San Francisco
About San Francisco. Brief articles writtten by geographers in preparation for the 2007 AAG meetings. The first is "San Francisco: A City of Neighborhoods" by Jasper Rubin. Also listed are books on San Francisco recommended by Geographers. [ccr]
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/SF2007/sanfrancisco.cfm
San Francisco Bay History. A collection of historic and contemporary photos, along with historic panoramic maps and navigation charts. By Michael Slater and BoatingSF.com. [ccr]
http://www.boatingsf.com/history.php
Shaping San Francisco. This unprecedented multidisciplinary view of San Francisco's history" is a sweeping treatment of these and other topics: labor, ecology, transit, literary figures, African Americans, gays/lesbians, and women. Illustrations are mostly photos. [ccr]
http://www.shapingsf.org/tour.html
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: This site, created by the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, features an online exhibit, a neat panoramic photograph, and a photo collection that is searchable through a series of interactive maps. [ccr]
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire/index2.html
1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Maps and photos from a USGS report on the quake, assembled by Bill Roddy. Includes links to other San Francisco topics that are part of Roddy's American Hurrah! Web site. [ccr]
http://americahurrah.com/USGS/Index.htm
Panama Pacific International Exposition. Stories, photos, and a map of this 1915 world's fair, which contributed to the recovery of the city after the disastrous earthquake and fire of 1906. [ccr]
http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/ppie/index.html
Gold Rush Trail. This "Outdoor Museum of San Francisco Heritage" is a series of illustrated historical tours of these districts: Yurba Beuna, Commercial, Embarcadaro, Financial, Jackson, and Portsmouth. A general guide map is included. Created by the Gold Rush Trail Foundation. [ccr]
http://www.goldrushtrail.org/flash/walk.html
Pier 70 San Francisco. An extensive treatment of the history Potrero Point, an important ship building, ship repair, and heavy industry site dating back to the gold rush days. Includes great images and maps. Developed by Ralph Wilson of the Potrero Boosters Association. [ccr]
http://pier70sf.org/
Building the Golden Gate Bridge, 1933 - 1937. A set of photos showing the bridge going up, by Bill Roddy. [ccr]
http://americahurrah.com/SanFrancisco/GoldenGateBridge/Menu.htm
Filling the Marina. A short feature, with photos, on San Francisco's encroachment into the bay that started with rubble from the 1906 earthquake. From the San Francisco Exploratorium. [ccr]
http://www.exploratorium.edu/marina/index.html
Angel Island. A very thorough description of this historic island in San Francisco Bay, which included an immigration station and military facilities. Only one map, but many great photos and descriptions. [ccr]
http://www.angelisland.org/
San Francisco Bay Region Geology and Geologic Hazards. This description of hazards focuses on a geologic map, an active fault line map, and a liquefaction susceptibility map. Provided by the USGS in cooperation with the California Geological Society. [ccr]
http://sfgeo.wr.usgs.gov/
Cab Spotting in San Francisco. Ever wonder what spatial patterns are circumscribed by the travels of taxicabs over a period of time? This map-based site will show you and give you some clues to the meaning of these patterns. (Suggested by Don Vermeer) [ccr]
http://www.cabspotting.org/index.html
Digital Atlases, Searchable Digital Archives, and Other Sites Useful for Exploring Places
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection. Some 250,000 photos, searchable from a map of neighborhoods or by subject. The collection incudes aerial and panoramic views back to the 1850s. Created by the San Francisco Public Library. [ccr]
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/browse.htm
Historic Topographic Maps. A collection of Bay Area topo quadrangle maps from the 1940s through the 1990s can be searched via index maps or by using a key word gazetteer. Created by the Earth Sciences and Map Library at UC Berkeley. [ccr]
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/histopo/
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives. An extensive collection of images and texts that tell the story of the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. The archives can be searched by key word or by assembly center, photographer/artist, or region. The collection is from the Japanese American Museum and several California university libraries, and the site is provided by the Online Archive of California. [ccr]
http://jarda.cdlib.org/index.html
Digital Atlas of the San Francisco Bay Area. One of several census-based urban atlas projects by William Bowen of the California Geographical Society and the Department of Geography at California State University Northridge. Includes dozens of well-designed maps utilizing mostly 1990 census data. Topical categories include population, citizenship, income, poverty, and education. [ccr]
http://130.166.124.2/SF_1.html
