San Francisco in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City by the Bay 9780520268807, 3573593623, 0520268806

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Ilustrations......Page 10
List of Maps......Page 14
The San Francisco Seven. By David Kipen......Page 16
Preface 1940......Page 24
Part I: Gateway to the West ......Page 28
The Bay and the Land......Page 30
The Opening of the Gate......Page 31
Earth and Water......Page 33
The Climate......Page 36
Wild Life......Page 37
A Frontier to Conquer......Page 40
Natives of the Country......Page 41
The White Men Came......Page 43
Yankee Invasion......Page 48
Emporium of a New World......Page 56
World Port......Page 57
Smokestacks Around the Bay......Page 62
Engineering Enterprise......Page 67
Centers of Learning......Page 85
Argonauts of Letters......Page 93
Art and Artists......Page 102
Calendar of Annual Events......Page 112
Part II: "The City" ......Page 116
General Information......Page 118
Hotel and Other Accommodations......Page 121
Restaurants......Page 123
Sport......Page 124
Churche......Page 127
San Franciscans: 1940......Page 130
The Village of Yerba Buena (1835 -1848) ......Page 133
Capital of the Gold Coast (1848-1856) ......Page 135
Bonanza (1856-1875)......Page 140
Big City ( 1 875 -1906)......Page 142
Rising Phoenix (1906-1940)......Page 155
San Franciscans At Work......Page 159
Wall Street of the West......Page 161
Labor's Thousands......Page 167
High Life and Low Life......Page 174
Before the Footlights......Page 182
Music Makers......Page 197
San Francisco Goes to Church......Page 202
Gentlemen of the Press......Page 207
Part III: Around the World in Sun Francisco ......Page 214
Civic Center......Page 218
Metropolitan Scene......Page 231
Landmarks the Old Town......Page 271
Chinatown......Page 287
Latin Quarter: Telegraph Hill And North Beach......Page 303
Lords Of The Hilltops......Page 319
Embarcadero ......Page 327
South Of Market ......Page 348
Western Addition ......Page 359
Rim Of The Golden Gate ......Page 381
Golden Gate Park ......Page 416
Part IV: Around the Bay ......Page 442
The Harbor And Islands ......Page 444
The Farallones......Page 446
Alcatraz......Page 449
Angel Island......Page 451
Yerba Buena......Page 453
Treasure Island......Page 455
East Bay: Cities And Back Country......Page 458
Oakland......Page 462
Berkeley......Page 480
Alameda......Page 495
East Bay Tour 1......Page 501
East Bay Tour 2......Page 522
North Bay Tour......Page 532
Down The Peninsula ......Page 557
Peninsula Tour......Page 558
San Jose......Page 593
Part V: Appendices ......Page 600
A Chronology of the San Francisco Bay Region......Page 602
A Select Reading List......Page 608
Index......Page 612

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