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'''Sunset Scavenger's Tunnel Road solid waste disposal facility, a.k.a. "The Dump," is adjacent to Little Hollywood, Highway 101, and the toxic waste sites in the landfill covering the northern end of what was once [[Vis Valley|  Brisbane Lagoon]].'''
'''Sunset Scavenger's Tunnel Road solid waste disposal facility, a.k.a. "The Dump," is adjacent to Little Hollywood, Highway 101, and the [[San Francisco's Trash|toxic waste sites]] in the landfill covering the northern end of what was once [[Vis Valley|  Brisbane Lagoon]].'''


''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/RecyclingAndSurvival" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
'''Oscar Grande, PODER environmental justice organizer, describes the decade-long process of bringing a new sensibility to the Excelsior and surrounding neighborhoods.'''
''Video: Shaping San Francisco, 2011''


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'''A 1941 strike put a picket line in front of the dump.'''
'''A 1941 strike put a picket line in front of the dump.'''


''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''


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Revision as of 17:28, 24 May 2017

Unfinished History

Excelvis$the-dump.jpg

Sunset Scavenger's Tunnel Road solid waste disposal facility, a.k.a. "The Dump," is adjacent to Little Hollywood, Highway 101, and the toxic waste sites in the landfill covering the northern end of what was once Brisbane Lagoon.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/RecyclingAndSurvival" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Oscar Grande, PODER environmental justice organizer, describes the decade-long process of bringing a new sensibility to the Excelsior and surrounding neighborhoods.

Video: Shaping San Francisco, 2011

Strikers-at-gate-of-sunset-scavenger-tunnel-rd-1941.jpg

A 1941 strike put a picket line in front of the dump.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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