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Civic Center Stories 2017

Post category for the Summer 2017 Civic Center Stories collection.

Diane

August 25, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Diane from Civic Center Stories. Image by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I take him to the children’s library at least once or twice a month because there’s a lot of children in there and they have story time.”

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Marvin

August 25, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Marvin, Tenderloin resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I’m making good progress on my book and so this is allowing me to just keep going forward with it and I think that’s something really positive for me.”

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Omar

August 25, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Omar, San Francisco resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“It has most of the elements that make it really great plaza: the beautiful architecture, the history, access to a lot of different places, it’s centrally located.”

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Annie

August 25, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Annie, Lava Mae employee. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“This is the heart of San Francisco. This is where you would expect you would be taken care of in San Francisco.”

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Avery

August 10, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Avery, former Bay Area resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I still come here because it brings me back. It reminds me where I came from.”

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Christy

August 10, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Christy, neighborhood resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I like when the Farmer’s Market is here. It’s very happy.”

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Juanita

August 10, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Juanita, neighborhood resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“It’s wonderful people here. It’s people that I draw strength from. I see people that’s utilizing their time wisely going to and from work, trying to become something. That’s my role model, that’s my strength.”

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Joon

August 10, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Joon and his dog Thuggy, neighborhood residents. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I know a majority of people here. I feel comfortable here ‘cause there’s all kinds of people here. There’s low class, high class, homeless people. I don’t get bothered by nobody.”

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Abraham

August 4, 2017November 7, 2017 Gary Chen Civic Center Stories 2017
Abraham, Tenderloin resident. Photo by Carla Wietgrefe.

“I spend a lot of time out here just people watching, getting in random conversations with people that just want to stop and talk. I’m an open friendly kind of person. I like people.”

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