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Book Towers of Gold

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frances Dinkelspiel
  • Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
  • Release : 2010-01-05
  • ISBN : 1429959592
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book Towers of Gold written by Frances Dinkelspiel and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances Dinkelspiel's groundbreaking history, the early days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become California's premier money-man of the late 19th and early 20th century. Growing up as a young immigrant, Hellman quickly learned the use to which "capital" could be put, founding LA's Farmers and Merchants Bank, that city's first successful bank, and transforming Wells Fargo into one of the West's biggest financial institutions. He invested money with Henry Huntington to build trolley lines, lent Edward Doheney the funds that led him to discover California's huge oil reserves, and assisted Harrison Gary Otis in acquiring full ownership of the Los Angeles Times. Hellman led the building of Los Angeles' first synagogue, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, helped start the University of Southern California and served as Regent of the University of California. His influence, however, was not limited to Los Angeles. He controlled the California wine industry for almost twenty years and, after San Francisco's devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, calmed the financial markets there in order to help that great city rise from the ashes. With all of these accomplishments, Isaias Hellman almost single-handedly brought California into modernity. Ripe with great historical events that filled the early days of California such as the Gold Rush and the San Francisco earthquake, Towers of Gold brings to life the transformation of California from a frontier society whose economy was driven by the barter of hides and exchange of gold dust into a vibrant state with the strongest economy in the nation.

Book Neighborhood Preservation

Download or read book Neighborhood Preservation written by Real Estate Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Progressive City

Download or read book The Progressive City written by Pierre Clavel and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Berkeley Albany Ferry Terminal Study

Download or read book Berkeley Albany Ferry Terminal Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of the City

Download or read book Encyclopedia of the City written by Roger W. Caves and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-class work of reference that will be both an essential resource for independent study as well as a useful aid in teaching: a solid but also provocative starting point for wider exploration of the city.

Book Ecocity Berkeley

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Register
  • Publisher : North Atlantic Books
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9781556430091
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book Ecocity Berkeley written by Richard Register and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecocity Berkeley offers innovative city planning solutions that would work anywhere, but the book offers a vision of what the future can be like with a fair amount of planning beforehand. This book is very inspirational, and could be used to advocate similar planning improvements in any large city. This book is meant for anyone interested in environmental activism, and anyone looking for serious innovations in their city.

Book Nomination of Chester C  McGuire

Download or read book Nomination of Chester C McGuire written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 9th Circuit Update

Download or read book 9th Circuit Update written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Future Development of the San Francisco Bay Area  1960 2020

Download or read book Future Development of the San Francisco Bay Area 1960 2020 written by United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Area Development and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Population growth and distribution -- Employment and economic growth -- Land for urban needs -- Reclamation of marsh, tide, and submerged lands.

Book AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project in Alameda County

Download or read book AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project in Alameda County written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hearings  Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Banking  Housing and Urban Affairs

Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book EcoCities

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Register
  • Publisher : New Society Publishers
  • Release : 2006-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780865715523
  • Pages : 406 pages

Download or read book EcoCities written by Richard Register and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the landmark classic by the leader of the ecocity movement

Book Introduction to Planning Practice

Download or read book Introduction to Planning Practice written by Philip Allmendinger and published by . This book was released on 2000-08-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at students on town planning and related courses, as well as practitioners who want to locate their practice within the broadening activity of town planning. It is written by practising town planners and academics with practice experience, and the chapters include many case studies which make connections for the reader between theory and practice. The book does not aim to be comprehensive, but to lay out the terrain in the key areas. It is a gateway to the exciting and varied world of town planning, which should stimulate the reader to want to find out more. It should heighten the appreciation of practice in all its forms and widen the horizons of the world of the professional town planner.

Book Planning for Growth

    Book Details:
  • Author : California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Conservation, Planning, and Public Works
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1955
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Planning for Growth written by California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Conservation, Planning, and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Consuming Cities

Download or read book Consuming Cities written by Nicholas Low and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment. It examines these issues through the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference.