The Tenderloin - Revision history

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	''by Rob Waters and Wade Hudson''		''by Rob Waters and Wade Hudson, excerpted from "The Tenderloin: What Makes a Neighborhood?" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998''

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	Another resident, Don Davis, was even more critical of the professional activists who worked for community organizations like the Planning Coalition and the ''Tenderloin Times''. Davis railed against them as "carpetbaggers" and charged that they took jobs that should have gone to low-income people. He argued that the neighborhood would be better off if poor people led the resistance. Davis, who survived by scavenging items from Financial District garbage bins and selling them at flea markets, was often seen on picket lines, where his shouting could be heard from blocks away. His style was disruptive and his attacks were often brutal and personal, but his accusations contained a kernel of truth.		Another resident, Don Davis, was even more critical of the professional activists who worked for community organizations like the Planning Coalition and the ''Tenderloin Times''. Davis railed against them as "carpetbaggers" and charged that they took jobs that should have gone to low-income people. He argued that the neighborhood would be better off if poor people led the resistance. Davis, who survived by scavenging items from Financial District garbage bins and selling them at flea markets, was often seen on picket lines, where his shouting could be heard from blocks away. His style was disruptive and his attacks were often brutal and personal, but his accusations contained a kernel of truth.

	~~''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson, excerpted from "The Tenderloin: What Makes a Neighborhood?" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998~~

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	'''The Tenderloin is San Francisco’s most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also its poorest. At once condemned and ignored by local politicians, it was – and still is – the site where violence frequently flares. However, since the late 1970s, a time when the Southeast Asian population grew dramatically, the community has led a neighborhood renaissance through multi-lingual newspapers, enthusiastic residents, and organized activists and professionals who were determined to create a lively neighborhood where low-income people can afford to live.'''		{\| style="color: black; background-color: #F5DA81;"
			\| colspan="2" \|'''The Tenderloin is San Francisco’s most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also its poorest. At once condemned and ignored by local politicians, it was – and still is – the site where violence frequently flares. However, since the late 1970s, a time when the Southeast Asian population grew dramatically, the community has led a neighborhood renaissance through multi-lingual newspapers, enthusiastic residents, and organized activists and professionals who were determined to create a lively neighborhood where low-income people can afford to live.'''
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	'''Islam Temple, 650 Geary Street between Jones and Leavenworth. This amazing edifice is modeled after the Alhambra of Granada, Spain.'''		'''Islam Temple, 650 Geary Street between Jones and Leavenworth. This amazing edifice is modeled after the Alhambra of Granada, Spain.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


			'''The Tenderloin is San Francisco’s most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also its poorest. At once condemned and ignored by local politicians, it was – and still is – the site where violence frequently flares. However, since the late 1970s, a time when the Southeast Asian population grew dramatically, the community has led a neighborhood renaissance through multi-lingual newspapers, enthusiastic residents, and organized activists and professionals who were determined to create a lively neighborhood where low-income people can afford to live.'''


	First tagged with the name "Tenderloin" decades ago because of its similarity to a New York neighborhood that was regarded as a choice assignment for corrupt cops, San Francisco's Tenderloin is a forty-block section of downtown that is home to some 20,000+ people. It is San Francisco's most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also one of its poorest. Southeast Asian refugees, African-Americans, Latinos, Filipinos, and Russians all make their home in the 'Loin. So do thousands of seniors and children.		First tagged with the name "Tenderloin" decades ago because of its similarity to a New York neighborhood that was regarded as a choice assignment for corrupt cops, San Francisco's Tenderloin is a forty-block section of downtown that is home to some 20,000+ people. It is San Francisco's most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also one of its poorest. Southeast Asian refugees, African-Americans, Latinos, Filipinos, and Russians all make their home in the 'Loin. So do thousands of seniors and children.

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	The Tenderloin was condemned by politicians and newspaper columnists, but ignored and neglected when it came to doling out city services. It was a neighborhood without the institutions and sense of cohesion that allow a community to define itself. Some people, including social-service providers who worked there, thought that would never change. "The Tenderloin has no social structure of its own," said the Rev. Don Seaton in 1971, as he was leaving his post as the director of Central City Hospitality House, a neighborhood service agency. "It is not a community and never will be. It's impossible to organize the Tenderloin."		The Tenderloin was condemned by politicians and newspaper columnists, but ignored and neglected when it came to doling out city services. It was a neighborhood without the institutions and sense of cohesion that allow a community to define itself. Some people, including social-service providers who worked there, thought that would never change. "The Tenderloin has no social structure of its own," said the Rev. Don Seaton in 1971, as he was leaving his post as the director of Central City Hospitality House, a neighborhood service agency. "It is not a community and never will be. It's impossible to organize the Tenderloin."

	In less than ten years, Seaton's predictions would be proven wrong. By the end of the 70s, two simultaneous developments -- the influx of thousands of ~~'''~~Southeast Asian immigrants~~'''~~ and a wave of neighborhood activism and community organizing -- began to transform the Tenderloin into one of the most active neighborhoods in the city, a community with a growing sense of itself and its mission, and a growing determination to fight for its own survival as a neighborhood where low-income people could afford to live. . .		In less than ten years, Seaton's predictions would be proven wrong. By the end of the 70s, two simultaneous developments -- the influx of thousands of [[From Southeast Asia to the Tenderloin \|Southeast Asian immigrants]] and a wave of neighborhood activism and community organizing -- began to transform the Tenderloin into one of the most active neighborhoods in the city, a community with a growing sense of itself and its mission, and a growing determination to fight for its own survival as a neighborhood where low-income people could afford to live. . .

	'''Components of a Neighborhood Renaissance '''		'''Components of a Neighborhood Renaissance '''

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

			''by Rob Waters and Wade Hudson''

	[[Image:tendrnob$islam-temple.jpg]]		[[Image:tendrnob$islam-temple.jpg]]

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	Another resident, Don Davis, was even more critical of the professional activists who worked for community organizations like the Planning Coalition and the ''Tenderloin Times''. Davis railed against them as "carpetbaggers" and charged that they took jobs that should have gone to low-income people. He argued that the neighborhood would be better off if poor people led the resistance. Davis, who survived by scavenging items from Financial District garbage bins and selling them at flea markets, was often seen on picket lines, where his shouting could be heard from blocks away. His style was disruptive and his attacks were often brutal and personal, but his accusations contained a kernel of truth.		Another resident, Don Davis, was even more critical of the professional activists who worked for community organizations like the Planning Coalition and the ''Tenderloin Times''. Davis railed against them as "carpetbaggers" and charged that they took jobs that should have gone to low-income people. He argued that the neighborhood would be better off if poor people led the resistance. Davis, who survived by scavenging items from Financial District garbage bins and selling them at flea markets, was often seen on picket lines, where his shouting could be heard from blocks away. His style was disruptive and his attacks were often brutal and personal, but his accusations contained a kernel of truth.

	''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson ''		''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson, excerpted from "The Tenderloin: What Makes a Neighborhood?" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998

	excerpted from "The Tenderloin: What Makes a Neighborhood?" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998

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	''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson ''		''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson ''

	excerpted from "~~A Central-City Community:~~ The Tenderloin" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998		excerpted from "The Tenderloin: What Makes a Neighborhood?" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998


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	[[Image:tendrnob$islam-temple.jpg]]		[[Image:tendrnob$islam-temple.jpg]]

	'''Islam Temple, 650 Geary Street between Jones and Leavenworth. This amazing edifice, modeled after the Alhambra of Granada, Spain~~, reflects the [http://shapingsf.org/wiki/tendrnob$islam-temple-and-the-illuminati$illuminati_itm.html Illuminati]'s appreciation of its Islamic heritage~~.'''		'''Islam Temple, 650 Geary Street between Jones and Leavenworth. This amazing edifice is modeled after the Alhambra of Granada, Spain.'''

	First tagged with the name "Tenderloin" decades ago because of its similarity to a New York neighborhood that was regarded as a choice assignment for corrupt cops, San Francisco's Tenderloin is a forty-block section of downtown that is home to some 20,000+ people. It is San Francisco's most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also one of its poorest. Southeast Asian refugees, African-Americans, Latinos, Filipinos, and Russians all make their home in the 'Loin. So do thousands of seniors and children.		First tagged with the name "Tenderloin" decades ago because of its similarity to a New York neighborhood that was regarded as a choice assignment for corrupt cops, San Francisco's Tenderloin is a forty-block section of downtown that is home to some 20,000+ people. It is San Francisco's most diverse and unusual neighborhood, and also one of its poorest. Southeast Asian refugees, African-Americans, Latinos, Filipinos, and Russians all make their home in the 'Loin. So do thousands of seniors and children.
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	A third was the community's multi-lingual newspaper, the ''Tenderloin Times,'' which consistently investigated and broke important stories that were then picked up by the city's mainstream media. The paper -- which from 1985 on was published in Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian as well as English -- was one of the few community organizations that maintained connections with the different ethnic groups in this increasingly diverse neighborhood.		A third was the community's multi-lingual newspaper, the ''Tenderloin Times,'' which consistently investigated and broke important stories that were then picked up by the city's mainstream media. The paper -- which from 1985 on was published in Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian as well as English -- was one of the few community organizations that maintained connections with the different ethnic groups in this increasingly diverse neighborhood.

			[[Image:Tenderloin-times-february-1988-flat-adjusted.jpg]]

	Finally, the infusion of substantial funds from local foundations and charities associated with the Franciscan order sustained these neighborhood projects and allowed them to hire staffs to carry out their work.		Finally, the infusion of substantial funds from local foundations and charities associated with the Franciscan order sustained these neighborhood projects and allowed them to hire staffs to carry out their work.
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	''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson ''		''--Rob Waters and Wade Hudson ''

	excerpted from "A Central-City Community: The Tenderloin" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books ~~1997~~		excerpted from "A Central-City Community: The Tenderloin" in ''Reclaiming San Francisco: History Politics and Culture'', City Lights Books 1998

	~~Contributors to this page include:~~

	~~''Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist ''~~

	~~Hudson,Wade - Writer~~		[[Grace Cathedral \|Prev. Document]] [[Rezoning the Tenderloin Derails Grassroots Activism \|Next Document]]

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