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Cool gray city of love : 49 views of San Francisco / Gary Kamiya.

by Kamiya, Gary.

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New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Walking -- California -- San Francisco -- Guidebooks.

Historic sites -- California -- San Francisco -- Guidebooks.

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Guidebooks.

9781608199600 (alk. paper)

1608199606 (alk. paper)

xii, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

1st U.S. edition.

The outer limits -- Adventures in the skin trade -- The Alcatraz triangle -- Stairway to Heaven -- The harbor at the end of the world -- The canyon -- The temple -- The long march -- The borrowed city -- The lost river -- Our lady of sorrows -- Maximum city -- Outside sands -- Pluto on the Pacific -- The chronicler -- The country in the city -- Huck's hideaway -- The dead city -- The bridge -- Californio dreaming -- The Puertozuela -- The lotus-eaters -- The last roll -- The farce -- A streetcar to subduction -- The delirium -- The balcony -- City limits -- The torch -- The park -- Hill of hate -- Happy trails -- The balloon -- The front door -- A tale of two earthquakes -- City beautiful -- Trying to find Chinatown -- Deserted cities of the heart -- Port of embarkation -- The end of the road -- The haunted house -- If you were a bird -- The greatest of these -- Rota Fortunae -- The sand castle -- Taking it to the streets -- Genius loci -- Dancing on the brink of the world -- Lands end.

A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of "Salon" explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events.

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