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Burnham plan for San Francisco's civic center unveiled
Describes San Francisco adopting the Burnham plan to rebuild the city after the earthquake. Details include a civic center around a new city hall, radiating boulevards, concentric rings, a Mission boulevard backbone, and underground transit. Mentions Chinatown’s relocation pressures and the city’s future waterfront and financial district layouts.
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Reconstruction Committee
San Francisco
Burnham
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
Washington
Phelan
City Beautiful
Outdoor Art League
Mr. Bennet
Twin Peaks
Chinatown
Hunter's Point
Bay Shore
Capitol
Paris
Court of Justice
Custom House
Academy of Art
Technical and Industrial School
Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
Academy of Music
Ashbury Hights