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035			_a(AEA)2A82AC55D575494F9D3128C068C7E784
050			_aHT 177.S38 _b.H255 1984
100			_aHartman, Chester W. _9108977
245		4	_aThe transformation of San Francisco / _cChester Hartman.
260			_aTotowa, NJ : _bRowman & Allanheld, _cc1984.
300			_axx, 372 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. _c22 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: p. 327-362.
520			_aSan 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 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? Hartman was directly involved in many of the events he chronicles and thus had access to sources that might otherwise have been unavailable. A former activist with the National Housing Law Project, San Franciscans for Affordable Housing, and other neighborhood organizations, he explains how corporate San Francisco obtained the necessary cooperation of city and federal governments in undertaking massive redevelopment. He illustrates the rationale that produced BART, a subway system that serves upper-income suburbs but few of the city's poor neighborhoods, and cites the environmental effects of unrestrained highrise development, such as powerful wind tunnels and lack of sunshine. In describing the struggle to keep housing affordable in San Francisco and the seemingly intractable problem of homelessness, Hartman reveals the human face of the city's economic transformation.
650			_aCity planning _zCalifornia _9108978
650			_aCity planning _zSan Francisco. _9108979
650			_aUrban renewal _zCalifornia _9108980
650			_zCalifornia. _948335
650			_zSan Francisco. _968630
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