Author: Rand Richards
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
ISBN: 9781879367036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them. Brimming with insight and the odd fact, laced with humor and drama, this unique guidebook sheds new light on the history of one of America's renowned cities. Easy-to-follow maps, and dozens of historic photographs.
Author: Rand Richards
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
ISBN: 9781879367050
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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No American city has a more colorful history than San Francisco. In this unique book, author Rand Richards not only provides a vivid narrative of this special city from its very beginnings all the way through to the modern era, but also tells where to find the historic buildings, sites, museums, and artifacts that make that history come alive. Just a few of the things you will find in Historic San Francisco are the locations of, and the fascinating histories behind: A 1623 Spanish cannon that once guarded the entrance to the Golden Gate. A gold nugget discovered by James Marshall at Coloma in January 1848. The last surviving Nob Hill mansion. Relics from the 1906 earthquake and fire including clusters of melted dimes and pennies found in the ruins. Book jacket.
Author: Tom Downs
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459619013
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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In Walking San Francisco, Tom Downs has created an exceptional guide to exploring the best of the City ''on the ground,'' from North Beach to Lands End, Bernal Heights to Golden Gate Park. Take one of these specially designed walking tours, and you'll not only get great exercise but also soak up the history, culture, and vibe of the City by the Bay. It's like having a savvy tour guide at your side, showing you where to find great mojitos, and pointing out a rare worker-owned strip joint. Two special tours sample the best bars in North Beach and the Mission District. Locals and visitors alike will appreciate insider tips and entertaining asides in the 30 walking trips. Each tour contains a clear neighborhood map and critical public transportation and parking information. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a ''Points of Interest'' section outlines each walk's highlights.
Author: Adah Bakalinsky
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459619005
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Hundreds of public stairways traverse San Francisco's 42 hills, exposing incredible vistas while connecting colorful, unique neighborhoods, and veteran guide Adah Bakalinsky loves them all. Her updated Stairway Walks in San Francisco explores well-known and clandestine corridors from Lands End to Bernal Heights while sharing captivating architectural, historical, pop culture, and horticultural notes along the way. This revised and expanded edition has been thoroughly updated and includes two additional walks, new maps, and new color photographs. The two new walks presented are: The Blue Greenway Walking, a new history, which follows the Embarcadero and weaves along the present day contour of the Bay into the future parklands and new neighborhood of San Francisco; and Jazz Takes A Walk in the Sunnyside neighborhood where the undulating geology of San Francisco invites one to hear the dance in the walk. A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the City's 600-plus public stairways. Long-term residents and tourists alike have used the book for over 25 years to adventurously uncover San Francisco's unexpected details.
Author: Daniel Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964680456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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A guide to the Barbary Coast Trail, San Francisco's official historical walk.
Author: Kristine Poggioli
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610352796
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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San Francisco's famous citywide scenic driving route has been reinvented for a new generation as a green, healthy walking adventure. This turn-by-turn guide takes visitors and natives alike on 17 different up-close walking tours, passing by and through the city's major sights, fascinating neighborhoods, and breathtaking vistas.
Author: Gary Kamiya
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620401266
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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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.
Author: Jane Huber
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN: 0897325087
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Bay Area parks and preserves offer a dramatic variety of landscapes, from rugged redwood-forested canyons to breezy coastal bluffs, grassy rolling hills to sunny chaparral-coated hillsides. Well-known destinations such as Point Reyes National Seashore, Mount Diablo State Park, Mount Tamalpais State Park, and many other more obscure jewels of the Bay Area park system are just a short drive from the heart of San Francisco. Completely updated and including several new hikes and a complete new map set, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Francisco guides readers to a splendid assortment of trails in the nine counties surrounding one of the world's most beautiful cities. Whether hikers crave a quick and easy get-out-of-town stroll or a challenging day-long trek through wilderness, this book is the perfect trailblazer, for city natives and first-time visitors alike.
Author: Michelle Padams Brant
Publisher: Bookpeople
ISBN: 9780961134617
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Both history & non-history buffs of all ages will delight in historian Michelle Brant's TIMELESS WALKS IN SAN FRANCISCO: A HISTORICAL WALKING GUIDE TO THE CITY. Supplementing detailed historical commentary with easy-to-follow maps & photos of old San Francisco, the author takes the reader on eleven area tours in the newly revised & expanded edition of this popular book. The book begins with "Old Town", walking the reader from the original Portsmouth Square through history as the author traces the city's shifting business center to Union Square by the 1870s. In addition to walks of Telegraph Hill, Mission Dolores, North Beach & other neighborhoods, Mrs. Brant includes a chapter on the history of firefighting & firehouses, using the Firehouse Museum as a base. The 1996 expanded edition of TIMELESS WALKS includes a new chapter on the SOMA district, exploring the distinctive flavor of South Park & the South End Historic District. Ideal reference for teachers, schools & libraries. The book can be obtained from L&S Distributors, 130 E. Grand Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94280, or Bookpeople, 7900 Edgewater Dr., Oakland, CA 94621. ISBN 0-9611346-1-5. The book may be ordered directly from the author, Michelle Brant, for $8.95 at 3637 California St., San Francisco, CA 94118.
Author: Rand Richards
Publisher: Heritage House Publishers
ISBN: 9781879367043
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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From North Beach to South of Market to Golden Gate Park and points in between, ghosts have made their spectral presences known.
