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12:2812:28, 7 March 2025 Jack Clark's Revenge on the Dodgers (hist | edit) [4,427 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Jack Clark, beaten by the Dodgers many years as a Giant, got his revenge as a St. Louis Cardinal)
11:4411:44, 7 March 2025 Mike Ivie: The Miracle Man (hist | edit) [5,254 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' File:Lemaster,J-018.jpg Former major league Mike Ivie passed away on July 21, 2023, in North Augusta, South Carolina, at age 70. A born-again Christian, Ivie was part of the notorious God Squad of the San Francisco Giants during the late 1970s. Here is an excerpt from a recent book by Matt Sieger, The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978. San F...")
11:0911:09, 7 March 2025 BOO! The Giants' Johnny LeMaster (hist | edit) [4,539 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (What do you do when the fans boo you unmercifully? Johnnie LeMaster's wife had the answer.) originally created as "BOO!"

00:2400:24, 3 March 2025 Talks: 2025 Videos (hist | edit) [1,806 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Primary Source ''' '''Shaping San Francisco hosts Public Talks on a variety of topics, usually on Wednesday nights, a dozen times a year. Our topic themes vary, but we've grouped them over time into these categories: Art & Politics, Ecology, Historical Perspectives, Literary, and Social Movements.''' Since Covid-19 disrupted our use of the 518 Valencia Street gallery for our Public Talk...")

10:2710:27, 11 February 2025 Searching for Rickey Henderson (hist | edit) [5,796 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Will we see another Rickey Henderson, the ultimate base stealer?)

14:1214:12, 3 February 2025 Shortstop Omar Vizquel belongs in the Hall of Fame (hist | edit) [6,671 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Former San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel should be in the Hall of Fame)

20:4420:44, 2 February 2025 Lowell Cohn is Never Boring (hist | edit) [5,423 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Lowell Cohn, renowned former sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle had one main rule of writing: don't ever be boring!)

11:5711:57, 30 January 2025 Mind your Spikes! (hist | edit) [6,056 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Former San Francisco Giants security guard Matthew Ceryes has some hilarious clubhouse stories about the danger of running with spikes on concrete.)
11:4011:40, 30 January 2025 The Yin and Yang of Barry Bonds (hist | edit) [6,486 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants was a polarizing figure who could be as kind as he was mean.)

11:5411:54, 29 January 2025 San Francisco Giants (of the Faith) (hist | edit) [6,056 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (In the late 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the "God Squad." When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season, challenging the Dodgers and Reds, they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979, when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field, local sportswriters were quick to blame the born-again players.) originally created as "(San Francisco) Giants of the Faith"

18:4518:45, 22 January 2025 My Interview with Joe DiMaggio (hist | edit) [7,092 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (The author, Matt Sieger, had an unexpected opportunity to interview Yankee great Joe DiMaggio, who grew up in San Francisco.)
18:3818:38, 22 January 2025 The God Squad (hist | edit) [8,585 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (In the late 1970s, the San Francisco Bay Area sportswriters labeled the growing group of born-again Christians on the San Francisco Giants the "God Squad." When the God Squadders helped propel the team to a strong 1978 season, challenging the Dodgers and Reds, they often gave God the credit in post-game interviews. The press raised no objection. But in 1979, when the Giants' fortunes faded on the field, local sportswriters were quick to blame the born-again players.)

23:4923:49, 18 January 2025 St. Mark’s Lutheran Church (hist | edit) [5,225 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Pastor Dan Buringrud, Lead Pastor'' [[Image:St Marks Lutheran Church September 1974 opensfhistory wnp25.11381.jpg|800px] '''St. Mark's Lutheran Church, September 1974.''' ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp25.11381'' Founded in 1849 during the California Gold Rush as waves of German immigrants began to arrive in San Francisco, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church has been...")

23:4323:43, 9 January 2025 Meiggs Wharf (hist | edit) [1,202 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' Image:Meiggs-Wharf-c-1865-75-JJ Getty.jpg '''Meiggs Wharf, seen in this photo from the slopes of Telegraph Hill extending northward into the bay sometime between 1865-1875, started from the corner of today's Powell and Francisco Streets, now many blocks from the shoreline.''' ''Photo: J.J. Reilly, courtesy Getty collection'' Image:Meiggs-Wharf-from-Russ...")
23:2823:28, 9 January 2025 Mechanics Pavilion (hist | edit) [4,392 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' 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...")

20:2320:23, 5 January 2025 Safety Net Torn Up by Government (hist | edit) [16,276 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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...")
19:5819:58, 5 January 2025 Public Housing Tenant Movement Fractures (hist | edit) [11,131 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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-...")
19:3819:38, 5 January 2025 Pink Palace Controversy (hist | edit) [8,823 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 seven Image:Baranski pink-palace-fig-7.4.jpg...")
17:1117:11, 5 January 2025 Homelessness Surges in Wake of Neoliberalism (hist | edit) [10,664 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 seven Image:Baranski SFHA-1981 fg-7.3.jpg...")
14:1314:13, 5 January 2025 SF Housing Authority Copes With Neoliberalism (hist | edit) [10,348 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 six In September 1981, the SFHA leadership formed a...")
14:0114:01, 5 January 2025 Neoliberalism Dismantles Public Housing (hist | edit) [9,229 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 five The New Right’s vision of dismantling the...")

21:1121:11, 2 January 2025 San Francisco Housing Authority in the 1970s (hist | edit) [19,887 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 four Image:Valncia-gardens-May-1946 AAD-6122.jpg...")
15:0015:00, 2 January 2025 San Francisco Housing Authority and CANE (hist | edit) [8,570 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 three Image:CANE-picket-line-at-Post-a...")
14:3214:32, 2 January 2025 San Francisco Housing Authority Tries to Buy I-Hotel (hist | edit) [4,400 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 two Image:Baranski Ihotel-protest-fig-7.1...")
14:2014:20, 2 January 2025 San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor Moscone (hist | edit) [6,275 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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 page one Image:Moscone-and-Boas-looking-at-YBC-...")
13:5713:57, 2 January 2025 Chinatown Tenants Win Public Housing Rent Strike (hist | edit) [11,813 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''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)'' 800px '''Dedication of the Ping Yuen East Housing P...")

17:1917:19, 1 January 2025 Housing Crisis Worsens at Start of Depression (hist | edit) [9,195 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One 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 6 Image:Baranski 1931-protest-fig-1....")
17:0717:07, 1 January 2025 Segregated and Substandard Housing in the 1920s (hist | edit) [13,400 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One 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 5 Image:North-on-Bartlett-St.-from-24th-St.-Jany.-...")
16:3316:33, 1 January 2025 World War I Housing Reform Effort (hist | edit) [8,514 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One 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 4 Image:Civic Center, Mayor Rolph a...")
16:1316:13, 1 January 2025 California Commission of Immigration and Housing (hist | edit) [11,088 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One 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 3 Image:Broadway nr Kearny 1910 View of north side...")
15:5015:50, 1 January 2025 San Francisco Housing Association (hist | edit) [13,608 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One of ''Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco'' (see below for copyright and book information)'' Image:Telegraph-Hill-circa-1885.jpg '''Telegraph Hill, circa 1885, showing 230 Filbert (1858) and 228 Filb...")
15:3215:32, 1 January 2025 Burnham Plan and Tenement Housing (hist | edit) [10,238 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in "Progressive Era Housing Reform," Chapter One 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 one Image:Burnham-Plan-arterials.jpg '''A version...")
15:0615:06, 1 January 2025 Post-1906 Quake Housing Reform (hist | edit) [12,854 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by John Baranski'' ''This excerpt originally appeared in ''Progressive Era Housing Reform'' in Chapter One of ''Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco'' (see below for copyright and book information)'' Image:Baranski fig-2.6 Elizabeth-Ashe-left-Alice-Griffith-center-Mrs-Harry-M-Sherman-nee-Lucia-Kittle-rig...")

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