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Author : San Francisco (Calif.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
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Download or read book The Building Law of the City and County of San Francisco for 1906 written by San Francisco (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : San Francisco (Calif ) Board of Public
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355661009
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Building Law of the City and County of San Francisco for 1906 written by San Francisco (Calif ) Board of Public and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Stephen Tobriner
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1597143286
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)
Download or read book Bracing for Disaster written by Stephen Tobriner and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The first history of seismic engineering in San Francisco . . . spiced with survivor and eyewitness accounts. ”—Midwest Book Review For the past one hundred and fifty years, architects and engineers have quietly been learning from each quake and designing newer earthquake-resistant building techniques and applying them in an ongoing effort to save San Francisco. Bracing for Disaster is a fresh appraisal of a city responding to repeated devastation. In the language of a skilled teacher, Tobriner examines what really happened during the city’s earthquakes—which buildings were damaged, which survived, and who were the unsung heroes. Filled with more than two hundred photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, this is a revealing look at the history of buildings by a true expert, and it offers lessons not just for San Francisco but for any city beset by natural disasters. “The real saga is how a fast-growing city grapples with the reality that it has more to worry about than fires and fog. The core of the story is fairly technical, rooted in the crude intuitive ways in which builders reacted to a seismic threat they could neither measure nor define. But Tobriner crafts the story well.”—SFGate
Author : San Francisco (Calif.).
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Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Building Law and the Plumbing Law of the City and County of San Francisco written by San Francisco (Calif.). and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Biel
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814713467
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book American Disasters written by Steven Biel and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging widely, essayists here examine the 1900 storm that ravaged Galveston, Texas, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Titanic sinking, the Northridge earthquake, the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, the 1977 Chicago El train crash, and many other devastating events. These catastrophes elicited vastly different responses, and thus raise a number of important questions. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress?
Author : Nick Yablon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226946657
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Untimely Ruins written by Nick Yablon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American ruins have become increasingly prominent, whether in discussions of “urban blight” and home foreclosures, in commemorations of 9/11, or in postapocalyptic movies. In this highly original book, Nick Yablon argues that the association between American cities and ruins dates back to a much earlier period in the nation’s history. Recovering numerous scenes of urban desolation—from failed banks, abandoned towns, and dilapidated tenements to the crumbling skyscrapers and bridges envisioned in science fiction and cartoons—Untimely Ruins challenges the myth that ruins were absent or insignificant objects in nineteenth-century America. The first book to document an American cult of the ruin, Untimely Ruins traces its deviations as well as derivations from European conventions. Unlike classical and Gothic ruins, which decayed gracefully over centuries and inspired philosophical meditations about the fate of civilizations, America’s ruins were often “untimely,” appearing unpredictably and disappearing before they could accrue an aura of age. As modern ruins of steel and iron, they stimulated critical reflections about contemporary cities, and the unfamiliar kinds of experience they enabled. Unearthing evocative sources everywhere from the archives of amateur photographers to the contents of time-capsules, Untimely Ruins exposes crucial debates about the economic, technological, and cultural transformations known as urban modernity. The result is a fascinating cultural history that uncovers fresh perspectives on the American city.
Author : San Francisco (Calif.)
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Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Building Laws, City and County of San Francisco written by San Francisco (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : San Francisco (Calif.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book Building Ordinances written by San Francisco (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Official Building Laws, City and County of San Francisco, 1921 written by San Francisco (Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 712 pages
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Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1022 pages
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Download or read book The Pacific Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : San Francisco (Calif )
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014097507
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Official Building Laws, City and County of San Francisco, 1921; 1921 written by San Francisco (Calif ) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Bancroft Library
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Total Pages : 814 pages
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Download or read book Catalog of Printed Books written by Bancroft Library and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ted Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199838917
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Acts of God written by Ted Steinberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative history of natural disasters in the United States. This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, a disaster Steinberg warned could happen when the book first was published. Focusing on America's worst natural disasters, Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see these tragedies as random outbursts of nature's violence or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how the decisions of business leaders and government officials have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property, especially among those least able to withstand such blows--America's poor, elderly, and minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit, Steinberg explains, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are simply better able to protect themselves from the violence of nature than others. In the face of revelations about how the federal government mishandled the Katrina calamity, this book is a must-read before further wind and water sweep away more lives. Acts of God is a call to action that needs desperately to be heard.
Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division
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Total Pages : 752 pages
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Download or read book Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries written by New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark D. Kessler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476601569
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Early Public Garages of San Francisco written by Mark D. Kessler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the quarter century from San Francisco's devasting fire of 1906 to the beginning of the Great Depression, as automobiles exploded in popularity, new buildings had to be conceived and constructed to provide parking space and repair facilities. This book studies a number of the resulting public garages that featured facade designs based on historical architectural styles. Considering the garages' function, the facades exhibit a surprising grace and nobility. Through an analysis complemented by photographs (including sixty by noted architectural photographer Sharon Risedorph) and drawings, the author dissects the architectural and cultural factors that lie at the heart of this unexpected merit. Addressing the discrepancy between the buildings' beauty and the assumption that old garages are unsightly and disposable, the book examines them as cultural artifacts of the dawn of the Motor Age. The garage is presented as a new form of transportation depot, employing architectural symbolism to celebrate the ascendancy of the automobile over the train. Today, the surviving buildings are vulnerable to real estate development, in part because their quality is misunderstood. The book--a fresh perspective on the value of older utilitarian buildings--concludes with a call to preserve these structures and adapt them to compatible new uses.
