Three Scarce Haight Ashbury Planning Studies Addressing Post Summer of Love Decline in the Early 1970s

In the early 1970s Haight Street was in decline and the City needed a plan. Haight Street is where the hippie movement first came to national prominence and where it first began to die. At the height of the hippie era, during the 1967 Summer of Love, the street was so crowded with flower children that driving a car through it was impossible. Stores catering to the hippies popped into existence all along "The Haight," and these were followed by other stores doing business with all the people who flocked there to see the hippies. When the hippie movement withered, it took the shops with it. About one-third of them were boarded up in 1973. These are the studies that influenced future planning.

Three obscure early 1970s San Francisco Haight Ashbury urban planning/redevelopment publications:

HAIGHT STREET SHOPPING AREA A Background Study, November, 1972 Published by the Department of City Planning, San Francisco. 1972 first edition. Illustrated brown paper covers, staple bound, 8.5" x 11", 30 pages, illustrated with maps and tables. VERY GOOD Condition: foxing/age toning to the page edges otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

A pivotal 1972 report documenting the Haight's transition from its 1960s counterculture peak into a phase of urban decay, and the early stages of commercial revitalization. Following the summer of 1967, the Haight Ashbury experienced a period of economic decline and increased crime resulting in commercial vacancies and shifting demographics. The study was commissioned to assess local retail health and guide economic revitalization efforts along the Upper Haight corridor. The report lays the groundwork for understanding the neighborhood's eventual transformation into a gentrified retail corridor characterized by trendy boutiques and cafes.

THE HAIGHT ASHBURY A Brief Description of the Past Published by the Department of City Planning, San Francisco. No date, circa 1971 first edition. Green paper covers, staple nouns, 8.5" x 11", 14 pages. VERY GOOD Condition: foxing/age toning to the page edges and the first page, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Documenting the neighborhood's evolution from a windswept sand dune into a bustling Victorian streetcar suburb and its subsequent transformation into the epicenter of the 1960s counterculture movement. Originally a vast expanse of coastal sand dunes stretching to Buena Vista Park. Following the construction of the Haight Street Cable Railroad in 1883, the area boomed, resulting in the dense, impeccable Victorian architecture that survived the 1906 earthquake. The Haight became globally recognized as the birthplace of psychedelia and hippies.

HAIGHT ASHBURY COMMUNITY SERVICES A Background Study Published by the Department of City Planning, San Francisco, March 1973. First edition. Yellow paper covers, staple bound, 8.5" x 11", 32, + 21 page appendix, illustrated with 2 maps. With laid-in introductory letter from the Director of SF Planning, Allan B. Jacobs. VERY GOOD Condition: foxing/age toning to the cover and page edges, light signs of use, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

Historic municipal report analyzing the Haight Ashbury neighborhood's socioeconomic, housing, and infrastructural needs following the cultural shifts of the late 1960s. It evaluated the area's transition into the 1970s serving as foundational research for neighborhood revitalization and zoning restrictions that aimed to stabilize the area. Examines the availability and strain on municipal resources, transit, housing, and healthcare including community led facilities like the Haight Ashbury Medical Clinics.

Handbook of Yokuts Indians by Frank F. Latta

Published by Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, CA. 1977 Second Edition, revised and enlarged, limited to 5000 copies. SIGNED by the Latta Family Trust for the California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, in the authors hand on the half title page. Illustrated by Joe Rodriquez. Hardbound in green cloth with embossed gilt printing on the front cover and spine, 10.25" x 7.25", map endpapers, 765 pages. Illustrated throughout with historic b&w photographs. VERY GOOD Condition: covers show a touch of wear to the extremities, a few tiny droplet stains to the bottom edge of the closed book, lightly affecting the bottom margins of a handful of inner pages, otherwise internally excellent, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. With Publisher's prospectus sheet laid-in.

A comprehensive, classic ethnography of the Yokuts people of California's San Joaquin Valley, based on decades of interviews with tribal elders. Originally published in 1949, the revised and enlarged 1977 second edition is considered the definitive version, featuring hundreds of photographs, detailed, in-depth accounts of Yokuts culture, traditions, and artifacts. An invaluable primary reference for scholars and collectors studying California Native American culture.

Frank Forrest Latta (1892-1983) California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.

Tailholt Tales by Frank F. Latta

Published by Bear State Books [Latta Family Press], Santa Cruz, CA, 1976. First edition, as indicated by the number line starting at 1. SIGNED by the Latta Family Trust for the California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, in the authors hand on the half title page. Illustrated by Joe Rodriquez. Hardbound in avocado green cloth with embossed green printing on the front cover and spine, 10.25" x 7.25", green end papers, 323 pages. Illustrated throughout with historic b&w photographs. VERY GOOD Condition: just some light signs of age and use, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. With Publisher's prospectus sheet laid-in.

Details the life of Thomas Jefferson Mayfield, a white pioneer raised by the Yokuts Indians in central California, offering a firsthand account of their culture and his 19th century life in the San Joaquin Valley, specifically in the area known as Tailholt or White River in southern Tulare County, and on the Kings River, south of Fresno, California. Great ethnographic material.

Frank Forrest Latta (1892-1983) California historian and ethnographer of the Yokuts people. He also wrote histories of the early European-American settlement of the San Joaquin Valley.

ALAMEDA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS 1916. An Exhibition of Alameda Architecture designed by members of the Society. Includes buildings, schools, homes, etc. Architects include W.H. Ratcliff, C.W. Dickey, Julia Morgan, John Galen Howard, William Knowles, and others. The exhibition took place at the Oakland Civic Center in 1916.

Published by the Alameda Society of Architects, printed by Taylor & Taylor, 1916. First edition.

Hardcovers, paper covered boards, gilt embossed title to the front cover, 8x10.5 inches, 126 pages, 58 of which contain photographs of Alameda buildings and the names of the architects who designed them. There is a section of ads at the rear from sponsors of the exhibition, most relating to the building trade.

GOOD condition: The covers are toned at the margins and spine, the front spine fold has a 4 inch thin split starting at its top edge, and there are a few small edge nicks, otherwise the covers are doing their job well. Internally, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

A SCARCE look at the ARCHITECTURE of ALAMEDA COUNTY a la 1916.

THE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS AND HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY, CAL. - Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, a History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with Statistics of Agriculture, Education, Churches, Elections, Lithographic Views of Farms, Residences, Mills, &c. Portraits of well-known Citizens, and the Official County Map.

[San Francisco]: De Pue & Company, 1879. FIRST EDITION.

LARGE FORMAT FOLIO, original hardcovers, paper covered boards, gilt engraving on front cover, blind embossing on rear cover, 15x19 inches, [4], 105 pp., plus 50 numbered PLATES (11 of which are double page), 9 unnumbered PLATES of Notable Citizens, and 6 HAND COLORED MAPS (5 of which are double page).

The book's ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PLATES include views of Residences, Farms, Ranches, Towns, Mills, Businesses, a view of Hesperian College, etc. A true look at Yolo County as it was in 1879. The hand colored maps include the 1879 Official Map of Yolo County (with facsimile signatures of the 1879 Board of Supervisors), and other maps of Yolo and surrounding counties. The illustrations and maps are gorgeous.

Condition:

The book has been professionally conserved with the covers and spine reattached, the inner hinges strengthened, and some pages repaired. The book is now solid and tight, in archival condition (i.e. showing its original wear).

The covers' leather spine and spine folds are scraped, cracked, and well worn; the leather corners are likewise worn. The front and rear boards show some scrapes, rubs, scratches, etc. but are generally nice, with gilt titling and designs on the front board and blind embossing on the rear board.

Internally, the inner hinges have been reinforced and strengthened, the first two leaves (title page and contents) and the last page have stiff creases and have been professionally repaired (repairs to the last page affects some sentences), the last plate has a stiff vertical crease but remains bright and clear, there are closed edge tears from handling, spots, marks, small areas of staining, and finger smudges here and there; overall the pages are clean and bright and the plates are lovely.

A solid, original 1879 first edition. Rare to find in archival condition and complete with all its plates, maps and original (though worn) covers.

Original working 1936 Blueprint Technical Drawing Plan of the Berkeley Aquatic Park and Adjacent Improvements, issued by the City of Berkeley Department of Public Works, Harry Goodridge City Engineer, Plan No. 1640. Scale is 1 inch = 100 feet. This is not the final plan, it is a late stage working plan with Drawer 21 printed in the margins. The blueprint is printed with purple ink on yellow ground, the verso is white and the size is 83.5" inches long by 19.5" inches wide. CONDITION: folded in half lengthwise, then folded 10 times down to a manageable 8" x 10" inches, there are relevant penciled additions, toning at the the folds, some tearing at the centerfold where the folds intersect, signs of light use and wear, and some edge tears, otherwise a legible solid copy of this rare early Berkeley Aquatic Park Plan.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the mile long, 100 plus acre Berkeley Aquatic Park on the bay front south of University Avenue between 1935 and 1937. It was created along with the Berkeley Yacht Harbor in a waterfront makeover and was used as a water park for water sports, canoeing, sculling and model yacht racing, the lagoon was largely protected from the wind and offered a unique marine environment for human and sea life. The Park's 1937 opening celebration was called "The Pageant of Land and Sea" and the festivities were shared with The Berkeley Yacht Harbor. The park lies between the freeway (Interstate 80) and the former Southern Pacific Railroad tracks (now Union Pacific). Tidal gates under the freeway keep the water level constant and refresh the basin with water from San Francisco Bay. The aquatic park project grew out of the Eastshore Highway, a feeder road for the new San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, which created a causeway/barrier farther out in the Bay. When the park was built, the lagoon was connected to the San Francisco Bay by eight 24 inch diameter clay and concrete tide tubes running under the highway that allow a regular cleansing action between ocean and inland waters. Aquatic Park and the Bay Shore Freeway (Interstate 80) remain lasting results of the WPA and served to define both West Berkeley's physical boundary and link it to the port cities of Oakland and Richmond.

SITES OF OAHU. Compiled by Elspeth P. Sterling and Catherine C. Summers.

From the Foreword: "The following compilation was made in order to record as much information as possible of a pre-European nature pertaining to archaeological sites on the island of Oahu, to bring the material together in one place in order that it might be better preserved, and to make the information readily available to those interested in the study and preservation of these sites. It is hoped that this work will inspire those with further knowledge to contribute their information, so that it, too, may be recorded before it is lost forever."

Published by the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, revised edition, 1988.

Softcovers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 352 pages.

ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece map and nine fold-open maps.

VERY GOOD condition, light corner creases to the front cover and first few pages, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. All the fold-open maps are in fine condition. A solid, nice, very presentable copy.

CHAN RADER ASSOCIATES 1961-1975

Published by Chan Radar Associates, San Francisco, California, June 1975. First edition. White card wrappers with raised title on the front cover, 11" x 8.5", 64 pages. A record of their work, filled with architectural drawings, plans and black and white photographs of their projects. VERY GOOD CONDITION: tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, only 3 copies in OCLC collections worldwide.

In 1961, Lun Chan and his colleague Morton Rader, founded Chan/Rader and Associates in San Francisco. In addition to large-scale projects, they designed many Chinese restaurants which were influenced by Lun Chan. They designed the famous Mandarin Restaurant in Ghirardelli Square (1968) and Beverly Hills (1975), and many Polynesian themed Trader Vic's Restaurants and Señor Pico Restaurants in the 1960s and 1970s. The first Trader Vic's Restaurant Chan designed was their headquarters in Emeryville, the Tiki design was originated by Hollywood set designers but expressed in built form by Chinese American architects like Chan who integrated Tiki culture into architectural practice and shaped Tiki style restaurants creating an era defining kitschy alternative to mainstream Modernism.

Pioneering Chinese American architect Lun Chan (1927-2011) was born in San Francisco to a traveling herbalist, he studied architecture at UC Berkeley and joined with Morton Rader (1926-1978) to open their private practice in 1961. At the time, Chan could not open his own architecture firm and had to partner with a white architect. They took on projects ranging from campuses, healthcare facilities, restaurants, and residences. After Rader's death in 1978, the firm became Lun Chan Associates

FIRST BOOK IN HAWAIIAN - A TEXT BOOK IN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. By M.H. Atcherly [Mary H. Atcherly].

HONOLULU: Published for the Territory of Hawaii by the Hawaiian Board of Missions; printed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1930. First edition, as indicated by the date 1930 on the title page and at the end of the preface.

Hardcovers, 5.5x8 inches, 94 pages.

Though there were many dictionaries of and scholarly books on the Hawaiian language published prior to this work, this was the first book published in Hawaii exclusively as a school textbook for the teaching of the Hawaiian language to Hawaiian high school students.

GOOD condition, professionally rebacked making this a solid, well bound copy; the covers have some rubs, soiling, and light wear; internally, there are tiny holes to the gutter edge of the pages from an old sewn binding of the signatures (threads long gone, perfect binding holding well), the blank endpapers are toned and the text pages lightly so; overall, this is a complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked copy.

From the Preface:

******The Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in the session of 1923 passed Act 243, entitled "an act to provide for the preparation and publication of a school text book in the Hawaiian language." In pursuance of this act, Governor Lawrence M. Judd arranged with the Hawaiian Board of Missions for the publication of the manuscript which had been prepared by Mrs. Mary H. Atcherley. Other documents had been submitted, but it was felt that Mrs. Atcherley's contribution was better fitted for the purpose than similar studies.

It is intended that this First Book in Hawaiian shall be used in the junior high schools and high schools throughout the Territory, but it is hoped that other schools will make use of this material in acquiring a knowledge of the Hawaiian language.

Grateful acknowledgement is hereby made not only of the material submitted by Mrs. Atcherley but also suggestions from a similar work by Messrs. John Wise and F. E. Midkiff, of the Kamehameha Schools, and the work of the late Professor W. D. Alexander entitled, "A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar." - HENRY P. JUDD, Editor, Hawaiian Board of Missions, Honolulu, February 1930.******

From the March 10, 1930 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, page 18:

******HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE TERRITORY

Increased interest in the Hawaiian language is evident in the publication of a "First Book in Hawaiian" by authority of the legislature. The manuscript was prepared by Mrs. Mary H. Atcherley, and Governor Judd arranged for its publication with the Hawaiian board of missions.

The volume has just come off The Star-Bulletin press...The new volume is a textbook containing the elements of Hawaiian grammar and a limited vocabulary.*****

About MARY H. ATCHERLY (from Wikipedia):

******Mary Ha?aheo Atcherley (born Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka, April 24, 1874 - March 8, 1933) was a Hawaiian activist. She was one of the first native Hawaiian women to run for public office in the Territory of Hawaii.****** You can read much more about her on her Wikipedia page.

1970 HILLSBORO OREGON CITY DIRECTORY. Includes an Alphabetical List of Private Citizens and Business Concerns, a Street and Avenue Guide, a Classified Business Directory, a Reverse Telephone Directory, and information about the city and county.

Published by Johnson Publishing Co., Loveland, Colorado, 1970. An Original, Vintage, Hillsboro Oregon City Directory.

Hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards and spine, 6x9 inches, approximately 300 unnumbered pages.

These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads abound, including on the covers.

VERY GOOD Condition: The covers have some soiling and signs of handling; internally the inner hinge is cracked at a few places between sections but are holding, otherwise bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, solid, presentable copy.

A Complete HILLSBORO, OREGON, City Directory from 1970. A treasure trove of Oregon regional genealogy.

An Abstract Of The Title To The Properties Owned Or Claimed By THE VOLCANO GOLD GRAVEL MINING COMPANY In Township No. Three, Amador County, California

Compiled by George I. Wright & Sons and Fontenrose & Fontenrose, Jackson, Amador County, California, March 21, 1907. Hardbound in textured brown cloth two prong binder with red cloth corners, metal clasp, and patterned pastedowns, title handwritten in black and red pen on the front cover, 11.75" x 9", 290 pages of photostatic prints (an early photomechanical process similar to blueprints but printed on a blackground on white paper). VERY GOOD CONDITION: complete as issued, just some light edgewear, toning to page edges, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A scarce mining record, I could not find another copy. From the Winship Estate, a pioneering Marin County family.

The Volcano Gold Gravel Mining Company was a San Francisco company established for the purpose of running a tunnel from Sutter Creek into Volcano Flat, and mining for gold, to separate the gold from the gravel, to acquire mineral lands by purchase or otherwise in Amador County, and to mine such lands, sell and dispose of the same; to dig and acquire ditches and water rights, build viaducts, and sell and dispose of the same, and of water. The records are from 1854 to 1907. They reveal a chronological overview of the historical legal documentation associated with the properties including titles to real property, mining claims, transfers and ownership records. One of the principals in the firm was Isaac Bluxome, noted and notorious San Francisco pioneer who founded of the California National Guard and the Committee of Safety of 1856, better known as the Vigilance Committee.

The Volcano Gold Gravel Mining Company was one of the most extensive gravel mines during the Gold Rush, and hundreds of acres of valuable mining lands were emptied by its enterprises. In the heart of the Motherlode, Amador County's landscape changed considerably from when gold seekers first began to dig into the banks along its rivers and streams in 1848. As the excitement of the California Gold Rush got underway, it didn't take long for miners to discover that gold could be found away from the natural rivers and streambeds. By 1850 miners began to dig into earth and rock to uncover gold imprisoned in deep veins of the quartz rock, mining in dry diggings. Washing the gold required that they dig ditches and build flumes to bring the water to the dry diggings. Within a year, hardrock mining was underway and in 1852 hydraulic mining began. Until the passage of the anti-hydraulic mining laws, one of the first environmental laws to protect the environment .

ADVERTISING BROADSIDE for the 1925 Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Project, City & County of San Francisco with Map and Scope.

Published by the San Francisco Department of Public Works, Michael O'Shaughnessy, City Engineer, January, 1925. First edition. Single sheet printed on both sides, 8.5" x 11". VERY GOOD CONDITION: stiff vertical and horizontal creases from being folded in half twice, some offsetting from being laid into a book, light signs of wear, age toning and a touch of foxing, overall bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

The Hetch Hetchy Water Supply Project was a massive public works project undertaken by the City of San Francisco. The City needed public support because the public was paying for it. Consisting of a series of dams, reservoirs, tunnels, railroads, aqueducts, and power plants, the Hetch Hetchy project started in 1914 and was ultimately completed in 1934 providing the City and its surrounding areas with a long term gravity driven water supply.

KSFO Radio In Victory As Presented by The Universal Broadcasting Company's Key Station For Northern California

Post World War II KSFO Radio Station Promotional Booklet filled with photographs and text covering all aspects of KSFO radio station from it's studio facilities in the Mark Hopkins Hotel to the engineers and technical staff, the local programs, reporters, announcers, and executives. KSFO provided live coverage of major news events and regular news commentator reports, live and recorded music programming, and San Francisco focused human interest reporting such as Wally King's "Man on the Street" interviews and "Your Friendly Grocer".

Published by KSFO Radio / Universal Broadcasting Company, San Francisco, California, 1946. Edited by Ray V. Hamilton and Wesley I. Dumm. First edition. Illustrated softcover, paper wrappers, side staple bound, 11.75" x 8.75", 44 pages including wraps, illustrated throughout with historic b&w views of San Francisco and KSFO radio professionals from the on-air talent to the secretaries, also includes information for World War II veterans. VERY GOOD CONDITION: lightly foxed, a touch of light wear from age and use otherwise, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

This is for TWO COPIES (buyer gets both copies) of:

NEGRO CIVIL RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA: 1850, by David L. Snyder.

Keepsake printed by Roger Levenson at the TAMALPAIS PRESS for the members of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club 1969. Small-press fine-printing,"Special Publication No. 10", limited to only 300 copies.

Fine-printing pamphlet, white rag paper covers, red title lettering, side-stapled, 7x10 inches, 12 pages.

A brief history and vivid example of the limited legal rights of Negroes in California to testify against white men. This situation lasted until the testimony law was repealed in 1863. Included in this keepsake is a holograph reproduction of the 1850 sworn testimony of Sarah Carroll who claimed that William H. Potter stole jewelry and money from her. The keepsake also has a transcript of her testimony, as well as the results of her testimony (William Potter was arrested). Sarah Carroll was a brave woman.

Both keepsakes are in VERY GOOD or better condition, one has some light creasing to its top edge, else tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

About this keepsake (from WorldCat):

*******Sarah Carroll, a "free woman of color" brought a complaint against W.H. Potter on the charge of grand larceny for the theft of $700 and other articles of value. The documents of the case appear in this publication in both type and facsimile.******