Lost San Francisco (Hardcover)

Looks at how a city used to run-the old transport systems, former city halls, stores, theaters and cinemas, gas stations and car showrooms, restaurants, and people on the sidewalk. Looks at how a city used to run-the old transport systems, former city halls, stores, theaters and cinemas, gas stations and car showrooms, restaurants, and people on the sidewalk Aspects of lost San Francisco that are examined here include the Victorian Alcatraz, Cliff House Hotel before it burned down, the early Embarcadero, the devastation of the 1906 earthquake, horse-drawn streetcars, the grandeur of the Sutro Baths both outside and in, the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition buildings, the changes made to combat a possible Japanese invasion during World War II, and some of the key hippie stores on Haight-Ashbury before the area became more upscale.

General

Imprint:	Pavilion Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Lost
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	November 2011
Authors:	Dennis Evanosky • Eric J Kos
Dimensions:	257 x 287 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-1-86205-934-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest
LSN:	1-86205-934-9
Barcode:	9781862059344

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