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San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

by James R. Smith James R. Smith

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9781610351911

Publisher: Linden Publishing
Publication date: 07/01/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 238
Sales rank: 410,287
File size: 29 MB
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James R. Smith is a sixth generation Californian and a fourth generation native of San Francisco. He is an experienced genealogical and historical researcher with published credit in Almost Home, Ransom’s Mark, and When All Roads Led to Tombstone.

Chapter 1	The Original Land and Shores: Sculpting a City	1
	Walk Around the Coastline-Mid-Nineteenth Century	4
	Islands and Rocks	5
	The Filling of the Bay and the Abandoned Gold Rush Fleet	8
	Tearing Down the Hills	15
	San Francisco's Sand Dunes and Marshland	21
	Shelly Cocoas	22
Chapter 2	Amusement Parks	27
	Woodward's Gardens	27
	Remembrance of Woodward's Gardens	31
	The Chutes on Haight Street	37
	The Chutes at Tenth and Fulton	40
	The Fillmore Street Chutes	43
	Playland at the Beach	44
	Herb Caen's View on Playland	54
Chapter 3	Ocean, Bay & Wharf-side Attractions	55
	Meigg's Wharf and the Cobweb Palace	55
	Cobweb Palace	58
	Sutro Heights	59
	Adolph Sutro's San Francisco	59
	The Cliff House	61
	The Cliff House and the Parallel	62
	Sutro's Baths & Museum	66
	Memories of Sutro Baths	70
Chapter 4	Gambling Houses, Parlors, Clubs, Saloons and Dives	71
	The Gold Rush Era	72
	The Enterprise Years	76
	Post-Quake San Francisco	79
	The Depression and War Years	82
	The Fillmore Jazz Clubs	86
	The Beat Era-Post WWII	87
	The Primalon on Fillmore Street	87
	The Curtain Falls	88
	David de Alba at the Finocchio Club	89
Chapter 5	Early Theatres & Stage	91
	The Early Years-First Half of the Golden Era	92
	Elisa Biscaccianti	96
	San Francisco's Star Rises-Second Half of the Golden Era	97
	Civil War and Silver	101
Chapter 6	California Midwinter International Exposition-1894	111
	California Midwinter International Exposition	112
Chapter 7	Panama-Pacific International Exposition-1915	127
	The Planning Begins	129
	Building the Exposition	129
	The Exposition City and Its Exhibits	131
	State and International Buildings and Facilities	137
	The Joy Zone	139
	The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Experience	141
	Memories of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition	142
	The End of a Great Fair	145
Chapter 8	Golden Gate International Exposition-1939	147
	The Planning Begins	148
	Building the Exposition	149
	The Exposition City and Its Exhibits	154
	State and Federal Buildings and Facilities	158
	International Participation	161
	The Joy Zone	168
	The Golden Gate International Exposition Experience	169
	The End of a Great Fair	172
	A Young View of the Golden Gate International Exposition	173
Chapter 9	San Francisco's Restaurants of the Past	175
	The Poodle Dog	176
	The French Room-Clift Hotel Menu	182
	The Italians	187
	Eating Chinese	189
	Theme Restaurants	191
	Coffee Dan's	192
	The Domino Club	199
	An Exile's Toast	200
Chapter 10	San Francisco's Early Grand Hotels	201
	San Francisco's Early Hotels	202
	The Niantic Hotel	203
	Gold Rush Hotels	204
	San Francisco's First Grand Hotels	208
	The Lick House	210
	The Grand Hotel	213
	Senator Sharon and Miss Hill at the Grand Hotel	214
	The Palace Hotel	215
	The Baldwin Hotel	220
	Nearly the End of an Era	222
	Bibliography	225
	Index	227
	About the Author	237

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"A gemstone of historical information. Smith's passion for its special place in his life fills these pages . . . in a friendly conversational style that's accompanied by fascinating historical photographs. Reading this was a journal of discovery." —www.blog.CharlesMarkee.com (September 2011)

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With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, this collection showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than 150 years.

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