The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, California, in the lowlands on the southern slopes of Nob Hill, located between the shopping districts of Union Square to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. It covers about 50 square blocks, is a large wedge/triangular shape (point facing East). Historically bordered on the north by Geary Street, on the east by Mason Street, south by Market Street and west by Van Ness Avenue. The northern boundary with Lower Nob Hill has historically been set up on Geary Street.
The terms "Tenderloin Heights" and "The Tendernob" refer to areas around the boundaries between the Upper Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill. The eastern boundary, near Union Square, overlaps with the Theater District.
Part of the western route of Tenderloin, Larkin and Hyde Streets between Turk and O'Farrell, officially named "Little Saigon" by the City of San Francisco.
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Histori
Tenderloin takes its name from an older neighborhood in New York with similar characteristics. There are several explanations of how the environment is named. Some say it is a reference to the environment as a "soft belly" (analogous to meat cuts) from the city, with satire towards representatives and corruption, especially corruption. Another popular explanation, perhaps folklore, attributes the name to New York City police captain, Alexander S. Williams, who hears said that when he was assigned to other parts of the city, he could only eat steak chuck on the salary he earns, but after he transferred to this neighborhood, he got so much money from the party who asked for a bribe, so now he can eat tenderloin. Another version of the story says that officers working at Tenderloin receive a "hazard payment" bonus for working in such a hard area, and thus being able to buy good chunks of meat. Yet another story, also the possibility of apocrypha, is that the name refers to a "brother" of a prostitute.
Tenderloin borders the corridor Mission/Market Street, which follows El Camino Real Spain, which in turn traces the north/south traces of ancient India. The tenderloin is protected by Nob Hill, and far enough from the bay to be on solid ground. There is evidence that the community lived here a few thousand years ago. In the 1960s, the area was dug up to build the BART/MUNI subway station at the Civic Center. During the excavation, the remains of women around 5,000 years old were discovered.
Tenderloin has been a downtown residential community since shortly after the California Gold Rush in 1849. However, the name "Tenderloin" did not appear on the San Francisco map before the 1930s; before that, it was labeled as "Downtown", though informally referred to as "Tenderloin" as early as the 1890s. The area has an active nightlife in the late 19th century with many theaters, restaurants and hotels. The famous Mrs Tessie Wall opened her first brothel on O'Farrell Street in 1898. Almost all the buildings in the neighborhood were destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and boomerang made by firefighters to withstand destruction. The area was soon rebuilt with several hotels opened by 1907 and apartment buildings shortly thereafter, including the historic Cadillac Hotel. In the 1920s, the neighborhood was renowned for its gambling, billiards room, boxing gym, speakeasies, theater, restaurants and other nightlife depicted in the fictional detective stew from Dashiell Hammett, who lives in 891 Post Street, the apartment he give it away. to Sam Spade at The Maltese Falcon . Also around this time, because the Red Light Abatement Act, Prostitution and other deputies began to be pushed out of the Barbary Coast district to a more southern Tenderloin and less occupied business.
In the mid-20th century, Tenderloin provides jobs for many musicians in cinemas, hotels, burlesque houses, bars and clubs in their neighborhood, and is the location of Union Musicians Building on Jones Street. The most famous jazz clubs are Black Hawk in Hyde and Turk Streets where Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, and other jazz musicians recorded live albums for Fantasy Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
With an almost entirely residential compound of hotel rooms, studio apartments and one-bedroom apartments, the Tenderloin has historically accommodated single adults and couples. After World War II, with declines in central cities across the United States, the Tenderloin lost its population, creating a large number of empty housing units in the mid-1970s. Beginning in the late 1970s, after the Vietnam War, Tenderloin received large numbers of refugees from Southeast Asia - first ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, then Khmer from Cambodia and Hmong from Laos. Cheap vacant housing, and its proximity to Chinatown through the Stockton Street Tunnel, make the area of ​​interest to refugees and resettlement agencies. The studio apartment was home to a family of four and five and became what a local police officer called a "vertical village." Tenderloin is rapidly increasing from just a few children to over 3,500 and this population remains. A number of restaurants in Southeast Asia, bÃÆ'¡nh, coffee shops, ethnic grocery stores, video stores and other stores are open at this time, which is still there.
Tenderloin has a long history as a center of alternative sexuality, including some historic confrontations with police. Legendary imitator Ray Bourbon, a player during Pansy Craze, was arrested in 1933 while his show "Boys Will Be Girls" was broadcast live on radio from Tait's Cafe at 44 Ellis Street. On the night of August 13, 1961, 103 gay and lesbian customers were raided at Tay-Bush Inn, a café frequented by gay and lesbian customers. In response to police abuse, S.F. the bar owner formed the San Francisco Tavern Guild. A study of prostitution in Tenderloin found that while trans females face discrimination from certain professions and their sexual partners, sex workers in the Tenderloin region are adept at overcoming some of these difficulties.
On New Year's Day in 1965 police raided the Mardi Gras Ball at California Hall on Polk Street sponsored by the Council of Religion and Homosexuals, lined up and photographed 600 participants and arrested some prominent citizens. One of the first "gay riots," dating the Stonewall riots in New York, took place at Compton's Cafeteria in Turk and Taylor Streets in August 1966 when police, trying to capture queens, sparked riots that spilled into the streets.. The group eventually smashed the windows of police cars and set fire to the nearest newspaper kiosk to the ground; riots prompted the formation of Gay Alliance Activists. Before The Castro emergence as the main gay village, the Tenderloin center on Turk and Taylor and Gulch Polk on the west side of the Tenderloin are two of the city's first gay neighborhoods and some of the historic gay bars and clubs still exist.
The apartment where Dashiell Hammett wrote The Maltese Falcon was once at the Tenderloin border at the corner of Hyde and Post. The movie and book are based in Tenderloin San Francisco. There is also a hallway in what is now Nob Hill, named for the author of the book (Dashiell Hammett). It lies outside the Tenderloin because the boundary was defined with a different limit from today. Some locations, such as Sam Spade and John's Grill apartments, are also no longer in the Tenderloin because the local economy and real estate have changed the character and labeling of the region over time.
In July 2008, the area was designated a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Attractions and characteristics
Located near the city center, the Tenderloin has historically rejected gentrification, retaining a seedy character and a reputation for crime. Sloppy conditions, homelessness, crime, drug trafficking, prostitution, liquor stores, and strip clubs give a slum to the environment.
Part of the neighborhood forms part of the theater district. Notable theaters include Geary, home of the American Conservatory Theater, and the Curran Theater, Golden Gate and Orpheum operated by the Shorenstein Nederlander Organization. Alternate theaters at the Tenderloin include EXIT Theater, which operates four theaters in front of the building and produces the Fringe Festival of San Francisco, New Conservatory Theater, Phoenix Theater, CounterPulse, PianoFight, New Music Center, and others. Alternative galleries include The Luggage Store, 509 Cultural Center, and more. The neighborhood has many bars dating a ban and earlier with a dive bar, including some left from when the neighborhood accommodates large merchant seafarers but most of them have been closed or altered. One bar was built on the previous speakeasy site, Bourbon and Branch, on the corner of Jones and O'Farrell Streets. The original Speakeasy is restored in the basement of the bar, including many original decorations. Many bars have entertainment including Aunt Charlie's historical bar. Larger live music venues include the Great American Music Hall and Warfield Theater. Historically, Tenderloin has owned a number of strip clubs, although their numbers have declined in recent decades. The most famous is Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater. Tenderloin is also a hub for diverse gender communities. The LGBTIQ category creates a new gender politics that helps differentiate between different groups - Tenderloin is very crowded by the transgender community. Many street activists paved the way for change, such as Anne Ogborn.
In his seminar, "Take Charge of Your Life", Jim Rohn recounts his visit to the Tenderloin to experience a "humanitarian tragedy". He describes his visit to a bar in the Tenderloin where the bar tender tells of a dancer by the name of Cookie, who is very lame and has a child suffering from leukemia.
Geography
The position held by policymakers on gentrification is often divided, with one side of the debate stating that it is beneficial to the public economy and the revitalization of established arrangements, while others argue that the enormous social costs and displacement of people, especially the poor, potential of the process.
Mural
Tenderloin serves as a mecca for the art scene in San Francisco, housing galleries "White Walls" and "Shooting Gallery". Tenderloin has become a mural workplace by artists like Johanna Poethig, Mona Caron, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, Mike Giant, Blek Le Rat, and Dan Plasma.
The "Books & amp; Works" Gallery has become famous for awarding skating legends like Tommy Guerrero and promoting "Zine Weekends."
Crime
Tenderloin is a high crime environment, especially violent street crimes such as robbery and aggravated assaults. Seven of the top 10 violent crime plots (of 665 across the city as measured by the San Francisco Police Department) are adjacent plots in the Tenderloin and Sixth and Market areas. The neighborhood is considered the origin of a famous Filipino gang Bahala Na Gang (BNG), a gang imported from the Philippines. In the late 1960s to mid-1970s, the gang was involved in extortion, drug sales, and murder for hire.
Graffiti art and tagging are common problems in the environment. Dealing and illegal drug use takes place on the streets. Property crime is common, especially the theft of parked vehicles. Violent acts are more common here and are generally associated with drugs. This area has been the site of increased drug violence in 2007, including the shooting of bright days, as local gangs from San Francisco, and others from around the Bay Area battle for grass. 14 of 98 murders occurred in the area in 2007.
The first block of Turk Street, between Taylor and Mason, has one of the highest levels of violence and drug activity in San Francisco, according to a survey conducted by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. On January 31, 2014, parking was banned on both sides of the road in an effort to reduce violence and drug activity. With no cars parked to hide illegal activity, there are fewer homeless people, and a decrease in drug activity.
Social issues
The high rates of sex work in the Tenderloin region have been linked to high rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, especially among men who have sex with other men and those who also inject drugs. Contributing factors include lack of sex education and safe sex practices, including condom use. In the 2000 survey, 59% of men who had sex with other men did not report condom use, with higher levels of unsafe sex practices among those not involved in paid sex work.
Social services
Tenderloin has been the home of Raphael House, the first provider in a shelter town for homeless parents and children, since 1971. It is a diverse ethnic community, made up of families, young people living in cheap apartments, downtown bohemian artists, and new immigrants from Latin America and Southeast Asia. It is home to a large homeless population, those living in extreme poverty, and many nonprofit social service agencies, public kitchens, religious rescue missions, homeless shelters and one-room hotel residences. Many homeless youth in the Tenderloin district are at risk of serious emotional and psychological problems arising from past traumatic experiences. The lack of appropriate targeted options available in the area means that many youth will have some viable paths to deal effectively with their problems.
The Tenderloin Housing Clinic has been offering important social services to the poor in this neighborhood for decades. According to its director, Randy Shaw, "Clinical mission is to prevent the evictions, preserve and expand the stock of cheap housing and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants.The clinic is successful in fulfilling this mission by providing free legal services, securing SRO units through Master Lease program and offer comprehensive support services to our clients. "
Care Through Touch Institute, located between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, offers free sitting massage therapy to clients in the Tenderloin community. CTI founder and director, Mary Ann Finch, began offering services here in 1997, having been inspired by her voluntary work with Mother Teresa in India. Currently, CTI serves low-income and homeless clients on sites such as the Gubbio Project at St. John's Church. Boniface, Tenderloin Self-Help, Tom Waddell's health clinic, MCSC, and Martin de Porres House of Hospitality. CTI also offers a 180-hour training in "Sitting Massage Therapy, Social Awareness, and Spiritual Practice" for people interested in volunteering with CTI. Sausa, Keatley & amp; Operaria (2007) found in their study the perceived risks and benefits of sex work among transgendered colored women in the San Francisco Tender whose transgender lives have been shown to be shaped by structural conditions of non-local poverty and sexual inequality - therefore, when it comes to health promotion and social service programs for transgender sex workers, it is important that this be informed and instructed by the structure of the community.
Religious institutions that provide public services to the Tenderloin include the Glide Memorial Church, restored by Cecil Williams in 1963, St. Anthony's, the Franciscans program and the San Francisco City Impact founded in 1984 by Pastor Roger Huang. K-8 San Francisco City Impact's private school, San Francisco City Academy, is the first K-8 school in Tenderloin District; founded in 1997. All these provide food and other social services to the poor and the homeless and others. Glide and the surrounding environment provide many settings for the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness. In 2008, The Salvation Army opened the Ray Community Center and Joan Kroc, a multipurpose center featuring a fitness center, swimming pool and fitness center among other amenities. Funding for the center was made possible by a US $ 1.5 billion will from Joan Kroc, McDonald's founder's widow, Ray Kroc. Adjacent to Kroc's center is Railton Place, a 110-unit apartment complex run by the Salvation Army for former foster youth, homeless veterans, and recovering adults from addiction. In 2016, the Tenderloin Community Assistance Society (TLCBD) announced the implementation of a new public-private initiative, Operations Leadership, which aims to help strengthen existing cleaning and fading services.
Because transgender women often face barriers such as discrimination and stigma when accessing health care, and show a reluctance to express their gender when seeking health-related services, a collaborative project called 'TRANS' is established near Tenderloin to precisely address the multifaceted needs of this. diverse population, and offer support.
In their study, Sausa, Keatley, Operario (2007) concluded that sex work for transgender women of color should be seen as a forced consequence of the structural obstacles they face, as well as informed choices for survival as a result of these obstacles.
The Tenderloin Senior Outreach (TSOP) project begins when local university staff recognizes that many elderly people are afraid of crime, rent increases, and inadequate income. They facilitate interpersonal communication through coffee & amp; drinks, groups of parents are encouraged to meet each other.
Larkin Street Youth Services is a non-profit organization that offers a range of services that inspire youth to move beyond the streets. The service runs entirely from outreach and temporary shelter for transitional life programs, health and wellness services, as well as comprehensive education and employment programs.
Culture
In recent years, the population has pioneered the rise of local art.
In 1987, residents and others from the Aarti Hotel in Leavenworth Street founded the 509 Cultural Center at 509 Ellis Street. After the 1989 earthquake damaged the facility, the artists established The Luggage Store at 1007 Market, at the intersection of 6th Street, Market, Taylor, and Golden Gate Avenue. In 1989 the Tenderloin Reflection and Education Center (TREC) broke away from the St Anthony Foundation and operated a cultural center including dance, music, writing quilting, and other art workshops at the St. Petersburg Center for the Environment. Boniface. Artists and activists such as Eric Ehn from the Iowa Writing Workshop and Theater Artaud; Miya Masoaka, a recording artist with Asian Improv Records; Lucy Jane Bledsoe, publishes novelist and writer for East Bay Express; Pearl Ubungen, choreographer; Ben Clarke, Founding Editor of Freedom of Sound; and Maketa Groves, poet and writer published in Curbstone Press; and the residents of the Tenderloin and poet Athabaskan Mary TallMountain offer many free workshops. TREC and its publishing project Freedom Voices continues to offer occasional workshops in the Public Library, Hospitality House, Devil Devils and other locations in the neighborhood. Leaves Tender, Center of Literary Journal published from 1987 to 2006.
From 2006 to 2009, Loin's Mouth, compiled by editor Rachel M., is a semi-quarterly publication on life in the Tenderloin and Tendernob areas. Since then, others have come to fill the gap including the Tenderloin Reading Series , which is a quarterly environmental literacy event as well as The Tender, a locally focused event, food and environmental journal.
In 2006, the Gray Area for Art Foundation was established to produce, exhibit, and develop creativity with the most contemporary new media technologies. Originally located on Taylor Street in a 8,000 square foot room (740 m 2 ), they have moved across the street to rent space from The Warfield.
In previous years, the local Vietnamese community held a Lunar New Year Vietnam celebration in the Little Saigon section of the Tenderloin.
Parks and recreation
Historically, downtown Tenderloin did not have a park between Union Square to the East and Civic Center Plaza to the West until a number of activists, who organized the Citizens City Committee for Open Space, advocated more open space in the Tenderloin in the 1970s. As a result, a number of parks and playgrounds were created including the first Boeddeker Park, multi purpose facility, then the youth-oriented Tenderloin Playground, followed by a number of miniature playgrounds.
Boeddeker Park, located on the corner of Eddy and Jones Streets, is one of the most used parks per square foot in the City. It underwent a renovation, completed in December 2014, which has revitalized the park. YMCA and Boys and Girls Club occupy the clubhouse, providing programs for youth and the elderly. "This is a positive center of community togetherness," said Captain Tenderloin, Jason Cherniss, about the park. "It's not necessarily the police, it's the community, it's ripe for that now, we're all getting connected and sharing information."
The Tenderloin Children's Playground, on Ellis Street between Leavenworth and Hyde Streets, opened in 1995 and has an exciting indoor and outdoor recreation facility and hosts numerous community and family events.
Sergeant John Macaulay Park, named after a San Francisco police officer who was killed in the adjacent passage while on duty, was a small playground at the corner of O'Farrell and Larkin Streets. Although the park is located across the street from the strip club, it is frequented by parents and children from the neighborhood.
The "Tenderloin National Forest" (a project of the non-profit organization The Luggage Store/509 Cultural Center) is an unofficial park established from 1987-present that maintains the park and opening hours. Located in Cohen Alley just off Ellis Street.
Change call attempt
In March 2011, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vice President Tracy Reiman sent Mayor Ed Lee a letter proposing to rename the neighborhood and suggested alternative names such as Tempeh District, claiming "the city is worthy of a neighborhood named after delicious free food from cruelty and not the flesh of abused animals ". The proposal was met with ridicule by local residents and Mayor Lee responded that it is more important to improve the lives of citizens than changing the name of the environment.
See also
- Tenderloin, New York
- Tender
- Hospitality House
References
Further reading
- Kamiya, Gary (November 2013). "Rise up, Tenderloin". San Francisco . ISSNÃ, 1097-6345 . Retrieved November 4, 2013 .
External links
- Extra City Center
- Tenderloin Microhoods Map
- Tender
- Tenderloin, San Francisco Chronicle
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