Abstract
In 1951, architect Vernon DeMars produced an ambitious urban renewal plan for a nearly vacant and hilly site in the middle of San Francisco. The plan called for a mix of houses, apartments, and high rises, all suited to take advance of the views, and a shopping center, churches, playgrounds, and schools. Built from 1961 to 1981 with designs by Joseph Esherick, Claude Oakland, working for builder Joseph Eichler, and others, Diamond Heights was critically acclaimed at the time but now is unknown, a unique example of urban renewal and modernist city planning.
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