Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The San Francisco Civic Center
Author: James Haas
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 194890814X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
San Francisco is known and loved around the world for its iconic man-made structures, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and Transamerica Pyramid. Yet its Civic Center, with the grandest collection of monumental municipal buildings in the United States, is often overlooked, drawing less global and local interest, despite its being an urban planning marvel featuring thirteen government office and cultural buildings. In The San Francisco Civic Center, James Haas tells the complete story of San Francisco’s Civic Center and how it became one of the most complete developments envisioned by any American city. Originally planned and designed by John Galen Howard in 1912, the San Francisco Civic Center is considered in both design and materials one of the finest achievements of the American reformist City Beautiful movement, an urban design movement that began more than a century ago. Haas meticulously unravels the Civic Center’s story of perseverance and dysfunction, providing an understanding and appreciation of this local and national treasure. He discusses why the Civic Center was built, how it became central to the urban planning initiatives of San Francisco in the early twentieth century, and how the site held onto its founders’ vision despite heated public debates about its function and achievement. He also delves into the vision for the future and related national trends in city planning and the architectural and art movements that influenced those trends. Riddled with inspiration and leadership as well as controversy, The San Francisco Civic Center, much like the complex itself, is a stunning manifestation of the confident spirit of one of America’s most dynamic and creative cities.
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 194890814X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
San Francisco is known and loved around the world for its iconic man-made structures, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and Transamerica Pyramid. Yet its Civic Center, with the grandest collection of monumental municipal buildings in the United States, is often overlooked, drawing less global and local interest, despite its being an urban planning marvel featuring thirteen government office and cultural buildings. In The San Francisco Civic Center, James Haas tells the complete story of San Francisco’s Civic Center and how it became one of the most complete developments envisioned by any American city. Originally planned and designed by John Galen Howard in 1912, the San Francisco Civic Center is considered in both design and materials one of the finest achievements of the American reformist City Beautiful movement, an urban design movement that began more than a century ago. Haas meticulously unravels the Civic Center’s story of perseverance and dysfunction, providing an understanding and appreciation of this local and national treasure. He discusses why the Civic Center was built, how it became central to the urban planning initiatives of San Francisco in the early twentieth century, and how the site held onto its founders’ vision despite heated public debates about its function and achievement. He also delves into the vision for the future and related national trends in city planning and the architectural and art movements that influenced those trends. Riddled with inspiration and leadership as well as controversy, The San Francisco Civic Center, much like the complex itself, is a stunning manifestation of the confident spirit of one of America’s most dynamic and creative cities.
Federal Capital Region Planning and Development
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
District of Columbia Appropriations for 1979
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1696
Book Description
Justifications, Office of the Mayor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1888
Book Description
District of Columbia Appropriations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
District of Columbia appropriations for fiscal year 1979
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1866
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1866
Book Description
District of Columbia Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1978
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the District of Columbia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
The San Francisco Bay Area
Author: Mel Scott
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520055100
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520055100
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publication
Author: Hawaii. Territorial Planning Board
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description