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The original version of this article is on Boom: A Journal of California: https://boomcalifornia.org/2015/04/14/the-man-who-helped-save-san-francisco-bay-by-tr
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The original version of this article is on Boom: A Journal of California:
https://boomcalifornia.org/2015/04/14/the-man-who-helped-save-san-francisco-bay-by-trying-to-destroy-it/ https://boomcalifornia.org/2015/04/14/the-man-who-helped-sav...
It's the same text, but has additional photos.
Both versions credit Eric Fischer for the map of the Reber Plan showing where the Bay would be filled and blocked. Eric is now Erica, and she maintains the most amazing collection of historic Bay Area transportation planning diagrams:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157622139053795/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/721576221390537...
One of my favorites, because I live a few blocks from there, is an early drawing of an interchange between Willow Road and the Bayshore Highway (now 101):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5264346244/in/album-72157622139053795/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/5264346244/in/album-...