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May 1, 2018
The gangs of 1950s San Francisco wanted to do good
This amazing footage documents a brilliant youth program that changed the city
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Apr 23, 2018
This 19-year-old dancer bared it all, then her obscenity trial made her a star
Prosecutors tried to…
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Apr 16, 2018
At the Hookers Ball, strippers, dancers, and activists took over San Francisco and partied for sex workers rights
The children’s poet Shel Silverstein even wrote a (semi)-naughty poem for the occasion
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Oct 27, 2017
These photos of growing up in the Bay Area suburbs tell a story of innocence and disaffection
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Sep 11, 2017
Watch: After the Gold Rush, Emperor Norton entertained San Francisco with his delusions of grandeur
His bizarre proclamations and custom currency were honored
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Sep 6, 2017
These amazing photos show what it takes to move entire Victorian houses in San Francisco
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Jul 11, 2017
Watch: A Requiem for San Francisco’s ‘Harlem of the West’
The black cultural district that sang with jazz and blues
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May 22, 2017
The drag queens in the Compton’s Cafeteria riot were just tired of being harassed
‘We didn’t give a shit about organizing…We were just trying to survive.’
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Mar 20, 2017
These amazing photos document the iconic Summer of Love in San Francisco
100,000 hippies descended on…
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Sep 27, 2016
Photos: Hardship and humanity in New York City’s Bowery flophouses
What co-living looked like in the…
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