San Francisco's Bernal Heights (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531628994)

San Francisco's Bernal Heights is a hilltop village tucked away in the southern part of the city. Freeways and urban thoroughfares now bound the neighborhood, once defined by the swamps and creeks of the original Mexican land grant. The legacy of Potrero Viejo, or "old pasture," and the farms of the 19th and 20th centuries have developed into today's passion for the preservation of open space. From the 1860s legend of Widow O'Brien's cow to the 1970s fight that saved the hill's crest from development, Bernal residents have tirelessly guarded their environment. An unofficial coyote mascot reigns over one of San Francisco's few remaining wild areas.

Author: Tim Holland, Sheila Mahoney, Molly Martin
ISBN-10: 1531628990
ISBN-13: 9781531628994
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2007
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d