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East Bay Then and Now
Explore the eastern side of San Francisco’s beautiful bay with this photographic look at the East Bay, as it was then and how it is today. From Fremont to Richmond, the East Bay is a vibrant, energetic region encompassing growing business and technological concerns, thriving student populations, and serene residential neighborhoods. That’s today’s image of the East Bay, but 160 years ago much of the region was still farmland. Everything changed with the discovery of gold at John Sutter’s sawmill in 1848. This book traces the ensuing explosion of business and population through fascinating archival photographs placed side by side with matching contemporary views. Historic sites pictured include the San Jose Mission, the San Leandro Courthouse, the Lake Merritt Boat House, and Berkeley City Hall.
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San Francisco in Photographs by Eric J. Kos and Dennis Evanosky. The fabulous pictures were taken by photographer Karl Mondon.
With its crooked streets, “painted ladies,” atmospheric wharves, and the engineering masterpiece of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco is one of the United States’ most easily recognized cities. It also has a special place in history as the intellectual home of many artists and writers, and the birthplace of the sixties hippie movement. But there is much more to San Francisco than this. With a timeline stretching back over two centuries, its rich mix of peoples, its beautiful peninsula setting, and a host of architectural treasures, San Francisco is one of America’s most visually stunning cities.
San Francisco in Photographs takes a visual tour of this unique city. Starting from the historic waterfront with the landmark Ferry Building, Embarcadero, Fisherman’s Wharf, and amazing views over the Pacific Ocean from Ghirardelli Square, it visits San Francisco’s most celebrated locations. Within its pages are the stories of missionaries and bawdy houses, of the gold rush boom and the tragic Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
Visiting each neighborhood, the book features Chinatown, the Mission District,Twin Peaks, and Nob Hill, as well as less famous attractions, such as the Peace Pagoda in Japantown and the Deco Ghetto. It also visits colorful Haight-Ashbury, made famous in the “Summer of Love.”
San Francisco in Photographs is a fitting tribute to one of America’s most diverse, exciting, and picturesque cities.
Eric J. Kos is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and has provided his design expertise to various publications in the East Bay since 1997. In 2001 he helped start his first corporation, Stellar Media Group, Inc., which publishes the Alameda Sun, a free weekly newspaper in Alameda, California. In 2004 he authored East Bay Then and Now (Thunder Bay) with Dennis Evanosky.
Dennis Evanosky is the real estate editor at the Alameda Sun. He has written a series of 20 articles for the Sun about Alameda's Victorian-era architecture.
These articles will become the third book in the series "History is All Around Us." The series already includes both the Laurel and Mountain View books. To read one of these articles click here. The book will be published in March 2008.
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