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Gables and fables : a portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights by Anne Bloomfield and Arthur Bloomfield; illustrations by Kit Haskell is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Gables and fables : a portrait of San Francisco's Pacific Heights about?

Enter the world of cornices, cupolas, and colonnettes, prestigious architects, and a parade of remarkable residents Charming and deeply informed, part historical detective work and part gossip column, this storied tour of 110 of Pacific Heights' grand old edifices offers an architectural and social history of one of San Francisco's most fabled neighborhoods. The neighborhood of Pacific Heights has long tickled the imagination of locals and tourists alike with its painted Victorians, chateaux, and mansions, and stories populated with the most famous of San Franciscan names. Enter the world of Ernest Coxhead, Willis Polk, Houghton Sawyer, Julia Morgan, William Wurster, and other great architects, along with the moguls, entrepreneurs, artists, mariners, recluses, and charlatans who lived in their creations.

Author

Anne Bloomfield and Arthur Bloomfield; illustrations by Kit Haskell

Publisher

Heyday Books; Brand: Heyday Books

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597140553

Subjects

Architecture, History, Art