San Francisco's Potrero Hill

Download or Read eBook San Francisco's Potrero Hill PDF written by Peter Linenthal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
San Francisco's Potrero Hill
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780738529370
ISBN-13 : 0738529370
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Book Synopsis San Francisco's Potrero Hill by : Peter Linenthal

Book excerpt: 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.


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