Product Description

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is both a guidebook and an unparalleled reference to the historic and architectural resources of this area. Intended for residents, visitors, historians, preservationists, and students, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the architectural environment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #353908 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 568 pages

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An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is both a guidebook and an unparalleled reference to the historic and architectural resources of this area. Intended for residents, visitors, historians, preservationists, and students, it is a must for anyone interested in the built environment.
o More than 2,000 entries.
o Features text and photographs by Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts.
o Showcases buildings by all major San Francisco Bay Area architects from the 1860s to the present.
o Covers landmarks in every Bay Area county: 1) San Francisco, 2) San Mateo, 3) Santa Clara, 4) Alameda, 5) Contra Costa, 6) Solano, 7) Napa, 8) Sonoma, and 9) Marin.
o Includes more than 100 cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
o Provides more than 140 maps for walking and driving tours.
o Offers historical essays on the history of each county, city, and town.
o Contains an extensive bibliography.

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Palo Alto was created in 1887 at the same time as Stanford University, and incorporated in 1894; the town was established to serve the university community. The city has beautiful tree-lined streets and good examples of pre-World War II homes. Its population is 58,000.

Customer Reviews

Excerpts from review in the Berkeley Daily Planet by Steven Finacom
There is a recent, substantial review of this guidebook by Steven Finacom in the Berkeley Daily Planet, Weekday Edition, Oct.30-Nov.1, 2007. Some excerpts are:
"A long-awaited, much-needed, and up-to-date guide to the great and representative buildings and architectural history of the Bay Area debuts this month."....
"This guide is organized geographically by county, with individual cities, districts, and structures provided. The writers went into the field with notebook and camera as well as consulting an array of historical documents, surveys, and local experts." ....
"Architecturally, the most prominent local communities such as San Francisco and Berkeley have been well covered by previous guides (including two written by Cerny) and published architectural histories. However, many smaller or less visible Bay Area towns, cities and neighborhoods have been overlooked.
"This book, with more than 500 pages of text and over 2,000 individual entries, rectifies the imbalance and provides a regional perspective, addressing not just the older city centers but the suburbs, and profiling their major edifices and representative structures from cattle ranching days to Gold Rush to dot-com boom." ....
"They [Cerny and her co-authors] brought a catholic sensibility to their writing and selection of projects, respectfully showing the whole panorama of Bay Area architectural history and urban development." ....
"If you're at all interested in the architecture and history of the Bay Area, this will be an indispensable reference to own. I may, in fact, get two copies; one for home, and one that stays in the car, so that on trips through the Bay Area, quick answers to "what building is that?" can finally be found."