L.A.'s new Sixth Street Viaduct (pictured above) and San Francisco's new Presidio Tunnel Tops are "both expensive new public spaces that double as bridges and as spectacles," writes columnist Joe Mathews, but their debuts couldn't have been more different. Courtesy of AP Images. Nothing reveals the character of a city more than the way it opens a present. California saw as much this summer, as our two most distinguished municipalities—Los Angeles and San Francisco—each tore the wrapping paper off a beautiful civic gift.

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