The Epicenter of Crime: The Hunt’s Donuts Story - Revision history

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	''by Erica Dawn Lyle''		''by Erica Dawn Lyle''

	[[Image:Hunts-Donuts.jpg]]		[[Image:Hunts Donuts c. 1968.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Hunt's Donuts, c. 1968.'''

	''Photo: ~~[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3580439972037882&set=gm.4816111441797513 Facebook group post]~~''		''Photo: Provenance unknown''

	Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.		Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.
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	I was young and new to the Big City. It was the first time I’d seen genuine fear in a policeman’s eyes. I went and got my own refill.		I was young and new to the Big City. It was the first time I’d seen genuine fear in a policeman’s eyes. I went and got my own refill.

			[[Image:Hunts-Donuts.jpg]]

			''Photo: [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3580439972037882&set=gm.4816111441797513 Facebook group post]''

	Soon after, my roommate, Greta, told me that she’d seen a report on TV news that had called 20th and Mission — and by extension, Hunt’s Donuts — “The epicenter of crime” in all of San Francisco. My mind reeled at the thought of it. For years afterward, I’d sit at Hunt’s and imagine all of the city’s crime somehow radiating outward from that very spot, an incredible twenty-five hours a day!		Soon after, my roommate, Greta, told me that she’d seen a report on TV news that had called 20th and Mission — and by extension, Hunt’s Donuts — “The epicenter of crime” in all of San Francisco. My mind reeled at the thought of it. For years afterward, I’d sit at Hunt’s and imagine all of the city’s crime somehow radiating outward from that very spot, an incredible twenty-five hours a day!

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			''Photo: [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3580439972037882&set=gm.4816111441797513 Facebook group post]''

	Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.		Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.

Lisaruth at 19:51, 15 April 2022

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	''by ~~Erick~~ Lyle''		''by Erica Dawn Lyle''

	[[Image:Hunts-Donuts.jpg]]		[[Image:Hunts-Donuts.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 22:13, 27 November 2020

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	''by Erick Lyle''		''by Erick Lyle''

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2018-05-25T06:19:25Z

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	''by Erick Lyle''		''by Erick Lyle''

	[[Image:~~mission$hunts~~-~~donuts-photo~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Hunts-Donuts.jpg]]

	Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.		Like most people, it was the sign that drew me to Hunt’s at first. Within minutes of sitting down with my cup of coffee, way past midnight one night back in 1993, I knew that the sign hadn’t lied: here was a place that could only be described as being “Open 25 hours.” The air was thick with cigarette smoke, the tables were packed with men who were either yelling, or sleeping, or drinking wine, and the guy behind the counter looked terrified.

Ccarlsson at 04:45, 1 August 2017

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

	'''Roberto Lovato talks about his father and his life in the "alternative economy" at Hunt's Donuts.''' ~~(TURN UP YOUR VOLUME ALL THE WAY, VIDEO SOUND QUALITY VERY LOW)~~		'''Roberto Lovato talks about his father and his life in the "alternative economy" at Hunt's Donuts.'''

	''video: Chris Carlsson, Dec. 2006''		''video: Chris Carlsson, Dec. 2006''
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2015-02-20T20:12:30Z

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	The film that plays again and again in a closed loop. Somewhere in the 25th hour.		The film that plays again and again in a closed loop. Somewhere in the 25th hour.

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	'''Roberto Lovato talks about his father and his life in the "alternative economy" at Hunt's Donuts.''' (TURN UP YOUR VOLUME ALL THE WAY, VIDEO SOUND QUALITY VERY LOW)		'''Roberto Lovato talks about his father and his life in the "alternative economy" at Hunt's Donuts.''' (TURN UP YOUR VOLUME ALL THE WAY, VIDEO SOUND QUALITY VERY LOW)

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	''video: Chris Carlsson, Dec. 2006''		''video: Chris Carlsson, Dec. 2006''

			[[Image:25th and Folsom corner-in-mission.jpg]]

			'''Corner of 25th and Folsom where Roberto Lovato grew up, seen here in the early 1970s.'''

			''Photo: Francisco FloresLanda''

Ccarlsson: put other Hunts Donuts photo in

2012-07-09T02:46:16Z

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	Her name plate said “Colleen.”		Her name plate said “Colleen.”

			[[Image:Hunt'sDonuts.JPG\|720px\|thumb]]

			'''Before Commonwealth opened, 2224 Mission was occupied by a Mexican restaurant known for the enormous orange “Aztec” plastic tiles that covered the top half of the building. We removed the tiles during our renovations and were surprised to discover evidence of an even earlier business: Hunt’s Quality Donuts. Since then, long-time Mission residents have stopped by to share their memories of Hunt’s, where a dozen donuts cost a dollar. Apparently, there were eight donut shops on Mission between 16th and 24th in the early '90s, and the Hunt’s at the corner of 20th and Mission was the most notorious, known as “the epicenter of crime” in San Francisco. '''

			''Photo: KT Drasky''


	The two views of Mission history still clash at 20th and Mission.		The two views of Mission history still clash at 20th and Mission.
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