California's Capital Region: The Sacramento Valley

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SHERATON GRAND SACRAMENTO HOTEL Located in the heart of downtown Sacramento, the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel sets the stage for a memorable visit to California’s capital. Occupying the beautifully restored Public Market Building at the corner of Thirteenth and J Streets, the hotel features sophisticated accommodations, inspired amenities, and a superb location near old town Sacramento, the Capitol Building, and other notable points of interest. The Sacramento Convention Center is just steps away making the hotel a smart choice for visitors conducting business in the area. Opened in 1923, the Public Market Building was one of the first of its kind on the West Coast and a forerunner to the modern grocery store and mall. The brick building was designed by renowned architect Julia Morgan, California’s first licensed female architect who also drew the plans for Hearst Castle in San Simeon and the Berkeley Women’s City Club (now Berkeley City Club.) The building served as a bustling gathering place for fifty years. Merchants sold fresh produce, baked goods, men’s clothing, bulk feed, meat and seafood in the three-story building, which also featured popular coffee shops and lunch counters. In the early years, the Sacramento Creamery churned butter right on the spot. With cleanliness as its theme, it served as Sacramento’s central focal point and the place to meet for more than forty years. But in the 1970s, the building was sold and converted into offices. The space inside was boxed up with partitions and corridors. The only part left open was a small atrium in the middle. The goal of the renovation by the architectural firm, Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum of San Francisco, was to bring back the spirit of the old building. CALIFORNIA’S CAPITAL REGION - THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY 194
The remodel, which was completed in 2001, is a wonderful marriage of old and new. It combines the historic Public Market Building with a new twentyeight-story tower. The restored Public Market Building contains the lobby, restaurants, and over 20,000 squarefeet of meeting spaces, while the tower houses Sheraton Grand’s 503 guest rooms and suites. The extensive network of riveted steel beams that span the ceiling have been left exposed. Numerous coats of paint were chipped away to find their original avocado color, which has been incorporated into the building’s overall color scheme. Black railings along the outer walkways and stairs have been riveted to match the steel beams overhead, and the old-fashioned lampposts in Morgan’s Restaurant resemble gas lanterns once used at the grade level. On the building’s exterior, the brick and terra-cotta stonework, decorative scrollwork and ornamentation have been preserved. The Sheraton Grand Sacramento boasts an impressive collection of art. It showcases the work of many noted artists, including several from California. It features five original art pieces, valued at $1 million. They include a piece titled the “Neighborhood,” by Jennifer Bartlett, a ten by sixty-foot-long work made of hundreds of foot-long steel plates; a ceramic wall mural titled “The Marketplace,” by Viola Frey; an oil and graphite work on canvas titled “Sacramento California 2000,” by William T. Wiley; and two mosaics by Robert Kushner titled “Sacramento Georgic I & II.” Annually attracting more than 500 conventions, weddings and meetings, the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel offers much more than refined lodging. Guests enjoy an array of services and amenities to meet the needs of today’s sophisticated traveler. Included are a heated outdoor swimming pool, delicious dining options, concierge services, meeting rooms and banquet facilities, 24-hour fitness center, and a fully equipped business center on the second floor. This high-tech portal features high-speed Internet access, a PC workstation, and television on PC workstations. The hotel is pet-friendly and enforces a 100 percent nonsmoking policy. The Sheraton Grand entrance on 13th and J Street CAPITAL REGION PARTNERS - STRONG BUSINESS 195
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CALIFORNIA’S CAPITAL REGION The S
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CALIFORNIA’S CAPITAL REGION The S
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Legacy Sponsors .
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INTRODUCTION BY MAYOR DARRELL STEIN
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CHAPTER ONE 7
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economy by attracting metalsmiths,
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Sutter, Jr., and brother of future
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt in
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Early Sacramento. COURTESY OF THE L
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T HE B IG F OUR “The Big Four”
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T HE S CHOOLHOUSE The Old Sacrament
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P ARISIAN I NSPIRED The architectur
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T RAIN T IME The California State R
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CHAPTER TWO 25
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A KING’ S S UNSET The Delta King
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T HE W ATCHMEN Sacramento’s skyli
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E LKS T OWER In the 1920s Sacrament
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S ACRAMENTO V ALLEY S TATION Sacram
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B EAUX A RTS The Jesse M. Unruh bui
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S PANISH S UNSET The Westminster Pr
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C ESAR E. CHAVEZ P LAZA Named after
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T HE E SQUIRE The 1940s Art Deco Es
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C ALIFORNIA’ S H EARTBEAT The Sac
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T HESE H ALLS D O S PEAK The variou
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T HE C ALIFORNIA A SSEMBLY The Cali
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G ATEWAY TO AN I NDOMITABLE C ITY O
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G OVERNOR’ S M ANSION Official ho
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M IDTOWN C ULTURE The Sofia Tsakopo
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T HE H ANDLE D ISTRICT The Handle D
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I NSIDE THE F ORT At the center of
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T REESCAPE The California State Uni
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S ACRAMENTO’ S W ATER S OURCE The
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C AL E XPO The early California leg
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T HE Z IGGURAT On the shores of the
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R OBERT T. MATSUI W ATERFRONT P ARK
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I SLETON M OONRISE In 1874 Josiah P
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L OCKE Locke is located in the prim
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W ALNUT G ROVE Walnut Grove was est
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P OWERED BY THE P EOPLE Davis, Cali
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C ENTRAL P ARK G ARDENS The Davis C
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O KTOBERFEST Davis residents join i
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F OLSOM Joseph Libby Folsom origina
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CHAPTER THREE 83
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J OHNNY C ASH T RAIL In 2014 the Ci
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F OOTPRINTS IN F OLSOM Folsom Lake
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H OME IN THE H ILLS Folsom is locat
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L AKE N ATOMA S UNSET Paved cycling
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G OLDEN R AINBOW B RIDGE Folsom’s
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T HE D ELICATE S PAN Folsom’s Rai
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CHAPTER THREE 97
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L AW & ORDER IN G OLD C OUNTRY The
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O LD T OWN A UBURN From the discove
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C ALIFORNIA’ S E ARLY F IREFIGHTE
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N ORTH F ORK A MERICAN R IVER The N
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R AGING W ATERS Lake Clementine is
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P LACERVILLE Nearby Sutter’s Mill
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G OLD R USH S UNSET Placerville bec
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A N A PPLE A D AY In the early 1960
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T HE F ARM S TAND Boa Vista Orchard
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N EVADA C ITY An early Gold Rush to
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L IVING H ISTORY Nevada City has a
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T AHOE T OURISM Lake Tahoe is a maj
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W AVES OF G RAIN Grain corn is grow
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G OLD R USH G RAPES The Sierra Foot
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• Serving as the region’s early
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CAPITAL REGION PARTNERS Profiles of
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VIBRANT COMMUNITY Healthcare leader
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Page 169 and 170: The Capital Region’s Workforce De
Page 171 and 172: Since its origins in 1973, as a sma
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Page 179 and 180: Today, McCreery’s Home Furnishing
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Page 183 and 184: textbook, Female Genital Plastic an
Page 185 and 186: Upon the death of Colby in 1980, hi
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Page 191 and 192: credit union to be chartered in all
Page 193 and 194: ecause he charged interest. The bus
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Page 199 and 200: care plans that pay for personal ca
Page 201 and 202: If you are searching for a memorabl
Page 203 and 204: Nevada County, California, is situa
Page 205 and 206: Adam Ray and Sarah Lola Eisley move
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Page 211 and 212: BUILDING A BETTER CAPITAL REGION Se
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Page 223 and 224: percent of its power mix. Having al
Page 225 and 226: Achieving dreams to build a better
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Page 229 and 230: Whether general contracation or con
Page 231 and 232: When Wiese retired in 2007, Dericks
Page 233 and 234: ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER M
Page 235: ISBN: 978-1-944891-64-0 LEADERSHIP
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