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'''Artist Benny Bufano gives Mayor Lapham a custom tie, 1945.'''
'''Artist Benny Bufano gives Mayor Lapham a custom tie, 1945.'''


Lapahm infamously queried black journalist Thomas Fleming in a post-war press conference about when the new black population of San Francisco would leave and return to the South, since WWII was over. See the clip [http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=shaping_sf&collectionid=ssfTomF_1 here].
Lapahm infamously queried black journalist Thomas Fleming in a post-war press conference about when the new black population of San Francisco would leave and return to the South, since WWII was over. Here's the video:
 
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Mayor Roger Lapham, January 8, 1944--January 8, 1948

Remembered for his ardent efforts to bring the United Nations founding conference to San Francisco. This post-war mayor has been condemned to annals of obscurity. In 1945, Mayor Lapham was faced with a difficult situation when wartime workers began settling down in the city. The spike in the city's population took a toll on the health, education and safety of the city at large, as many city services were over-burdened. Neighborhoods were rapidly declining in standard of living, and downtown traffic was becoming snarled. In 1945, Mayor Lapham appointed a Citizens' Postwar Planning Commission to address issues of overcrowding. The commission recommended new changes in the infrastructure which prepared the city for its modern development.

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Mayor Roger Lapham addresses San Francisco State College students in City Hall rotunda, 1947. Photos: San Francisco History Room, SF Public Library

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Mayor Lapham tests San Francisco's first parking meter, 1947.

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Artist Benny Bufano gives Mayor Lapham a custom tie, 1945.

Lapahm infamously queried black journalist Thomas Fleming in a post-war press conference about when the new black population of San Francisco would leave and return to the South, since WWII was over. Here's the video:

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