. To California and back; . A STREET IN As if it were fearful of being hid, it is setupon not one but a score of hills, overlookingland and sea. As you near it, by way of Oak-land Ferry, it appears to be built in terracedrows rising steeply from the water-front; butthat is a bit of foreshortening. It is still rathermotley in architecture. Low frame buildingswere at first the rule, partly because they weresufficient to the climate and partly in deferenceto traditions of earthquake; but at lengthbuilders ventured taller structures, of brick andstone, and now every year many lofty
. To California and back; . A STREET IN As if it were fearful of being hid, it is setupon not one but a score of hills, overlookingland and sea. As you near it, by way of Oak-land Ferry, it appears to be built in terracedrows rising steeply from the water-front; butthat is a bit of foreshortening. It is still rathermotley in architecture. Low frame buildingswere at first the rule, partly because they weresufficient to the climate and partly in deferenceto traditions of earthquake; but at lengthbuilders ventured taller structures, of brick andstone, and now every year many lofty elegantbuildings are added. Certainly no one of themhas been shaken down as yet, and possibly thearchitects have authority for believing thateven Vulcan is superannuated and in his sec-ond childhood is appeased with a rattle. It is a city of fair aspect, undulating fromthe waters edge, where children play upon thebroad sands and sea-lions clamber over juttingrocks, to heights of nearly a thousand the sands and the seal-rocks froma co
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