San Francisco. Portrait of a City av Richie Unterberger

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<p>Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the <strong>city from the mid¿nineteenth century to the present day</strong>.<br/><br/> Enjoy eye-catching views of the city¿s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the <strong>Golden Gate Bridge</strong>, <strong>Chinatown</strong>, the <strong>picturesque trams</strong> that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco¿s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the <strong>beats of North Beach</strong>, the <strong>hippies of Haight-Ashbury</strong>, the <strong>gay communities of Castro</strong>, and the <strong>Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland</strong>. Some of the city¿s most famous residents also mak