Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities -- John King, Hardcover Jim Cox one of the many pseudonyms

one of the many pseudonyms of New Jersey designer/musician Seth Haley

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in a region renowned for its water-related innovations

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Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities -- John King, Hardcover Jim Cox one of the many pseudonymsConceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco's portal to the world the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World's Fair postcards, nothing said "San Francisco" more than its soaring clocktower. But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts in Portal, the rise of the automobile and double deck freeways severed the city from its beloved structure and