Abandoned NYC

Abandoned NYC

Author: Will Ellis

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764347610

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From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay


The San Francisco Cliff House

The San Francisco Cliff House

Author: Mary Germain Hountalas

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 158008995X

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The history of this fabled site spans 150 years, beginning in


San Francisco's Richmond District

San Francisco's Richmond District

Author: Lorri Ungaretti

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738530536

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San Francisco is a patchwork of unique neighborhoods, and one of the most distinctive is the Richmond District. Stretching from the city's dense urban core outward to the rocky, rugged cliffs of Land's End, the Richmond contains schools, shops, churches, hospitals, and citizens from many different backgrounds and countries. San Francisco historian and tour guide Lorri Ungaretti, author of San Francisco's Sunset District, showcases here a stirring collection of vintage Richmond images, detailing this district's journey from windswept sand dunes to the modern and livable place we know today. Among the Richmond's long-gone sights are cemeteries, farms, racetracks, and improvised cottages built in the wake of the 1906 earthquake. The area remained mostly rural through the 1880s, when mining entrepreneur Adolph Sutro (who also developed Sutro Heights and Sutro Baths) put in a commuter rail line to connect San Francisco's central district with his entertainment destinations in the "Outside Lands" near Ocean Beach. The Richmond District's history includes large cemetery plots that are now covered with homes. In addition, the various roadhouses, racetracks, and amusement parks in the area made it what Ungaretti calls "the city's playground." They're gone now, but remain important parts of the Richmond's fascinating history.


San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

Author: James R. Smith

Publisher: Quill Driver Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781884995446

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With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than one hundred and fifty years. It not only tells of the lost landmarks, but also dishes up the flavour of what it was like to experience these past treasures.


San Francisco's Ocean Beach

San Francisco's Ocean Beach

Author: Kathleen Manning

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531614911

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Where the waves of the Pacific Ocean wash up against the quiet neighborhoods of San Francisco, Ocean Beach has endured as a popular destination for tourists and San Francisco residents alike. At water's edge is the Cliff House restaurant where visitors can look down upon the remains of the Sutro Baths, a 19th-century indoor pool complex. Just south is the famous Golden Gate Park with its two stately windmills, followed by the well-loved San Francisco Zoo. But a century of change has altered the landscape and the attractions of Ocean Beach, making way for new developments and reflecting the evolution of the city of San Francisco itself.


Girl, Unframed

Girl, Unframed

Author: Deb Caletti

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-06-23

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 153442699X

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Seven starred reviews! “A riveting, meticulously plotted mystery with plenty of drama.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A teen girl’s summer with her famous mother turns sinister in this gripping thriller inspired by a real-life Hollywood murder from Printz Honor–winning and National Book Award finalist author Deb Caletti—perfect for fans of Courtney Summers’s Sadie. Sydney Reilly has a bad feeling about going home to San Francisco before she even gets on the plane. How could she not? Her mother is Lila Shore—the Lila Shore—a film star who prizes her beauty and male attention above all else…certainly above her daughter. But Sydney’s worries multiply when she discovers that Lila is involved with the dangerous Jake, an art dealer with shady connections. Jake loves all beautiful objects, and Sydney can feel his eyes on her whenever he’s around. And he’s not the only one. Sydney is starting to attract attention—good and bad—wherever she goes: from sweet, handsome Nicco Ricci, from the unsettling construction worker next door, and even from Lila. Behaviors that once seemed like misunderstandings begin to feel like threats as the summer grows longer and hotter. But real danger, crimes of passion, the kind of stuff where someone gets killed—it only mostly happens in the movies, Sydney is sure. Until the night something life-changing happens on the stairs that lead to the beach. A thrilling night that goes suddenly very wrong. When loyalties are called into question. And when Sydney learns a terrible truth: beautiful objects can break.


Cool Gray City of Love

Cool Gray City of Love

Author: Gary Kamiya

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1620401266

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A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of Salon explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events. By the author of Shadow Knights. 30,000 first printing.


Good Life in Hard Times

Good Life in Hard Times

Author: Jerry Flamm

Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780811825566

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Jerry Flamm's warm reminiscences of growing up in 1920s and 1930s San Francisco glows with romance for the city when San Franciscans entertained themselves listening to the radio, swimming at Sutro Baths or enjoying a 50 cents pasta dinner.