Splendid Survivors. San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage
first edition
1979 · San Francisco
by Corbett, Michael R.
San Francisco: Prepared by Charles Hall Page & Associates for The Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, 1979 First edition. Very scarce, especially as a hardback and in this condition. Quarto. Pp. xiii, [1], 273. Hundreds of photographs, color maps, text figures. Index of architects and buildings. Red cloth. Upper corners slightly jammed, but a very fine copy with spine-faded pictorial dust jacket. This book is very sought-after. This work presents an unparalleled resource of historical and planning information which delineates the historic contents of the San Francisco corridor along Market Street to the Civic Center and extending to Union Square, Chinatown and through the Financial District to the Bay. Each building, architectural element, etc. is given a system of criteria: Architectural/Historical/Cultural; Environmental Significance; and Negative Alteration. Includes forty maps and over five hundred detailed photographs.. (Inventory #: 8379)