scorpio, in a blaze of ghastly white light in Dirty Harry. In this guide to the great films noir and the locations where they were shot, the mythic noir city meets San Francisco's own dark past. With period film stills.
Author : Mary Germain Hountalas
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 158008995X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The San Francisco Cliff House written by Mary Germain Hountalas and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of this fabled site spans 150 years, beginning in
Author : Lorri Ungaretti
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146710177X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Legendary Locals of San Francisco's Richmond, Sunset, and Golden Gate Park written by Lorri Ungaretti and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While San Francisco was thriving in the 1800s, the areas that are now the Richmond District, the Sunset District, and Golden Gate Park were primarily made up of sand dunes and considered uninhabitable. This book introduces readers to some of the advocates, educators, performers, builders, and others who contributed to the growth of these areas and to the city of San Francisco. Featured notables include William Hammond Hall and John McLaren, major forces in Golden Gate Park; well-known personalities like actress Barbara Eden, musician Vince Guaraldi, and photographer Ansel Adams; Amy Meyer and Philip Burton, who helped create the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; journalists Sarah Bacon and Paul Kozakiewicz, who write about neighborhoods in western San Francisco; William Gee, who founded On-Lok, a resource for the elderly; and many more famous and unsung heroes.
Author : Stephen M. Silverman
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0316416479
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book The Amusement Park written by Stephen M. Silverman and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Huntington The men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred Trump Gifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to life An amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie Oakley And, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.
Author : Tom Downs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864425560
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (255 download)
Download or read book San Francisco written by Tom Downs and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler has written an information-packed guide to the city by the bay which includes itineraries, walking, driving, and bike tour info, tips on shopping and dining, advice for public transportation, and more. Dozens of detailed, full-color maps.
Author : Samuel Dickson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804720977
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Tales of San Francisco written by Samuel Dickson and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1992-07-01 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-two colorful stories about the men and women, the places and events that have contributed to San Francisco's flamboyant history are included in this one-volume edition of Samuel Dickson's three popular books, San Francisco Is Your Home, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, and The Streets of San Francisco.
Author : Mark Abramson
Publisher : Lethe Press
ISBN 13 : 1590211421
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Snowman written by Mark Abramson and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth release in "San Francisco Chronicle's" bestselling author Abramson's Beach Reading series of gay mysteries, all is well in the City by the Bay. Tim Snow, recently recovered from a debilitating accident, wants only to escape all the troubles in his life, but new complications arise.
Author : Outlet
Publisher : Crescent
ISBN 13 : 9780517405482
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (54 download)
Download or read book San Francisco written by Outlet and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1984-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory text and captioned color photographs depict the sights and scenes of San Francisco.
Author : William R. Huber
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638403
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Adolph Sutro written by William R. Huber and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolph Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the U.S. at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous and inefficient. But he would have to overcome both physical obstacles and powerful opposition by the Bank of California to realize his vision. Back in San Francisco, Sutro bought one twelfth of the city, including the famous Cliff House perched over the Pacific Ocean. When it burned to cinders on Christmas Day, 1894, he built a massive, eight-story Victorian replacement. He used his expertise in tunneling and water solutions to create the world's largest enclosed swimming structure, the Sutro Baths--six glass-covered heated saltwater pools with capacity of 1,000 swimmers. Other challenges followed but Sutro was not invincible. After a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco, he succumbed to debilitating strokes which left him senile. His death in 1898 started disputes among his heirs--six children by his wife and two by his mistress--that lasted more than a decade.
Author : Lynn Maria Hudson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252027710
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (277 download)
Download or read book The Making of "Mammy Pleasant" written by Lynn Maria Hudson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pleasant's legacy is steeped in scandal and lore. Was she a voodoo queen who traded in sexual secrets? A madam? A murderer? In The Making of "Mammy Pleasant," Lynn M. Hudson examines the folklore of this remarkable woman's real and imagined powers.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Book Collector's Market written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book San Francisco written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James P. Delgado
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Submerged Cultural Resource Assessment written by James P. Delgado and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard H. Dillon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book San Francisco, Adventurers and Visionaries written by Richard H. Dillon and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stewart Brand
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101562641
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book How Buildings Learn written by Stewart Brand and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell. When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they’re allowed to. Buildings adapt by being constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and in that way, architects can become artists of time rather than simply artists of space. From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei’s Media Lab, from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth—this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory. Discover how structures become living organisms, shaped by the people who inhabit them, and learn how architects can harness the power of time to create enduring works of art through the interconnected worlds of design, function, and human ingenuity.
