The movement of the earth brought the hills of rock out of the sea , the water carried sand from the south and deposited it on the edge of the land . The winds , strong enough to blow sand over heights of six hundred feet , carried it ...
San Francisco: presidio, port and Pacific Metropolis
San Francisco
The “real” San Francisco lies below the streets, sidewalks, and buildings, hidden from view.
Three months after the earthquake, the real St. Francis was hosting banquets again, and the Buon Gusto Italian Restaurant offered “Ravioli Every Day.” In November, the Old Poodle Dog Hotel and Restaurant opened on Eddy Street, ...
"From the Golden Gate Bridge to seals to cable cars, there's no shortage of bright, bold, and interesting things to count in San Francisco. Explore numbers through the best the city has to offer..."--Amazon.com.
Take a visual and historical tour of the city of San Francisco without leaving your living room.
In addition to the more than 150 breathtaking color photographs of the city as it is today, this distinctive volume contains historic black-and-white photographs and text documenting some of San Francisco's most notable events and monuments ...
Over a hundred such ships were buried beneath the city as the shoreline pushed steadily eastward to today's Embarcadero . As San Francisco got rich on gold and silver in the 1850s and 1860s , new banks and financial institutions arose ...
Eating, drinking (coffee, organic juice, or alcohol), and sleeping (the crucial three), plus dancing, hiking, daytrips, shopping, art, and sightseeing are all covered, with the typical Rough Guide blend of irreverence, practicality, and ...
This true insiders guide to San Francisco reveals alluring nightlife romantic hotels intimate dining venues and much more--even secluded country retreats You say the two of you have lived in San Francisco long enough to forget how to have a ...
Includes cycling-specific packing and travel tips, trip charts for cycling stats, an on-the-road repair guide, conversion charts, a point page, and a place to record the addresses of loved ones back home--to send postcards, of course!
San Francisco 49ers, Candlestick Park at Candlestick Point, tel 415/656-4900, www.49ers.com. Football. Scheduled to move to a new one-billion-dollar stadium in Santa Clara in 2014. San Francisco Giants, AT+T Park, tel 415/972-2000, ...
Quick Escapes From San Francisco takes the work out of trip planning and features easy-to-follow, carefully planned itineraries for 36- to 48-hour getaways from the metropolitan area.
From the Golden Gate Bridge to seals to cable cars, there’s no shortage of bright, bold, and interesting things to count in San Francisco. Explore numbers through the best the city has to offer in this gorgeous board book!
These are the reasons explaining why San Francisco is one of the most popular destinations for gays in the world. You probably heard of the city of San Francisco many times.
This book introduces San Francisco, its major components, key concepts, and considerations, and provides an overview of using San Francisco for applications development.
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.
"With memorabilla from historic sites"--Cover.
And O. Henry, the famed short-story writer, accurately states: East is East "and West is San Francisco." More than Los Angeles, San Francisco is the epitome of the West Coast, as the city seems to encourage people to "do their own thing.