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San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks

Author : Jacqueline Proctor
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531628352
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (283 download)

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Book Synopsis San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks by : Jacqueline Proctor

Download or read book San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks written by Jacqueline Proctor and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally part of Rancho San Miguel, the West of Twin Peaks district was among the last to be developed in San Francisco. Behrend Joost, using the fortune he made to start dredging the Panama Canal, built a railway in 1891 to bring people out to his "cr]me de la cr]me" subdivision next to the forest planted by Comstock Lode millionaire Adolph Sutro. After the streetcar tunnel was bored through Twin Peaks in 1918, A. S. Baldwin planned neighborhoods on Sutro's estate around Mount Davidson. With noted architects and engineers, Baldwin created "residential parks" with well-built Craftsman, art deco, English, and Spanish homes on curvilinear landscaped boulevards. These "suburbs in the city"--among them, Sunnyside, Balboa Terrace, Ingleside Terraces, Westwood Park, Westwood Highlands, Monterey Heights, Mount Davidson Manor, Sherwood Forest, and Miraloma Park--became home to thousands and a unique part of the San Francisco tapestry."

San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks

Author : Jacqueline Proctor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738546605
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's West of Twin Peaks written by Jacqueline Proctor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally part of Rancho San Miguel, the West of Twin Peaks district was among the last to be developed in San Francisco. Behrend Joost, using the fortune he made to start dredging the Panama Canal, built a railway in 1891 to bring people out to his "cr¨me de la cr¨me" subdivision next to the forest planted by Comstock Lode millionaire Adolph Sutro. After the streetcar tunnel was bored through Twin Peaks in 1918, A. S. Baldwin planned neighborhoods on Sutro's estate around Mount Davidson. With noted architects and engineers, Baldwin created "residential parks" with well-built Craftsman, art deco, English, and Spanish homes on curvilinear landscaped boulevards. These "suburbs in the city"--among them, Sunnyside, Balboa Terrace, Ingleside Terraces, Westwood Park, Westwood Highlands, Monterey Heights, Mount Davidson Manor, Sherwood Forest, and Miraloma Park--became home to thousands and a unique part of the San Francisco tapestry.

San Francisco's Twin Peaks

Author : Lynn Oakley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439644047
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's Twin Peaks written by Lynn Oakley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin Peaks is located in the geographic center of San Francisco. These distinctive hills are not only recognizable landmarks with spectacular views, they also play a major role in the safety and security of San Franciscans. Towers on Christmas Tree Point provide communication support to the police and fire departments. Firmly constructed into the bedrock of Twin Peaks are three massive municipal reservoirs that supply gravity-pulled drinking water and water for fire fighting. Roads and a tunnel were built on, around, and through the peaks with the purpose of gaining easier access to the western parts of the city. Farms and homes appeared along Corbett Road, and new neighborhoods sprang up on the slopes of Twin Peaks: Midtown Terrace, the Crown, Graystone, Villa Terraces, and Clarendon Heights, on which stands the Sutro Tower.

Geologic Trips

Author : Ted Konigsmark
Publisher : Geopress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geologic Trips written by Ted Konigsmark and published by Geopress. This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

San Francisco's West Portal Neighborhoods

Author : Richard Brandi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738529974
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco's West Portal Neighborhoods written by Richard Brandi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When youre in West Portal and the adjacent Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood, its hard to believe youre still in San Francisco. These quiet and picturesque neighborhoods are decidedly non-urban, yet they are connected by a streetcar tunnel that leads under Twin Peaks to the bustling downtown area, two miles through the citys mountainous core. In fact, West Portal is named for the western end of this tunnel, which opened in 1917 to bring residents from the city center to what were new garden suburbs. Originally West Portal was sandy and scruffy, while Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood were heavily forested. The neighborhoods grew rapidly in the 1920s, and today West Portal is a popular shopping and entertainment district, while St. Francis Wood and Forest Hill boast some of the citys finest architecture and landscaping.

Stairway Walks in San Francisco (Large Print 16pt)

Author : Adah Bakalinsky
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459619005
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Stairway Walks in San Francisco (Large Print 16pt) written by Adah Bakalinsky and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing incredible vistas while connecting colorful, unique neighborhoods, and veteran guide Adah Bakalinsky loves them all. Her updated Stairway Walks in San Francisco explores well-known and clandestine corridors from Lands End to Bernal Heights while sharing captivating architectural, historical, pop culture, and horticultural notes along the way. This revised and expanded edition has been thoroughly updated and includes two additional walks, new maps, and new color photographs. The two new walks presented are: The Blue Greenway Walking, a new history, which follows the Embarcadero and weaves along the present day contour of the Bay into the future parklands and new neighborhood of San Francisco; and Jazz Takes A Walk in the Sunnyside neighborhood where the undulating geology of San Francisco invites one to hear the dance in the walk. A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the City's 600-plus public stairways. Long-term residents and tourists alike have used the book for over 25 years to adventurously uncover San Francisco's unexpected details.

The Trees of San Francisco

Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : Wilderness Press
ISBN 13 : 0899977448
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Trees of San Francisco written by Michael Sullivan and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees of San Francisco introduces readers to the rich variety of trees that thrive in San Francisco's unique conditions. San Francisco's cool Mediterranean climate has made it home to interesting and unusual trees from all over the world - trees as colorful and exotic as the city itself. This new guide combines engaging descriptions of sixty-five different trees with color photos that reflect the visual appeal of San Francisco. Each page covers a different tree, with several paragraphs of interesting text accompanied by one or two photos. Each entry for a tree also lists locations where "landmark" specimens of the tree can be found. Interspersed throughout the book are sidebar stories of general interest related to San Francisco's trees. Trees of San Francisco also includes a dozen tree tours that will link landmark trees and local attractions in interesting San Francisco neighborhoods such as the Castro, Pacific Heights and the Mission - walks that will appeal to tourists as well as Bay Area natives.

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

Author : Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781586854324
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Book Synopsis An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area by : Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny

Download or read book An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area written by Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. This compendium has been written and photographed by Susan Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts and provides a historic record of how the area developed to became what it is today, and discusses transportation systems, city and suburban landscape plans, public parkland, California history, and economic, social, and political influences. Included are San Francisco Victorians, civic buildings, churches, parks, grand Period Revivals, and rustic Arts and Crafts homes, as well as significant vernacular buildings in less publicized neighborhoods and towns. Features include: Buildings by all major San Francisco Bay Area architects from the 1860s to the present. More than 2,000 entries. Architectural landmarks in every Bay Area county, arranged by chapter: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin. More than 100 cities, towns, and neighborhoods. A history of architectural styles popular in the Bay Area. More than 20,000 copies sold of our previous architecture guide to the Bay Area.

San Francisco’s F-Line

Author : Peter Ehrlich
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466937408
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco’s F-Line written by Peter Ehrlich and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco's F-Line is the fun way to ride transit in one of America's greatest cities. Using multi-colored streetcars, built in the 1940s, 1920s and even earlier, it is a transforming experience that carries the rider back to a more genteel and carefree time, while providing an efficient and pleasant way to get from here to there in a modern era. Its creation has shown the world that public transportation can be exciting, fun, and a source of civic pride. The author, an active participant in the success of the F-Line, has written the book in an upbeat and breezy style, sprinkling anecdotes drawn from his own experiences and those of fellow workers and participants throughout the book. In this way, the book will appeal not only to those who are in, or follow, the transit industry, but also to the average reader, rider, and San Francisco Bay Area resident. Anyone who rides the F-Line will get a much fuller appreciation of this great city. This book has 290 pages with over 500 color and black-and-white photographs.

Classic San Francisco: From Ocean Beach to Mission Bay

Author : Frank Dunnigan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141607
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Classic San Francisco: From Ocean Beach to Mission Bay written by Frank Dunnigan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco has always been a city of transformation. From the nostalgic days of downtown shopping and grand movie palaces to newer buildings on the skyline and stunning neighborhood transformations, change has been a constant factor since the early days of European settlement in the late 1700s. Evidence of early San Francisco is still visible in the revitalized Ferry Building, repurposed as an artisan marketplace; in the celebrated neighborhood street fairs; and even in the enduring edifices of commerce and industry. The city of the future has its roots firmly planted in a much-loved past. City native and local history author Frank Dunnigan showcases the old city as well as the new one gradually emerging.

San Francisco Municipal Record

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book San Francisco Municipal Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Garden Neighborhoods of San Francisco

Author : Richard Brandi
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147664148X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Garden Neighborhoods of San Francisco written by Richard Brandi and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is not known for detached houses with landscaped setbacks, lining picturesque, park-side streets. But between 1905 and 1924, thirty-six such neighborhoods, called residence parks, were proposed or built in the city. Hundreds like them were constructed across the country yet they are not well known or understood today. This book examines the city planning aspects of residence parks in a new way, with tracing how developers went about the business of building them, on different sites and for different markets, and how they kept out black and Asian residents.

Urban Trails

Author : Alexandra Kenin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680510201
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Urban Trails written by Alexandra Kenin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, engaging pocket guide to trails in the City by the Bay

Travers

Author : Sara Dean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Travers written by Sara Dean and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report on a Plan for San Francisco

Author : Daniel Hudson Burnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on a Plan for San Francisco written by Daniel Hudson Burnham and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The San Francisco Bay Area, Second Edition

Author : Mel Scott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520323939
Total Pages : 981 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The San Francisco Bay Area, Second Edition written by Mel Scott and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Growing Up in San Francisco's Western Neighborhoods

Author : Frank Dunnigan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625849133
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Book Synopsis Growing Up in San Francisco's Western Neighborhoods by : Frank Dunnigan

Download or read book Growing Up in San Francisco's Western Neighborhoods written by Frank Dunnigan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From football games at Kezar Stadium to a perfectly broiled Zim burger, San Franciscans have fond memories of the decades after World War II. Dressing up for a movie at the Fox Theatre on Market Street, catching the train at the old S.P. Station on Third and Townsend, taking the streetcar downtown to see magnificent displays in the Emporium's windows or spending a day at Golden Gate Park, the "outside lands" of San Francisco were teeming with youngsters and the young-at-heart alike. Western Neighborhoods Project columnist and San Francisco native Frank Dunnigan offers a charming collection of nostalgic vignettes about the thriving Western communities of unforgettable people and places that defined generations.