A review by luisvilla
Cool Gray City of love: 49 Views of San Francisco by Gary Kamiya

5.0

You would not want this to be the last book you read about San Francisco - you would get a shallow, scattered picture. But it probably makes a great first book about San Francisco - it isn't just a history or cartography of the city but tries (and often succeeds) to convey why people love the city; why they are nostalgic about versions of the city-past; why you might want to spend a weekend or a lifetime wandering the alleys and hills and coastlines of the place. Will likely be my first recommendation for newcomers in the future.