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a history of the design, controversies, and realization of a City Beautiful masterpiece
The first and only book available which describes the origins of American civic centers and then tells the history of the greatest of the them, the San Francisco Civic Center.
The American civic center : origin and history -- Victorian city hall and early city planning in San Francisco -- California and the Chicago Exposition : the City Beautiful comes to San Francisco -- The 1906 earthquake's aftermath : catastrophe, disarray, and indecision -- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the creation of San Francisco's civic center -- Breaking ground on the civic center -- Between the wars : mayor Rolph forges ahead -- Between the wars : veterans and the temple of music -- Postwar and modernism -- Late-century expansion : Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and a new library -- Recent decades and the present day : building towards Civic Center's centennial.
Includes bibliographical references and index.