The San Francisco Civic Center : A History of the Design, Controversies, and Realization of a City Beautiful Masterpiece /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haas, James W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Civic Center (San Francisco, Calif.) > History.
Urban beautification.
Civic centers.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Centres civiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Centres civiques > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire.
Civic centers > United States > History.
Urban beautification > California > San Francisco > History.
Civic centers > California > San Francisco > History.
United States.
California > San Francisco.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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