SOMA REFERENCES
Averbach, Alvin, "San Francisco's South of Market District, 1850-1950: The Emergence of a Skid Row," in California Historical Quarterly, fall, 1973, pp. 197-223
Though somewhat dated now, this is the best overall history of the SOMA district
Brugmann, Bruce, and Sletteland, Graggar, editors, The Ultimate Highrise: San Francisco's Mad Rush Toward the Sky (San Francisco, 1971)
A combative book whose authors take a very strong stand against "urban redevelopemnt" and high-rise construction in SOMA
Frantz, Douglas, From the Ground Up: The Business of Building in the Age of Money (Berkeley, CA, 1993)
An outstanding "biography of a building": the many forces at work in the construction of Rincon Center in SOMA
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, San Francisco Redevelopment Program: Summary of Project Data and Key Elements (San Francisco, 1996)
Current plans for SOMA (and other districts)
Scherick, Jay, "Breaking New Ground: The Sony Retail Entertainment Center," in Urban Land Supplement, August, 1996, pp. 19 ff.
A glimpse into the next ambitious construction in the Yerba Buena Complex (including a 3-D IMAX theater)
Shumate, Albert, Rincon Hill and South Park: San Francisco's Early Fashionable Neighborhood (Sausalito, 1988)
A solidly researched, well-illustrated history of the fashionable districts in SOMA in the nineteenth century