The San Francisco Cliff House
- ISBN-10
- 158008995X
- ISBN-13
- 9781580089951
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Mary Germain Hountalas
Description
The history of this fabled site spans 150 years, beginning in
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