| San Francisco's West Portal Neighborhoods Contributor(s): Brandi, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738529974 ISBN-13: 9780738529974 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.461 |
| LCCN: 2005923705 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.48" W x 9.22" (0.67 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When you re in West Portal and the adjacent Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood, it s hard to believe you re still in San Francisco. These quiet and picturesque neighborhoods are decidedly non-urban, yet they are connected by a streetcar tunnel that leads under Twin Peaks to the bustling downtown area, two miles through the city s mountainous core. In fact, West Portal is named for the western end of this tunnel, which opened in 1917 to bring residents from the city center to what were new garden suburbs. Originally West Portal was sandy and scruffy, while Forest Hill and St. Francis Wood were heavily forested. The neighborhoods grew rapidly in the 1920s, and today West Portal is a popular shopping and entertainment district, while St. Francis Wood and Forest Hill boast some of the city s finest architecture and landscaping." |
Contributor Bio(s): Brandi, Richard: - Historian and West Portal resident Richard Brandi pairs his knowledge with this collection of vintage images, illustrating the West Portal neighborhoods journey from sand and forest to today s popular village-within-a-city. Brandi takes readers on a tour of the neighborhoods architecture, people, businesses, and schools, showcasing a West Portal that retains the charms of yesterday in the heart of an ultra-modern city. |