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Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities

By John King
Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
Unabridged — 7 hours, 59 minutes
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A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.



Conceived 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 clock tower. But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts, the rise of the automobile an...

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