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The San Francisco civic center : a history of the design, controversies, and realization of a City Beautiful masterpiece / / James W. Haas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haas, James W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civic Center (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.
- Civic Center (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Civic centers--California--San Francisco--History.
- Civic centers.
- Urban beautification--California--San Francisco--History.
- Urban beautification.
- Civic centers--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "The first and only book available which describes the origins of American civic centers and then tells the history of the greatest of the them, the San Francisco Civic Center"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The American civic center : origin and history
- Victorian city hall and early city planning in San Francisco
- California and the Chicago Exposition : the City Beautiful comes to San Francisco
- The 1906 earthquake's aftermath : catastrophe, disarray, and indecision
- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the creation of San Francisco's civic center
- Breaking ground on the civic center
- Between the wars : mayor Rolph forges ahead
- Between the wars : veterans and the temple of music
- Postwar and modernism
- Late-century expansion : Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and a new library
- Recent decades and the present day : building towards Civic Center's centennial.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781948908146
- 194890814X
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