Infinite City : A San Francisco Atlas (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

from kaylaraeintheway

This was a really fascinating book! It first came to my attention when my younger sister started school at USF a few years ago, and she was required to get this book as part of a freshman seminar class. I finally got my hands on her copy. Rebecca Solnit and her team of cartographers, writers, and...

from Paulagraph

I'd give this beautiful-to-look-at and fascinating-to-read homage to and excavation of the city of San Francisco more stars if that were possible. As a resident of the City by the Bay (transplanted from Wisconsin post Summer of Love) for much of 8 years (with time off for world travels)and having...

from Poquette

Rebecca Solnit has produced a fascinating artifact in Infinite City that captures the essence of what has happened in and to San Francisco over the years. She calls it an atlas, but it is much more than a collection of maps. Each of the 22 maps highlights particular neighborhoods or particular cu...

from

It's an atlas about San Francisco, but definitely an unconventional one. The whole is a mix of historical, sociological and anthropological viewpoints. For example, you can see a rundown of the indigenous names of the bay area long before the Europeans arrived.