Santa Rosa

by Eric Stanley

Overview

With a population of over 157,000, Santa Rosa is the fifth-largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city's size is sometimes a shock to longtime residents. When did it get so big? A farm town for much of its history, today Santa Rosa reflects a desire to retain—or even recapture— the charm of years past while still embracing the 21st century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738559797
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/03/2008
Series:	Then and Now
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	9.24(w) x 6.42(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

In this volume, author Eric Stanley creates a dialogue between past and present as it is uniquely expressed in Santa Rosa.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 Around the Square: The Heart of Santa Rosa 11

2 Streets and Homes: Exploring the Neighborhoods 21

3 Transportation: Ruts, Rails, and Roads 37

4 Houses of Mind and Spirit: Churches and Places of Learning 49

5 Businesses: From Fine Dining to a Hard Day's Labor 59

6 Agents of Change: Developers, Quakes, and Wars 73

7 New Limits: Growing at the Edges 87