Published: February, 2003
Drawings and images of San Francisco’s meticulously restored Ferry Building. This extraordinary structure, designed like a jewel and built like a giant, symbolizes a glorious past and beckons an exciting future for the Bay Area. Fifty million people a year crossed through its vaulted corridors before misguided policymakers ripped up a regional railway network and kicked aside ferries to make way for the auto and bridge rat’s nest that now befouls the Bay Area. Plans for comprehensive regional ferry service mean the Ferry Building may soon return to being the crossroads of the Bay Area.
