The San Francisco Civic Center : a history of the design, controversies, and realization of a City Beautiful masterpiece / James W. Haas
- Author:
- Haas, James W.
- Published:
- Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2019]
- Physical Description:
- xi, 226 pages ; 27 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-
- Contents:
- The American civic center : origin and history -- Victorian city hall and early city planning in San Francisco -- California and the Chicago Exposition : the City Beautiful comes to San Francisco -- The 1906 earthquake's aftermath : catastrophe, disarray, and indecision -- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the creation of San Francisco's civic center -- Breaking ground on the civic center -- Between the wars : mayor Rolph forges ahead -- Between the wars : veterans and the temple of music -- Postwar and modernism -- Late-century expansion : Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and a new library -- Recent decades and the present day : building towards Civic Center's centennial.
- Summary:
- "The first and only book available which describes the origins of American civic centers and then tells the history of the greatest of the them, the San Francisco Civic Center"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN:
- 9781948908153 hardcover alkaline paper
1948908158 hardcover alkaline paper - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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