Rai Okamoto
Illustration — Buchanan Mall (also known as Osaka Way) in San Francisco's Japantown, designed by Okamoto Rai Yukio Okamoto (July 21, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 7, 1993 in San Francisco, California) was an American architect and planner. He served as San Francisco's Director of Planning from 1975 to 1980. Okamoto was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Rai Okamoto
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- 1927 · Philadelphia.
- Died
- 1993 · San Francisco.
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- United States
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- architect
- Education
- Yale University · University of Pennsylvania School of Design · MIT School of Architecture and Planning
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Illustration — Buchanan Mall (also known as Osaka Way) in San Francisco's Japantown, designed by Okamoto Rai Yukio Okamoto (July 21, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 7, 1993 in San Francisco, California) was an American architect and planner. He served as San Francisco's Director of Planning from 1975 to 1980. Okamoto was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Born at Philadelphia in 1927, died in San Francisco in 1993.
Rai Okamoto studied at Yale University, University of Pennsylvania School of Design and MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
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- 1."Okamoto, Rai". Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD). Archived copy at the Wayback Machine from March 22, 2012
- 2."Buchanan Mall / Osaka Way". Building, Structure, and Object Record. Department of Parks and Recreation, State of California. Prepared by Page & Turnbull, May 2009. Archived at the Wayback Machine
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