Bibliograph

San Francisco's St. Francis Wood, Richard Brandi ; photography by Mark Citret

Type

Label

San Francisco's St. Francis Wood, Richard Brandi ; photography by Mark Citret

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references (p. 296-297) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

San Francisco's St. Francis Wood

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

819572335

Responsibility statement

Richard Brandi ; photography by Mark Citret

Summary

On heavily forested land remote from developed San Francisco, the Mason-McDuffie Company sought in 1912 to create a residence park that embodied the highest ideals of early twentieth century landscaping and architecture. St. Francis Wood attracted some of the Bay Area's most accomplished designers and architects, from John Galen Howard to Henry Gutterson to Julia Morgan, and despite early difficulties, flowered into one of the coutrny's most successful examples of a City Beautiful "garden suburb." Featuring historical images, a visual inventory of homes and stunning present-day photographs, this is the sotry of one of San Francisco's finest residential neighborhoods -- Publisher's description.

Table Of Contents

The land -- The residence park -- The plan -- The marketing of St. Francis Wood -- Henry Gutterson -- The architects -- Traditional architecture -- Community life -- Change and renewal

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Saint Francis Wood

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