![Unfrozen artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts116/v4/bc/91/66/bc91664e-e456-249c-9548-7d4c97416412/mza_2751528175518781525.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Through the Portal: What We Can Learn from the Ferry Building
Unfrozen
English - November 11, 2023 16:35 - 43 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDesign Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Parks for Profit
Next Episode: Trespass 1: Intimate Stranger
Through multiple earthquakes, misguided urban renewal schemes
and changing economic conditions, the Ferry Building has stood at the foot of San Francisco’s Market Street since 1898.
In his book, “Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities,” John King, the urban design critic of the San Francisco Chronicle, tells Unfrozen what we can learn from the indefatigable icon, and what that might mean for the future of downtowns in this uncertain era.
--
Intro/Outro: “Ride Captain Ride,” by Blues Image
--
Discussed:
California Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Ballot measure 1986 – tear down the Embarcadero Freeway?
Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989