Billie Holiday Busted in Tenderloin SRO
Blues singer Billie Holiday was arrested on opium charges in a Tenderloin SRO after police raided her room. The Telegraph Herald, January 23, 1949 Public …
Month: June 2011
Central Market CBD May 2011 report
this is one of the most extensive reports yet by the Central Market CBD. Hundreds of incidents recorded. Everything from illegal trash dumping, including by …
San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Watchdog program – non profits
or, when city funded non profits skip out on filing property taxes San Francisco has a property tax whistleblower site where citizens can report failure …
Little Roger and the Goosebumps
the legend will never die Little Roger and the Goosebumps was a San Francisco bar band favorite for years and ended up opening for lots …
Passion Cafe selling, Anu bar closed, Zendesk moves in
Passion Cafe near 6th and Market is selling after all, despite denials from their own staff. The confusion was the result of being delisted at …
Commander Cody live at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair 2011
Commander Cody was having “too much fun” at this years Haight Street Fair Commander Cody, live at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair, June 12, 2011, …
San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)
in memory of Merl Saunders, once a year (Merl’s own song about the Haight Ashbury, recorded live at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair 1998, one …
San Francisco on Film Days Before the 1906 Quake
Many people have seen this since it came out in 2005 on the dvd ‘A Trip Down Market Street. What is new is that it’s …
Buffalo Springfield – Fox Theater Oakland, June 2-3, 2011
I didn’t make it to this legendary reunion, but there’s plenty of photos, videos and recordings. Buffalo Springfield played the Fox Theater in Oakland, June …
‘for sale’ sign removed from Passion Cafe
It’s true, as reported here on Eater and and the diabolical SF Citizen Passion Cafe on 6th Street is not closing, and the ‘for sale’ …