San Francisco - Scenic Route

Messages tagged "culture" in San Francisco

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by Drew Bourn Nov 28, 2009

A white police officer shot Hunters Point resident Matthew Johnson in September 1966, raising tensions in the predominantly Black neighborhood. Mayor John Shelley sent in National Guardsmen, precipitating a riot that lasted over 6 days. http://alturl.com/vdec

3rd St & Newcomb Ave, San Francisco

by gkoskovich Nov 23, 2009

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The GLBT Historical Society offers exhibits, programs and a world-renowned archives documenting Northern California's amazing queer history. Galleries open Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Info: www.glbthistory.org. In the same building: Cartoon Art Museum, Camera Works, Catherine Clark Gallery.

657 Mission St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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Former site of "I-Hotel" - low-income elderly Filipino residents were forcibly evicted from the International Hotel in 1978 during a high-profile tenents' rights battle. Source: Curtis Choy. "The Fall of the I-Hotel." (Chonk Moonhunter Productions, 2005).

686 Kearny St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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"Murderer's Corner" - this part of the Barbary Coast is described by Herbert Asbury as being known in the 19th century as "Murderer's Corner." Source: Herbert Asbury. "The Barbary Coast." New York: Knopf, 1968. P. 155.

Kearny St & Jackson St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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Butchertown - by 1877 all San Francisco slaughterhouses had relocated to Bayview, giving rise to "Butchertown." The last slaugherhouse in this area closed in 1971. Source: Conor Casey. "San Francisco's Butchertown in the 1920s and 1930s" in "The Argonaut" v.18 no.1 Spring 2007. P. 66, 69.

3rd St & Evans Ave, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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City provides first street lighting at night (using whale oil) in 1851 in area bounded by Battery, Jackson, Kearny and California Streets. Source: Roger Lotchin. "San Francisco: 1846-1856." New York: Oxford, 1974. P. 171.

Jackson St & Battery St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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Former site of Tammany Hall - headquarters of the Hounds, an anti-Latino gang of white vigilantes from New York, active 1848-1849. Source: Herbert Asbury. "The Barbary Coast." New York: Knopf, 1968. P. 41.

Kearny St & Commercial St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

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Former site of Tammany Hall, circa 1848-1849 - headquarters of the Hounds, an anti-Latino gang of white vigilantes from New York. Source: Herbert Asbury. "The Barbary Coast." New York: Knopf, 1968. P. 41.

Kearny St & Commercial St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

San Francisco History

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Former site of Pioneer Race Course - first racecourse in California opened for horse racing in 1851. Source: Angus MacFarland, "San Francisco Racetracks," in "The Argonaut" v. 19 no. 1 Summer 2008 P. 6.

26th St & Capp St, San Francisco

by Drew Bourn Nov 21, 2009

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Former site of A.N.Towne mansion, original site of "Portals of the Past" now at Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park. Source: Christopher Pollock. "San Francisco's Golden Gate Park." Portland: Westwinds Press, 2001. P. 96.

1101 California St, San Francisco

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