City for sale
Subtitle: the transformation of San Francisco
By: Chester Hartman, with Sarah Carnochan.
Contributors: Carnochan, Sarah.; Hartman, Chester W.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Urban renewal -- California -- San Francisco.; City planning -- California -- San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)
Description: "San Francisco is perhaps the most exhilarating of all American cities - its beauty, cultural and political avant-gardism, and history are legendary, while its idiosyncrasies make front-page news. In this revised and updated edition of his highly regarded study of San Francisco's economic and political development since the mid-1950s, Chester Hartman gives a detailed account of how the city has been transformed by the expansion - outward and upward - of its downtown.

His story is fueled by a wide range of players and an astonishing array of events, from police storming the International Hotel to citizens forcing the midair termination of a freeway. Throughout, Hartman raises a troubling question: can San Francisco's unique qualities survive the changes that have altered the city's skyline, neighborhoods, and economy?"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-463) and index.
Rev. ed. of: The transformation of San Francisco / Chester Hartman. 1984.