Therese Poletti at Books Inc in the Castro November 20, 2008

Journalist Therese Poletti will be joining us at Books Inc. on Market St. to do a reading and signing of her book: "Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger."

Journalist Therese Poletti will be joining us at Books Inc. on Market St. to do a reading and signing of her book: "Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger."

The Castro Theatre, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Headquarters, 450 Sutter Medico-Dental Building are masterpieces of San Francisco's Art Deco heritage that are done by the work of one man: Timothy Pflueger. While his contemporaries looked to beaux arts traditions to rebuild the city, Pflueger brought exotic Mayan, Asian, and Egyptian forms to buildings ranging from simple cocktail lounges to the city's first skyscrapers. Pflueger was one of the city's most prolific architects during his 40-year career.

Therese Poletti tells the fascinating story of Pflueger's life and work in "Art Deco San Francisco." In lively detail, she relates how Pflueger built extravagant compositions in metal, concrete, and glass.

About the author:
Therese Poletti is a resident of San Francisco and has been a journalist for nearly twenty years. She has written for the San Jose Mercury News, and currently works for MarketWatch as a technology columnist.

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Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookseller with 10 locations in California. Books Inc.'s origin dates back to the Gold Rush Days of 1851 when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt, renamed and became Books Inc., as we know it today, in 1946.

Today, with 10 Stores and 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants.

This Event is Free at Books Inc. 2275 Market St., San Francisco 94114
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