San Francisco's Potrero Hill
Peter Linenthal, Abigail Johnston, The Potrero Hill Archives Project$27.19
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In the early 1800s, it was called the Potrero Nuevo, or "new pasture." Gold-rush squatters
soon put the squeeze on Mission Dolores's grazing cattle, and when the fog lifted, Potrero Hill became the first industrial zone in San Francisco, with iron-smelting plants, butcheries, and shipbuilding dominating the waterfront during the late 19th century. The Hill has been home to immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, China, Russia, Mexico, and from everywhere in between. These days, many of the factories and warehouses have been converted into housing and offices for techies. And for the record, the crookedest street in San Francisco is not Lombard--it's Vermont, between 20th and 22nd.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/01/2005
ISBN: 9781531615680
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d
soon put the squeeze on Mission Dolores's grazing cattle, and when the fog lifted, Potrero Hill became the first industrial zone in San Francisco, with iron-smelting plants, butcheries, and shipbuilding dominating the waterfront during the late 19th century. The Hill has been home to immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, China, Russia, Mexico, and from everywhere in between. These days, many of the factories and warehouses have been converted into housing and offices for techies. And for the record, the crookedest street in San Francisco is not Lombard--it's Vermont, between 20th and 22nd.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 08/01/2005
ISBN: 9781531615680
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d