Off the Beaten Path: San Francisco - Softcover

Petrocelli, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762722924 ISBN 13: 9780762722921

Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Discover the less-well-known side of San Francisco and enjoy funky shops and eateries, truly unique museums and galleries, and obscure theater and music venues--plus often-neglected but equally fascinating aspects of well-known attractions in the City by the Bay. Soon you will munching focaccia bread from a specialty bakery in business since 1911, hanging out at the bar where Kerouac was a regular, and looking beyond Alcatraz to Angel Island, entry point for tens of thousands of Asian immigrants and now a great place to bike and hike. Wherever you roam, this book will help you expand your vision off the beaten path.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Petrocelli comes by his love for his hometown and for books honestly, as son of the owners of San Francisco's wonderful Book Passage store.

From the Back Cover

You've crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, viewed the bay from the top of Telegraph Hill, and dined on fresh seafood at Fisherman's Wharf. Ready to wrap up your visit? Don't even think about it! San Francisco has so much more to offer. Get into the heart of things with Globe Pequot's Off the Beaten Path series. Devoted to travelers with a taste for the unique, this easy-to-use guide will help you discover the hidden places in San Francisco that most tourists miss - unsung, unspoiled, and out-of-the-way finds that liven up a week's vacation, a day trip, or an afternoon.

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Near 25th street, on the park's north side, you might notice a lonely-looking marble entryway standing next to duck pond. These columns, now called Portals of the Past once led into the Nob Hill mansion of A.N. Towne, vice-president of the Southern Pacific railroad. The mansion was completely destroyed in the earthquake and resulting fire of 1906, leaving only the entryway intact. Perhaps a more surprising sight to an idle passerby is the herd of buffalo roaming languidly on a patch of grass near 40th street. The Buffalo Paddock has been part of the park since 1892 when naturalists brought two females and one male from the plains of Kansas and Wyoming. The awkward-looking beasts, called bison by those who know, were given Native American names by a group of Lakota Sioux tribesmen in 1993. Within sight of the beach, two windmills stand sentry near the park's western corners. Both were designed to bring well water to the surface to irrigate the park and are now idle. On the south side is the Murphy Windmill, named for banker Samuel G. Murphy who gave it to the city in 1905. It is in an state of unattractive disrepair, its shingles falling off and a chain-link fence surrounding it. The north side's Dutch Windmill, built in 1903, was restored in 1981 and is surrounded by a pristine tulip garden.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762722924
• ISBN 13: 9780762722921
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192