San Francisco Then and Now pairs photographs from the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries with specially commissioned views of the
same scenes as they look today. San Francisco is home to some of
America's most diverse architecture and design, including the
iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the bustling Fisherman's Wharf, the
original Chinatown, the Sentinel Building, the Transamerica
Pyramid, but most of all of the Victorian, clapboard buildings
exemplified by the five "Painted Ladies." The book allows you to
visit Coit Tower and Lombard Street-the "crookedest street in the
world"-on Telegraph Hill, hop on one of the famous streetcars and
travel through eclectic neighborhoods where Victorian
sophistication is juxtaposed with modern elements. Stop by the
Mission District, which was once home to the Ohlone Indians and
Spanish missionaries, and is now full of artists and hipsters. San
Francisco has seen the dawn of many countercultural movements. In
the 1950s and 1960s, it was home to Beat poets and writers such as
Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, as well as Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
founder of the landmark City Lights Bookstore. San Francisco has
also seen the birth of social trends that influenced the nation:
antiwar protests, the sexual revolution, and the fight for women's
rights. Beat, counterculture, and gay and lesbian movements have
thrived in such storied neighborhoods as North Beach,
Haight-Ashbury, and the Castro. Sites include: Golden Gate Bridge,
Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard Street,
Coit Tower, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Ferry Building, Bay Bridge,
Lotta's Fountain, Union Square, Candlestick Point, Alamo Square,
Castro District, Twin Peaks, Haight-Ashbury, Cliff House, Ocean
Beach.
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