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Mechanics PavilionCreated page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:1st-fair-building.jpg By the summer of 1857 the Mechanics Institute erected a Fair Building on a sandy hill on the outskirts of town—on Montgomery Street between Post and Sutter. The wood frame building had a canvas roof and was approximately 18,000 square feet—then the largest building in California. The interior was cross-shaped, with four rooms..."
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Safety Net Torn Up by GovernmentCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "All Housing is Public," Chapter Seven of ''Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco'' (see below for copyright and book information)'' continued from part nine Image:Homeless-death-demo-Feb-1989-by-Phil-He..."current
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Public Housing Tenant Movement FracturesCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "All Housing is Public," Chapter Seven of ''Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco'' (see below for copyright and book information)'' continued from part eight Image:Rent-strike-april-1989-by-Phil-Head-for-Tend-Times-AAT-..."current