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Month: February 2017

Violet

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Violet (Vila) Bowman, Lava Mae. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I didn’t know that certain parts of San Francisco which are supposed to be the beautiful parts of the City had so much hidden hurt.”

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Jonathan (Jo Jo)

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Jonathan (Jo Jo) Flores, Neighborhood Resident. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“San Francisco is nice. There are resources. If you want to use them. If you know how to use them.”

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Bryan

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Bryan Breeden, traveler. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I would like to stay here; I just can’t manage my drug habits here. I’ve been here multiple times and every time I always end up using too much hard drugs and it’s not good for me to be here.”

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Linda

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Linda Fuchs, Neighborhood Resident. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I like to people watch and evaluate and think. I always taught my kids evaluation is the key to success. When you evaluate certain things, you learn from your mistakes.”

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Andre & Family

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Andre (center) and family, visitors from Germany. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I wouldn’t have thought that we would spend so much time here!”

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Naseem

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Naseem. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I just graduated.”

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Yuchen

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Yuchen Liu, Heidi’s Pies at Heart of the City Farmers’ Market. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I like something that’s more fun and can make people think about something.”

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Malik

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Malik Bey, Granola Vendor at Heart of the City Farmers’ Market. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“You have access to the world.”

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Marvin

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Marvin J. Miller, Downtown Streets Team. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“I expected a cosmopolitan society. I didn’t know there were homeless here and no place for them or me to stay. I had visited California over the years three times but that’s as a tourist and you don’t really see the reality.”

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Siva

February 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2016
Siva Gurumurthy, Twitter employee. Photo by Rua Al-Abweh.

“This area was almost unrecognizable when Twitter came in.”

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