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28 Places to See on Your California Road Trip

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California has been a hotbed of architectural changes and innovation. From the wacky to the sublime, this list shows the wide range of architectural experimentation and aesthetics in the Golden State.
Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die
, edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses.
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Bernard Maybeck viewed the architectural canon as a style smorgasbord. Gothic, Romanesque, Asian, Arts and Crafts, Classicism all were there to be sampled, interpreted, and reintroduced as California Craftsman. His belief in pure materials untreated redwood shingles, exposed reinforced concrete, raw timber trellises was balanced by unbridled curiosity for new materials, colors, and patterns combined in untested ways. But whereas his contemporary Frank Lloyd Wright knew where to stop before exuberance ski ....

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Tourism has been a growing business in San Francisco ever since the Midwinter Fair of 1894 lured visitors to the temperate climate and scenic attractions in Golden Gate Park and nearby areas. Most people who visit today will end up seeing the usual tourist spots the city has to offer Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, cable cars and Lombard Street but when you want to show off the beauty and charm of San Francisco a bit closer to home, keep in mind that there’s plenty to see and do in the western half of town. ....

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Is this the Bay Area's most overlooked monument?

Is this the Bay Area s most overlooked monument?
The Pulgas Water Temple marks a stupendous engineering feat: Bringing Sierra water to the Bay
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Cypress trees line the reflecting pool of the Pulgas Water Temple off Canada Road near Woodside, Calif. The temple celebrates the arrival of Hetch Hetchy water to San Francisco in 1934, a project that took 20 years to complete.Blair Heagerty / SFGateShow MoreShow Less
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The classically inspired Pulgas Water Temple pays homage to one of the great engineering feats in California history: bringing Hetch Hetchy water to San Francisco.Mike Moffitt/SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
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January 2007 - Lafayette Elementary School, old and new, and a Then and Now look at 38th and Balboa. We pay some attention to the architectural gems of the Sunset, starting with Pinehurst Lodge and the Trocadero Inn.
November 2006 - John Freeman tells us about the Richmond district s Beer Town, a Then and Now look at 20th and Taraval, and pages for Parkside markets past and present: 22nd and Taraval, 555 Taraval (16th Avenue Foods), and 1201 Vicente (Pinelake Market). Plus, Alamo Elementary School.
October 2006 - St. Paul s Presbyterian Church in the Oceanside is 100 years old (check out the old basketball photos!) and Argonne School photos. (Did you know the first idea for a name was Park-Presidio School?) ....

Westwood Park , United States , Park Presidio United Methodist Church , Ingleside Presbyterian Church , Al Iskandariyah , Ocean View Park , Lands End , Alamo Elementary School , San Francisco , Lake Merced , De Young Museum , Merced Heights , Strybing Arboretum , Presidio School , Ocean Park , Coronet Theater , Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church , Treasure Island , Lincoln High School , West Portal Elementary School , Richmond District , Civic Center , Lafayette Elementary School , Golden Gate National Recreation Area , Ocean View Branch Library , China Beach ,