San Francisco

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San Francisco. Who doesn't love San Francisco? The bay, the bridges, the Victorian buildings, the hills and their cable cars, the cultural variety, the food... it's all there. For those already smitten and for those not yet under San Francisco's magicai spell, this book is the perfect love charm, a valentine in pictures and words from six San Franciscans. For four years photographer Morton Beebe, a thirdgeneration Northern Californian, has focused on every facet of San Francisco city life-from the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Chinatown parade, from elegant dinners at the Opera to girlie shows at North Beach. His pictures offer the most intimate, complete view of the city ever published. In the opening essay, Herb Caen, the popular daily columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, welcomes visitors with somé choice words of advice and amusing puns-such as calling the Bay Bridge a "car-strangled spanner." Next, Tom Colé proffers a mini-history of the town (illustrated with... Tovább

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San Francisco. Who doesn't love San Francisco? The bay, the bridges, the Victorian buildings, the hills and their cable cars, the cultural variety, the food... it's all there. For those already smitten and for those not yet under San Francisco's magicai spell, this book is the perfect love charm, a valentine in pictures and words from six San Franciscans. For four years photographer Morton Beebe, a thirdgeneration Northern Californian, has focused on every facet of San Francisco city life-from the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Chinatown parade, from elegant dinners at the Opera to girlie shows at North Beach. His pictures offer the most intimate, complete view of the city ever published. In the opening essay, Herb Caen, the popular daily columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, welcomes visitors with somé choice words of advice and amusing puns-such as calling the Bay Bridge a "car-strangled spanner." Next, Tom Colé proffers a mini-history of the town (illustrated with vintage photographs), going back to Gold Rush days. Kevin Starr writes on the city's neighborhoods and local character while Barnaby Conrad-that painter, bullfighter, raconteur, and publican-introduces the subject he knows best, nightlife. Finally, novelist Herbert Gold poses the interesting and not irrelevant question: Is San Francisco "part of the real world"? For the answer to that question, and for a stunning visual feast, turn the pages-and fali in love. Approximately 200 photographs in Juli color; including an 8-page gatefold, and 16 black-and-white photographs Vissza