Trade paperback,
131 pages, 8.5 x 11,
76 illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index.
ISBN: 0-9656400-0-0
$17.95
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Russian Hill: The Summit, 1853–1906
Volume 1 of a
Neighborhood History
by William Kostura
On the Summit of
Russian Hill there stands a
collection of houses unlike any other in San
Francisco. Survivors of the earthquake and fire of 1906, they symbolize great themes of the city's history and
remind us of their remarkable residents.
Diaries, letters,
memoirs, family photo albums, and archival materials have been unearthed
for the first time to create a narrative history of wide scope and compelling human interest. This book is
intended to be the first of a series that will relate the full history of Russian Hill,
from the Russian graves that gave the hill its name to recent times.
- "His passion was travel
literature—the more exotic the better." Thus architect William H. Ranlett left his thriving New York City
practice.
- "I'm the whole
family," Rev. Joseph Worcester told visitors to his cottage at 1030 Vallejo
Street. He founded the shingle style in San Francisco.
- "We demolished
Decadence and picked Hope out of the dust-heap." Gelett Burgess
co-founded Les Jeunes, a group of artists and writers whose
nonsense art and poetic optimism found expression in their journal, The Lark.
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