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Art deco San Francisco : the architecture of Timothy Pflueger / Therese Poletti ; photography by Tom Paiva.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA737.P425 P65 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poletti, Therese, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig, 1892-1946--Criticism and interpretation.
- Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig.
- Art deco (Architecture)--California--San Francisco.
- Art deco (Architecture).
- Architecture--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Architects--California--San Francisco--Biography.
- Architects.
- Physical Description:
- xi. 243 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Origins amid a devastated city
- Apprentice with a trace of genius
- From nickelodeons to movie palaces
- Skyscrapers for the jazz age
- Monument to the Crash
- Paradise found at the Paramount
- Finding work during the Great Depression
- Trials and tribulations: the Bay Bridge
- Cocktail lounges and a world's fair
- Feminine mystique
- Epilog: a legacy continues
- List of works.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Greenfield fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781568987569 (alk. paper)
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