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San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

Author : James R. Smith
Publisher : Quill Driver Books
ISBN 13 : 9781884995446
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Lost Landmarks written by James R. Smith and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks 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 one hundred and fifty years. It not only tells of the lost landmarks, but also dishes up the flavour of what it was like to experience these past treasures.

San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

Author : James R. Smith
Publisher : Linden Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1610351916
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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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.

Lost Department Stores of San Francisco

Author : Anne Evers Hitz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439669198
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Lost Department Stores of San Francisco written by Anne Evers Hitz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco's merchant princes built grand stores for a booming city, each with its own niche. For the eager clientele, a trip downtown meant dressing up--hats, gloves and stockings required--and going to Blum's for Coffee Crunch cake or Townsend's for creamed spinach. The I. Magnin empire catered to a selective upper-class clientele, while middle-class shoppers loved the Emporium department store with its Bargain Basement and Santa for the kids. Gump's defined good taste, the City of Paris satisfied desires for anything French and edgy, youth-oriented Joseph Magnin ensnared the younger shoppers with the latest trends. Join author Anne Evers Hitz as she looks back at the colorful personalities that created six major stores and defined shopping in San Francisco.

Larry Gets Lost in San Francisco

Author : John Skewes
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1570615675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Larry Gets Lost in San Francisco written by John Skewes and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the fun adventures of the dog Larry, who after chasing down a donut, loses his owners and travels around the city's landmarks and cultural attractions before reuniting with his family. Filled with candy-colored retro illustrations, this book provides children with a dog's eye view of the City by the Bay. Among Larry's stops are such classic locations as Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Coit Tower, Ghirardelli Square, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, AT&T Park, Mission Dolores, and Cliff House. Sidebar entries add to the story, offering factoids about the places Larry visits.

The Barbary Coast

Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1667622730
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book The Barbary Coast written by Herbert Asbury and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. Owing almost entirely to the influx of gold-seekers and the horde of gamblers, thieves, harlots, politicians, and other felonious parasites who battened upon them, there arose a unique criminal district that for almost seventy years was the scene of more viciousness and depravity, but which at the same time possessed more glamour, than any other area of vice and iniquity on the American continent. The Barbary Coast is the chronicle of the birth of San Francisco. From all over the world practitioners of every vice stampeded for the blood and money of the gold fields. Gambling dens ran all day including Sundays. From noon to noon houses of prostitution offered girls of every age and race. This is the story of the banditry, opium bouts, tong wars, and corruption, from the eureka at Sutter’s Mill until the last bagnio closed its doors seventy years later.

The San Francisco Cliff House

Author : Mary Germain Hountalas
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 158008995X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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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

Seattle ABC: A Larry Gets Lost Book

Author : John Skewes
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1632170930
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Seattle ABC: A Larry Gets Lost Book written by John Skewes and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring new artwork and a new trim size perfect for gift giving, this companion to the best-selling Larry Gets Lost in Seattle follows Larry and his owner, Pete, on an alphabetical journey throughout Seattle. A playful, colorful alphabet book based on the popular Larry Gets Lost in Seattle children’s book. Larry the pup and his best friend, Pete, discover Seattle from A (Seattle Aquarium) to Z (Woodland Park Zoo), and everything in between. H is for houseboats and hydroplanes. O is for orcas. Kids will have fun discovering their city as they learn their ABCs.

Cool Gray City of Love

Author : Gary Kamiya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620401266
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Cool Gray City of Love written by Gary Kamiya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of Salon explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events. By the author of Shadow Knights. 30,000 first printing.

The Trees of San Francisco

Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : Pomegranate
ISBN 13 : 9780764927584
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Trees of San Francisco written by Michael Sullivan and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Sullivan loves his adopted city of San Francisco, and he loves trees. In The Trees of San Francisco he has combined his passions, offering a striking and handy compendium of botanical information, historical tidbits, cultivation hints, and more. Sullivan's introduction details the history of trees in the city, a fairly recent phenomenon. The text then piques the reader's interest with discussions of 71 city trees. Each tree is illustrated with a photograph--with its common and scientific names prominently displayed--and its specific location within San Francisco, along with other sites; frequently a close-up shot of the tree is included. Sprinkled throughout are 13 sidelights relating to trees; among the topics are the city's wild parrots and the trees they love; an overview of the objectives of the Friends of the Urban Forest; and discussions about the link between Australia's trees and those in the city, such as the eucalyptus. The second part of the book gets the reader up and about, walking the city to see its trees. Full-page color maps accompany the seven detailed tours, outlining the routes; interesting factoids are interspersed throughout the directions. A two-page color map of San Francisco then highlights 25 selected neighborhoods ideal for viewing trees, leading into a checklist of the neighborhoods and their trees.

Infinite City

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520262492
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Infinite City written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a place? Rebecca Solnit reinvents the traditional atlas, searching for layers of meaning & connections of experience across San Francisco.

Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s

Author : Rebecca Schall
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s written by Rebecca Schall and published by Turner. This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nation's history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellectual, and cultural movements of the time. San Francisco gave rise to the most significant countercultural revolutions of the century, including the Beatniks of the 1950s, the hippies in the 1960s, and the gay rights movement in the 1970s. This volume, Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, captures the revolutionary and tumultuous spirit of these historic times in stunning black-and-white photography. The book provides a retrospective view of ordinary citizens enjoying their daily lives in an extraordinary city, and illustrates the participants, protests, riots, triumphs, and tragedies of this extraordinary period in San Francisco and American history.

Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area

Author : Sylvia Linsteadt
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597143912
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area written by Sylvia Linsteadt and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this coffee table book of luminous essays accompanied by an array of images, award-winning writer Sylvia Linsteadt brings to life the many microcosms that once flourished in the San Francisco Bay Area: from the farthest reach of the Russian Empire at Fort Ross, to acres upon acres of apricot blossoms in what is now known as Silicon Valley, to the Coney Island of the West on the Alameda shoreline, to San Francisco's bohemian Barbary Coast. For every "lost world," Linsteadt reconstructs the setting in lyrical prose supported by extensive research into each epoch. Vintage photographs, maps, and paintings combined with neo-Victorian design accentuate the words, immersing us fully in the nuances of each reality, whether mining quicksilver at New Almaden or shopping underneath the rotunda of the palatial Emporium. A book both dazzlingly beautiful and sensitive to the complexities of portraying bygone eras, Lost Worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area celebrates the ephemeral and, in reminding us of the many moments of humanity threaded through the past, makes our understanding of the present moment that much more rooted.

Mystery in San Francisco

Author : Gina D. B. Clemen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783526520474
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Mystery in San Francisco written by Gina D. B. Clemen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Toronto

Author : Doug Taylor
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1911595032
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Lost Toronto written by Doug Taylor and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Toronto is the latest in the series from Pavilion Books that traces the cherished places in a city that time, progress and fashion swept aside before the National Register of Historic Places could save them from the wrecker's ball. As well as celebrating forgotten architectural treasures, Lost Toronto looks at buildings that have changed use, vanished under a wave of new construction or been drastically transformed.Beautiful archival photographs and informative text allows the reader to take a nostalgic journey back in time to visit some of the lost treasures that the city let slip through its grasp. Organised chronologically, starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, the book features much-loved Toronto institutions that have been consigned to history. Losses include: King’s College, Holland House, Hotel Hanlan, St. Patrick’s Market, The Grand Opera House, Metropolitan Methodist Church, Old Union Station, St. Andrew’s Market, Yonge Street Arcade, Sunnyside Beach Amusement Park, Shea’s Hippodrome, S. S. Cayuga, High Park Mineral Baths, Tivoli Theatre, Riverdale Zoo, Odeon Carlton, Cyclorama on Front Street, Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade, Colonial Tavern, Sam the Record Man, The World’s Biggest Book Store.

Cityscapes

Author : John King
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597141543
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Cityscapes written by John King and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

San Francisco Landmarks

Author : Catherine Accardi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738595802
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco Landmarks written by Catherine Accardi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is one of the most recognized and beloved cities in the United States, brilliantly illustrated through a visual history of 493 designated local, state, and national landmarks. San Francisco's attributes speak to us through stunning topography, the arts, and a unique array of architectural styles. The city inherited the imprint left by the Spanish with Mission Dolores, by the Gold Rush with Jackson Square, and by 20th-century entrepreneurs with the Bank of Italy. The period from the 1920s to 1950s brought a growing cosmopolitan metropolis with such landmarks as the Mark Hopkins Hotel and the Golden Gate Bridge. Residents and visitors want to know why there is a monument in the neighborhood park and why the delightful Victorians next door have a historic plaque by their front steps. Each landmark embodies the characteristics of the surrounding community and the history of the "City by the Bay."

Murder by the Bay

Author : Charles F. Adams
Publisher : Quill Driver Books
ISBN 13 : 9781884995460
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Murder by the Bay written by Charles F. Adams and published by Quill Driver Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder has a long and distinguished history in San Francisco. The city and its Bay Area can stand proudly with Paris, London, and New York in the splendour of its misdeeds -- murders that have suspense, horror, audacity, and flair. The homicides chronicled in Murder by the Bay have been selected because a convergence of personality, circumstance, character, and geography makes them peculiarly San Franciscan. Each of these crimes illustrates an historic importance, each has impacted its times -- either in the course or application of the law or in the manner in which the affair revealed a shortcoming in society. They range from the Montgomery Street killing of James King of William, editor of the Daily Evening Bulletin, in 1856 to the sensational trial of early movie comedian Fatty Arbuckle who was accused of killing a showgirl at a party in the St. Francis Hotel to the shocking "City Hall Murders" in which former city supervisor Dan White killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Most were solved, some were not. They are murders that fascinated the city and frequently the country, sometimes for weeks, often for years and even decades.