San Francisco: A Pictorial Celebration

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Author: Christopher Craig

ISBN-10: 1402723881

ISBN-13: 9781402723889

Category: Geographic Locations - Architecture

Travel books and magazines continually rate San Francisco among the ten most desirable destinations in the world—and Elan Penn, along with journalist Christopher J. Craig, successfully captures all its enchantment. Readers will practically hear the cable car bells sound as they examine images of the city’s scenic and man-made treasures, culturally diverse and distinctive neighborhoods, and landmarks. But San Francisco has a compelling story to tell, and it’s all here too: its Mexican origins,...

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Travel books and magazines continually rate San Francisco among the ten most desirable destinations in the world—and Elan Penn, along with journalist Christopher J. Craig, successfully captures all its enchantment. Readers will practically hear the cable car bells sound as they examine images of the city's scenic and man-made treasures, culturally diverse and distinctive neighborhoods, and landmarks. But San Francisco has a compelling story to tell, and it's all here too: its Mexican origins, the gold rush, the devastating earthquakes, and the stunning rebirth. In addition to such well-known sites as the Golden Gate Bridge and the Presidio, Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, and Haight-Ashbury, the pictures include such landmarks as City Lights Bookstore; the hotels and mansions of the Golden Age; memorials, monuments, and religious structures; and oases of education and entertainment.

\ From Barnes & NobleHere's San Francisco at its most luminous. San Francisco: A Pictorial Celebration covers the City on the Bay with enviable completeness. In addition to popular destinations like the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and Ghirardelli Square, the book covers much more: historic landmarks; grand hotels; museums; famous neighborhoods; parks and recreation; houses of worship; and venues for sports, performing arts, and cinema. Elan Penn provides the color pictures, and San Francisco journalist Christopher Craig contributes the commentary.\ \