Sold by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 21 November 2024
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Very good. Mounted on heavy linen. Size 24.5 x 30.5 Inches. This is Henry W. Faust's 1892 map of San Francisco, California, demonstrating the growth and planned future expansion of America's western metropolis. A Closer Look The map covers the entire city of San Francisco, including both extant urban development at the time of publication and planned future developments (variously named homesteads, additions, tracts, reservations, and others). It records a remarkable level of detail, down to numbering individual city blocks. Concentric circles radiate at a half-mile from the ferry landing at the end of Market St., where the iconic Ferry Building would be constructed in the following years. An inset map at the top-right displays the wider San Francisco Bay Area. Cable car, street car, and rail lines are noted according to the legend at right. San Francisco boasted an impressive public transportation network at this time, with cable cars being a major innovation. Lines along Market St. and other relatively flat parts of the city were being actively transitioned from horse-pulled to steam-powered and then electrified. Urban-suburban railways pulled by steam locomotives provided connections along Golden Gate Park and to the western end of the city. The Ferries and Cliff House Railway (also known as the Cliff House Steam Railroad) ran to a cluster of attractions, including Sutro Baths, the Cliff House, and Seal Rocks (the train ride along cliffs facing the Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands, was said to be an experience in itself, captured in a 1902 film reel titled 'Panoramic View of the Golden Gate' by Thomas Edison Inc.). Adolph Sutro These attractions were all connected to millionaire Adolph Sutro and his estate, which occupied the northwest corner of the city. A German-born Jew who engineered the tunnel allowing for the exploitation of the Comstock Lode, Sutro had an inexhaustible drive to take on new projects, including philanthropic ones. An altogether unique product of the era and city, Sutro successfully ran for mayor in 1894 on a Populist, anti-big business platform despite being one of the city's richest men. Much of his criticism was directed towards the city's political machine, which historically pandered to the Southern Pacific Railroad. As a case in point, the Park and Ocean Railroad running along the south side of Golden Gate Park was owned by the Central Pacific Railroad (of Transcontinental Railroad fame). The Central Pacific was the predecessor to the Southern Pacific and was owned by the same 'Big Four' railroad barons who also owned the Southern Pacific (which, somewhat confusingly, bought the Central Pacific in 1885). Despite the Central Pacific's heft, state-appointed board of commissioners of Golden Gate Park had successfully opposed the construction of the Park and Ocean Railroad for several years. That is, until 1882, when Frank Pixley, the politically-connected newspaperman and operative for the Big Four, was appointed to the board and engineered its takeover. Soon afterwards, none other than Leeland Stanford also joined the park commission, and the Park and Ocean Railroad was quickly approved. The Best Laid Plans… The Richmond and Sunset ('South Side') Districts were more concept than reality at this point, as the ghosted in 'Central Ocean Road' and waterways in the latter demonstrates, though the grid laid out here was largely followed (with exceptions made for parks, reservoirs, and schools). The Sea Cliff neighborhood, between the City Cemetery and the Presidio, was ultimately built with more 'charming' winding streets, adding to the area's exclusive feel. Similarly, the Marina District to the east of the Presidio did not develop quite as planned here, as it was still in the process of being reclaimed from the water, and what did exist was severely damaged by the 1906 earthquake. Much of the innermost portion of the Richmond District near the northeast corner of Golden Gate Park also changed consid.
Seller Inventory # SanFrancisco-faust-1892
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