111 places in San Francisco that you must not miss
by Petersen, Floriana,
Print Book 2016 |
Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies |
Summary
Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 150 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwideAppeals to both the local market (nearly 7 million call the Bay Area home) and the tourist market (over 16 million people visit San Francisco every year)Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographsSan Francisco: the home of hills and valleys, of dreamers and trailblazers, of hippies and hipsters. From the gold rush to the Golden Gate, the City by the Bay has always basked in the glow of its colorful and celebrated history and world-renowned landmarks. But for those who live and love on this compact seven-mile by seven-mile metropolis, San Francisco is a treasure trove of unusual neighborhood sights and places that sparkle with the allure of hidden pleasures and local lore. Discover a stairway that transports you from the depths of the ocean to the heights of outer space; take a spin class amidst the grand elegance of a repurposed 1920s movie palace; or slide down a century-old sundial that sits at the center of what was once California's first racetrack for cars. This is the real San Francisco. Strung together, the 111 experiences gathered here tell the B-side story of the city once romantically known as the Paris of the West.
Contents
140 New Montgomery : it's all about communication826 Valencia : reading, writing, and "Ahoy, matey!"
1450 Noriega Street : where the heiress robbed a bank
4 Alhambra Theater : a cinematic workout
Anchor Brewing Company : born and brewed in San Francisco
The Antique Vibrator Museum : a history of good vibrations
Arion Press : lost and foundry
The Armory : where kink is king
The Audium : seeing with your ears
Balmy Alley Murals : struggle and change
Bar Agricole : keeping it local
The Battery Club : old world, new school
The Bay Lights : The Bay Bridge gets its bling
The Beach & Park Chalet : upstairs, downstairs, in Golden Gate Park
The Beat Museum : still on the road
Billionaires' Row : life on the Gold Coast
Bliss Dance : forty feet of female energy
The Bohemian Club : a private place for powerful men
Bourbon & Branch : the password-protected speakeasy
Buena Vista Park : a magical hush
Building One : a sinking treasure
Building 95 : if a tree falls,in the forest...
Candlestick Park : long live the 'stick
Casa Cielo : "Sunny Jim" Rolph's love nest
Chinese Telephone Exchange : 1500 names on the tip of the tongue - Clarion Alley : these walls can talk
The Cloud Forest : communing with nature on Mount Sutro
The Condor Club : death by piano
Conservatory of Flowers : home to the beautiful and the bizarre
Cow Palace : from moo to Who
Creativity Explored : art for all
Crissy Field : from airfield to House of Air : Dashiell Hammett's Apartment : where the Maltese Falcon took flight
The F-Line : a journey back in time
Flora Grubb Gardens : coffee and air plants, anyone?
The Fly-Casting Pools : angling for a good time
Fog Bridge : a walk in the clouds at the Exploratorium
Forbes Island & The Taj Mahal : boats by any other name
Foreign Cinema : dinner and a show
Fort Funston : where humans take to the sky
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building : a mid-century jewel in the Barbary Coast
Gallery 6 : the ghosts of Vertigo at the Legion of Honor
The Gardens of Alcatraz : planting life on "the Rock"
Glen Canyon Park : a time machine to the San Francisco of yore
Glide Memorial Church : can get an amen?
Grace Cathedral Labyrinths : a maze for meditation
The Green Roof : the Academy of Sciences goes "underground"
The Hallidie Building : ahead of its time
Headlands Center for the Arts : using creativity as a weapon
Heath Ceramics : very 'Made in America"
Hunter S. Thompson's House : Fear & Loathing in San Francisco
Hunter's Point : a flourishing artist colony in a shipyard
Ingleside Terrace Sundial : time is on its side
Institute of Illegal Images : a "trip" to the museum
The Interval at Long Now : for thinkers and drinkers
Kabuki Springs & Spa : wet, naked, and hot
Lands End : a mystical walk through history
The Lefty O'Doul Bridge : in memory of a hometown hitter
LeRoy King Carousel : round and round we go
Levi Strauss & Co. : birthplace of the 501
Lyon Street Steps : where health meets wealth
Macondray Lane : tales of the city
The Malloch Building : for those who appreciate curves
Maritime Museum : a "shipshape" exhibition space
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial : a fountain for reflection in Yerba Buena Gardens
Mavericks : a surfer's nirvana
Mechanics' Institute : home to books and rooks
Mission Creek Houseboats : islands in the storm
Mission Dolores Cemetery : where the bodies are buried
The Monastery Stones : relics in the Botanical Garden
Moraga Street Steps : stairway to Heaven
Musée Mécanique : a penny arcade on the Embarcadero
National Cemetery Overlook : a graveyard with a view
Nimitz Mansion : secret views from Yerba Buena
The Observation Tower : a castle in the trees at the de Young
Ocean Beach : hanging ten on city waves
ODC : put on your dancin' shoes
Old Skool Café : serving up second chances
The Parrots of Telegraph Hill : as free as a bird
Patricia's Green : from parkway to park
The Phoenix Hotel : rock 'n' roll crash pad
Pier 24 Photography : a private collection goes public
Pier 70 : industrial ruins with a waterfront view
Pink Triangle Park : the only memorial of its kind
Point Bonita Lighthouse : overlooking an underwater graveyard
Portals of the Past : a bit of history and the occult on Lloyd Lake
The Presidio Pet Cemetery : final resting place for the furry and feathered
Project Artaud : the artist factory!
The Ramp : Fog City's hangover cure
The Rock Colony : where music legends lived and 'free loved"
The Rousseaus : one man, many facades
Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church : worship in the house of jazz
Saints Peter and Paul Church : home base of a neighborhood
Sam's Grill : a historic chophouse with a fishy past
San Francisco Art Institute : all hail Diego Rivera
Slovenian Hall : the past is present here
Stow Lake : the ghost of the White Lady
Sutro Heights Park : a garden of earthly delight
Swedenborgian Church : sacred space hidden in plain sight
Tenderloin National Forest : a quiet sliver of green amid the chaos
Tessie Wall Townhouse : home of a trigger-happy madam
Tin How Temple : the How of Tao
Tosca Café : still cool (thanks to Sean Penn)
Toy Boating on Spreckels Lake : it's anything but child's play
Transamerica Redwood Park : secrets of the pyramid
UCSF Medical Center Park : public art en plein air
Van Ness Auto Row : when cars were kings
Vermont Street : the thrill of S curves
Warrior Surfer Mural : reflection of a neighborhood
Wave Organ : shhh... listen
Wood Line : the art of sticks and stones.
Additional Information
Subjects |
San Francisco (Calif.)
-- Guidebooks.
Places. |
Publisher | [Cologne, Germany] :Emons Verlag GmbH,2016 |
Edition | Revised third edition. |
Other Titles | One hundred eleven places in San Francisco that you must not miss One hundred and eleven places in San Francisco that you must not miss |
Contributors |
Werney, Steve,
photographer. |
Language |
English |
Description |
235 pages : illustrations, maps, color ; 21 cm |
ISBN | 9783954516094 3954516098 |
Other | Classic View |