Portal : San Francisco's Ferry Building and the reinvention of American cities / John King.

"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 ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	King, John (John Allan), 1958- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Subjects:	Ferry Building (San Francisco, Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > History. San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century. San Francisco (Calif.) > Buildings, structures, etc. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Buildings. California > San Francisco. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	San Francisco's Ferry Building and the reinvention of American cities
Format:	Book

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