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Cool Gray City of Love
Author | : Gary Kamiya |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1620401266 |
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.
San Francisco's Chinatown
Author | : |
Publisher | : Heyday Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781597145206 |
Tensions of opposites in America's oldest Chinatown Following up his award-winning book on San Francisco's Mission District, Dick Evans turns his attention to the fifth of a square mile that attracts more tourists than the Golden Gate Bridge but where the median household income is a quarter of the citywide average--Chinatown. From delicious dim sum to wok-filled shops, from iconic red lanterns to elaborate parade floats, from inside single-room occupancy apartments to outdoor games of Chinese chess in Portsmouth Square, Evans captures a place filled with diverse residents and a unique mélange of American and Chinese architecture, cuisine, and culture. Vibrant images are interspersed with sidebars highlighting particular people and institutions, deepening viewers' immersion into this community. Kathy Chin Leong's lucid text introduces readers to the history of the neighborhood, as well as to themes of tourism, daily life, and celebrations. At the heart of the book is a tight-knit community and a thriving neighborhood, which welcomes immigrants with supportive institutions and entices tourists to experience a wide array of Chinese traditions. Evans's photos highlight a place undergoing visible progress but, unlike other San Francisco neighborhoods that are gentrifying, maintaining its unique character and authenticity.
The Buildings of Portsmouth Square
Author | : William Hastie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : San Francisco (Calif.) |
ISBN | : |
The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 794 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN | : |
The New American Cyclopaedia
Author | : George Ripley |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 2022-05-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3375018355 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.
California Historical Society Quarterly
Author | : California Historical Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : |
Vanished San Francisco
Author | : Lorri Ungaretti |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2023-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467109215 |
San Francisco is well-known for its beautiful vistas and fascinating destinations. However, many places that were once part of the San Francisco experience have vanished from the land--lost to earthquakes, fire, development, and other forces that led to their disappearance--but not from memory. Sand dunes have been replaced by buildings and streets, homes now cover previously desolate areas where cemeteries once stood, and beloved buildings are gone due to various reasons. San Francisco's lost treasures also include the popular Hamm's sign, the former two-toned foghorn, and the first insect to go extinct in the United States due to human behavior. Like most cities, San Francisco is constantly changing. Places appear and disappear, and the city grows and changes, always ready to rebuild and remake history.