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Hardcover Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities Book

ISBN: 1324020326

ISBN13: 9781324020325

Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities

Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world--the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco" more than its soaring clocktower.

But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts in Portal, the rise of the automobile and double-deck freeways severed the city from its beloved...

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