Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler has written an information-packed guide to the city by the bay which includes itineraries, walking, driving, and bike tour info, tips on shopping and dining, advice for public transportation, and more. Dozens of detailed, full-color maps.
San Fransicko reveals that the underlying problem isn’t a lack of housing or money for social programs. The real problem is an ideology that designates some people, by identity or experience, as victims entitled to destructive behaviors.
Reclaiming San Francisco is an anthology of fresh appraisals of the contrarian spirit of the city-a spirit "resistant to authority or control." The official story of San Francisco is one of progress, development, and growth.
With over 100 sites that you can visit and learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the landscape itself for clues to these histories.
A comprehensive appendix lists every one of the City's 600-plus public stairways. Long-term residents and tourists alike have used the book for over 25 years to adventurously uncover San Francisco's unexpected details.
As part of the Cities of the Imagination Series, this book presents an in-depth cultural, historical, and literary guide to San Francisco, a beautiful city renowned for its artists, eccentrics, visionaries, and activism.
This new guide combines engaging descriptions of sixty-five different trees with color photos that reflect the visual appeal of San Francisco.
The Bechtel Corporation built Marinship in Sausalito , which , at its height , employed 22,000 workers , while across the bay in Richmond , Henry Kaiser constructed a shipyard that became the world's largest .
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.
Take a stroll through the City by the Bay with renowned artist Wendy MacNaughton in this collection of illustrated documentaries.
With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends.