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About this Book
People who recall San Francisco’s prior days bemoan
that it just isn’t the same... and they’re right. San Francisco will
always remain one of the world’s great cities, but yesterday’s San
Francisco, with it’s personalized style and charm, had no rival.
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.
Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history
shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one
of the world’s premier places to live and work for more than one hundred
and fifty years. It not only tells of the lost landmarks, but also
dishes up the flavor of what it was like to experience these past
treasures.
Includes:
• Playland-at-the-Beach
• Chutes Park
• 127 Abe Warner’s Cobweb Palace
• Sutro Heights
• Fleishhacker Pool
• Old Bay District Race Track
• Seal Stadium
• Woodward’s Gardens
• What Cheer House
• Finocchio’s
• The Bohemian Club
• City of Paris
• The Lick House
• The Panama-Pacific International Exhibition
• Carville
and scores more!
About
the Author
James R. Smith is a sixth generation Californian and
a fourth generation native of the City of San Francisco. He is an
experienced genealogical and historical researcher with published credit
in the books When All Roads Led to Tombstone by W. Lane Rogers
and Wendy Lawton’s Almost Home and Ransom’s Mark. |
