Architect and engineer (1920) (14783025262)

Identifier: architectenginee6220sanf (find matches)

Title: Architect and engineer

Year: 1905 (1900s)

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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building

Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc

Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library

Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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d unsightly. Main Street between Broadway and Ninth is cutinto the hillside so deeply as to leave on the south an unfinished steep cuttingand on the north a sharp enbankment ending in an unsightly gully. It is un-fortunate that the store buildings lining Main Street between Ninth and Tenthhave been built on such narrow frontage and with such unnecessary depth. Be-sides giving these structures an unsightly appearance, this congestion cuts offneeded light and air. With the price of land in the community a factor ofminor importance it has been a great mistake to crowd these business structuresas though in a high priced limited city district. (See plan and note, page 82.) We would take occasion to note the recent development of a dozen housesat the south end of Sunset Boulevard. The design and grouping of thesehouses form a welcome relief from the prevailing monotony of the presentsettlement. However, even these houses can have but little logical relationship 74 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER

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