San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Bay Area
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
What’s ® The Cultural Landscape Foundation ™ Out There connecting people to places tclf.org San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Bay Area Welcome to What’s Out There® San Francisco The guidebook is a complement to TCLF’s digital What’s Out Bay Area, organized by The Cultural Landscape There San Francisco Bay Area Guide (tclf.org/san-francisco), Foundation (TCLF) and a committee of local experts. an interactive online platform that includes the enclosed site profiles plus many others, as well as overarching narratives, This guidebook provides photographs and details of 35 maps, historic photographs, and designers’ biographical examples of the region’s rich cultural landscape legacy. Its profiles. The guide is the sixteenth such online compendium publication is timed to coincide with the launch of What’s of urban landscapes, dovetailing with TCLF’s web-based Out There Weekend San Francisco Bay Area, September What’s Out There, the nation’s most comprehensive searchable 14-15, 2019, a weekend of free, expert-led tours. database of historic designed landscapes. Profusely illustrated First settled by indigenous peoples and later by Spanish and carefully vetted, the searchable database currently features colonists, the Bay Area saw relatively modest growth until the more than 2,000 sites, 12,000 images, and 1,100 designer Photo courtesy Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy 1848 California Gold Rush and railroad connections irrevocably profiles. The database has been optimized for mobile devices transformed once-isolated communities into bustling, multi- and includes What’s Nearby, a GPS-enabled feature that ethnic commercial centers. At the turn of the century, the locates all landscapes within a given distance, customizable by aspirations for making San Francisco the ‘Paris of the Pacific’ mileage or walking time. were thwarted by the 1906 earthquake. Displaying a unique resilience, the city was able to rebuild in time to host the A special word of thanks is owed to the many photographers Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Despite the who generously contributed their work to the guidebook and uncertainties of the Great Depression, the city oversaw the online guide. Committee chairs René Bihan and Alexis Woods construction of both the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland provided invaluable, intimate knowledge of local landscapes Bridges, connecting the Bay Area’s various communities. In the and the landscape architecture community. We are likewise postwar years, a lengthy period of controversial urban renewal grateful to the site owners, stewards, volunteers, financial resulted in the rehabilitation of downtown districts, as well as the supporters, and other friends of TCLF who made the guidebook erasure of established communities. The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) and tours possible. We also appreciate your interest in What’s TCLF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 to connect people to The landscape of the Bay Area is a many-layered palimpsest, Out There San Francisco Bay Area and hope you will enjoy places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared with contemporary designs existing side by side with experiencing the region’s unique and valuable landscape legacy. landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its nineteenth-century defensive fortifications. Following stewards. Through its website, publishing, lectures and other events, World War II, the region was a testing ground for Modernist Sincerely, TCLF broadens support and understanding for cultural landscapes. landscape architects to experiment with new design tclf.org typologies. From Osmundson & Staley’s Kaiser Center Roof Garden, and Lawrence Halprin’s United Nations Plaza, to more recent work at Salesforce Park, the legacy of design Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR innovation continues today. PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION 2 The Cultural Landscape Foundation www.tclf.org 3 iego Rd Coun W R 175 ty Roa d 9 9 w 101 16 29 5 County Road 17 113 D u t 5 c 8 h e d r a C o r R ee Butts C y k t n R u 87 505 d anyo B o e C r n r R y Road d e s y County Road 18 sa nt Kn Cou o 5 x v i W Elverta Rd ll Co e unty R R oad 1 oad 9 d 9 R Bu 99 tts d C a an yon County County Road 18c Rd nty Ro nty St 8 u Co Lake Sonoma 9 N East N Recreation Area 128 oad 16 d R e G R nty e n ys i e L Ca Rd nyon r Cou vil r le e Av w e o P A 93 y Ave i W Kentucky Ave E Kentuck r p o r b Kentucky Ave t B 85 l 101 v County Road 94b d 2 D r y ty Road C r e ek Coun R 16 d 5 East St County Road 10 22 W Main St Main St E Main St E Main St County Road 16 Woodland 5 Bayou Way 128 N Bayou Rd County Road 2 3 West St West County Road 24 W Gibson Rd Gibson Rd E Gibson Rd d R e l l 29 i so Rd Robert Louis v 113 Del Pa ox n xand K le er Val A ley St East Rd a Stevenson s s e Robert Louis y r State Park on Rd r y 9 Lytton Springs Rd n e a 8 B C Stevenson tts d O Bu a ld y o R Hw R i v Garden y e State Park t r n Rd u o 128 C Road 93 Road County Road 25a County Road 99 D ry County Cr ee k 95 Road County R d P o p e V a ll e d y R R n d o 505 y n a County Road 98 Road County C e p o County Road 27 e P v County Road 27 A rg u b s d l a e H Healdsburg 29 County Road 102 128 101 County Road 28h County Road 29 bs Ln Cou ub T nty Roa d 10 1a O ld R e S d d il 05 v R wo e F e ra o v d n o i o o A T t a d h rl il n t l 95 Road County B l H lvd o n Road 1 wy c u 80 n o i L M d l l R t e s County w e Calistoga 98 o r F St o H B F e oad r d r e y fi e i s Blvd A r s R nty t a E Covell ad 32 e K ty Ro P n un u o County Road 31 Co W Covell Blvd W Covell Blvd Co xv il Po B le le oad 32 nty R R 113 L Cou S d i t Hele n na e d a Austin Creek State H Arata Ln R R 3 w y 9 d e d d i Rd Recreation Area s a es t il orter C o h es C P r R e Larkmead Ln C W ek hi y Rd le t St 80 s n 2nd S P o u 5th St p o Anderson Rd e C Davis L Rd West Sacramento V S s a ll Blvd E l Russe t l B le wel lvd S ok y Co Starr Rd t o R A S Sil d Br v n e r t L Bothe-Napa Valley a r d ndso Ri e Wi ver Rd o Windsor e r T r b State Park l m N Blvd e H Armstrong Russell Blvd Redwoods Mace d R State Reserve e d i t s 128 d s R a S L k E t ow e Windsor Rd Windsor e re H r C el Ch tah en d il Pu a R e s V H k a w r lle Winters y a y N P R r d Shiloh Rd e e D 505 tside Rd d G R es St He a C l e W a ena Rd d li g Mou d d s n n i R i t r ta n ridg o p i i s S n i g R R B v d a d a R 101 D d d l O venson 4 Main S te S C Airport Blvd t h i Pedrick Rd l 128 e s Pope St P o d p R e gs S V County Road 10 in St Helena ilv a r l Tremont Rd p e l S ra e st d y e o W Trl R Rd rk S d ek a Cre 116 M tah n Pu L Ol g d in R rl e Sievers Rd a dwoo unta Sp River Rd Fo in d G r Sa Hw o g y v e e 80 del Ln Can Rd yon P R k iv Rd Halley er y Zinfan C S R o a d n g e Rd y n C a C ny S r o t e n R e H e d Curr el k en R a d H C Mirabel Rd w a y p erne H Gu ville wy lvd S ell ito B Va tec lle n y o Rd M N Rd 1 s a d M Ch nate R t i S s oeder t s i o d n Fulton Rd Fulton R Schr Piner Rd B 116 a d l R v d un d for g r e d a e th L u Fr v R G A N r a Rd n a o n Rd n v k it e d lin ns Ln c idia R e W Steele Ln Steel e r A t S t R Bulkley ei v n i n Rd w lv Hackma e Me o P n Robbe l e Allendale Rd l Hw r Mo r a e a y d a N M N o s a T D e r n ol Rd ol Scho Pitt v t u l s t A t V e Rd o Guernevill a n no l l A i Pacific Ave W A St E A St Dixon Ave E e Dixon Ave W v c y e o Sonom R d S n d u Rd Rd m a Hwy ss Dixon Blvd n m o Me r e C t le S mm Ti W College Ave 4th St r Sugarloaf l Sonoma Ave fie kvi t a s l O 1 Colle d Jefferso ge Ave Ln Rd Ridge S s s r e m r e State Park Capell Vall n Rd a e e n Av Y y R Peaceful Gl F oe St Hele Rd H u d Frei 3rd St lu p a Santa Rosa A na W e v 3rd S Av e Hwy t ple Bennett Ma Valley Rd d R m Dutton Ave m i Rd r d T Sebastopol 101 D R ds S r e Betha d 505 t o ra G ny ille Oakv Midway Rd Midway Rd P Midway Rd d oi d Cantelow Rd R 12 n Annadel R n t s o S s rat R o ro G d n o C State m lle 113 a vi H t arn Ave w n He Park y You 80 P e S Wright Rd Wright S t S a il Ra lu v e m e Av r g ol a a l d e op H st o a i Rd b l Se Ludwig Ave l T R Yountville r d l Vaca d Va R ll Sebastopol ey Pk n y o Ben y n n d e e a R Ave t Bodega t C Av V y n e a l o ll l s ey a b V i R Llano R d G s Hwy D n a r w eg y o d r Santa Rosa C o r B d e B ek dd Rd d R To Rd d R d rson Blvd Grange Rd Grange s g d Vaca Valley Rd G n R i r Jeffe r y av t e p i n n P s S i l tein r e Hw T a y m S ve r s Mountain View A Islan Liberty a a n W W t wn Rd wn To o s o V d a e l n l e V y a Leisure ll R e d S y o n M R o o d m A n l a ve t l i i H A c s ll o w e o n y n l K l o D k r a O R Swan Rd Lon d e Pine Wilfred Ave Gol onte Vista Ave Rd f Co W M urse Dr ve S E Monte Vista A i l d v e R r e a El mira e d Binghamton Rd e Rd r v o t T A S t ll T t o r u Snyder Ln Snyder n n l y ak K a N Hw O ch Vacaville a A r g r e C de Rd Point Stony n M ourtland Rd Bo o ld Big R D R r ohnert Park Expy Jack London State anch d d R Rd Hill Petaluma Rd o R ld ve ll e Historic Park Orchard A e fi c 80 29 ti m n Sonoma Coast oo Rohnert Park o Fry Rd l d M St Davis B R d adrone R M D State Beach e r Alamo Dr n y o C t re V s e ic d e k h R re R y r e F d A G v v d rav i r enst e ein R o H F wy ve S y ti A le a l ot a O E C V ld R e d 1 w o Hagen Rd o S d o n H P w o St e 160 y m a e Av Trancas 113 Ryer a b Bodega Cotati o H R Rd d w i v y y e 1 Redwood N e 3 R r r Harbor Av d d R California Blvd Pueblo A d v e O l 1 d d s lv B t R s e e S A y l d o o v B r w e s T o Ave c od ln o co o Lin d J l a H e A r w f v 101 f e y e e v N l r i s