On 16 July 2009 at 6:00 pm, I’ll be kicking off the 2009 Lecture Series for San Francisco Architectural Heritage with “Exploring the Architecture of San Francisco’s Central City,” in the ballroom of the Haas-Lilienthal House at 2007 Franklin Street in San Francisco.
“Incandescent” (Part Three: Uptown Tenderloin)
For more information, please click on the above Lecture Series link. I hope to see you there!
I have found that, as a rule, people rarely look upward past eye level. They are most often surprised when their attention is directed above to something they have passed by without seeing, perhaps for years. One friend of mine had lived for a long time in a Central Towers apartment, across the street from the old Turk Street YMCA (now the Oasis Apartments). When he first saw one of my photographs of the Oasis, he asked me where the building was located. He was shocked to learn it was the same building he had seen from his window all those years, for he hadn’t noticed what was right before his eyes. He has since told me that now, when out and about, he often looks upward and has discovered many beautiful and pleasing aspects of his city that he had never before appreciated, which delights me no end. Cast your gaze aloft every now and then, just to see what is there . . . you might be surprised.
Photo by Theo Rigby
Just about the time I began photographing the architecture of San Francisco’s inner city, Serge Echeverria came into my life, offering not only his friendship, but also both encouragement and critical assessment of my work. To him, Up from the Deep is dedicated.
(See also “Temple of the Heart’s Imagination” in Part Four: Encounters & Stories.)
Do you have a story about the Black Hawk?
If you remember the Black Hawk nightclub and have a personal story you would like to share, I would love to hear from you. I am putting together a history of the club based on the personal experiences of both patrons and performers for inclusion in the Tenderloin Museum and with an eye toward eventual publication.
Be a part of this historic endeavor and send your story to truth_tl@yahoo.com.
Brochure, Hotel Herald, circa 1915.
I’ve just added more postcards and these pages of an early brochure to Part Three: Uptown Tenderloin. My thanks to Kathy Looper for so graciously loaning them to me.
Earlier this month, I reshot the Hibernia Bank Building at 1 Jones Street. This photo and some recently-unearthed photos from the 1940s have now been added to Part Three: Uptown Tenderloin.
HIBERNIA BANK BUILDING – 1 JONES STREET
On 05 February 2009, the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, #08001407 in the weekly list of actions taken on properties: 2/02/09 through 2/06/09.
500 block O’FARRELL STREET
The entire set of survey photos that were submitted to the National Park Service can be seen here.
I have added beautiful old postcards for some of the hotels in Part Three: Uptown Tenderloin. A few examples are shown below:
Volumes One and Two of Up from the Deep are reviewed in today’s issue of BeyondChron.
 | C.R. on Part Three: Uptown Tender… |
 | Nazeem on Part One: Sixth Street |
| Nazeem on Part One: Sixth Street |
 | matt on Part Two: Mid-Market |
 | Patrick Maund on Part Three: Uptown Tender… |
 | All that is the Tend… on Part Three: Uptown Tender… |
