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Offered is the February 26, 1971 (Vol. 5 No. 2) issue of "The San Francisco Bay Guardian: An Independent Newspaper of Events, Analysis and Opinion" edited and published by Bruce B. Brugmann and published out of San Francisco, California. A folded newspaper, as issued, when unfolded measures 11-1/2" by 17-1/2" and contains 32 pages including front and rear covers (a complete issue). Containing articles, opinion, columns, photos and illustrations, comics, reviews, ads, personals, listings and events, highlights include: The high cost of ugliness by Michael Stephen Metcalf ("Proponents of U.S. Steel's proposed waterfront project like to claim it will 'widen the tax base' through increased property tax payments to the city. But experience with other building projects suggests this may not be so at all"); two-page If you like New York and Chicago, you're gonna love San Francisco! compiled by Marilyn Morgan (with aerial photo of downtown San Francisco in 1959 and 1965, with projected building developments shown in black for 1970 and 1975 accompanied by large chart of "Selected Tall Buildings, New York and Chicago" and "Selected Tall Buildings, San Francisco"); several interviews, with photos (Marge and Don Hayakawa; Jessica Mitford and Bob Treuhaft; Evelyn and Cecil Williams; Angela and Joe Alioto; Merla Zellerbach and Fred Goerner; Mellisa and Herb Gold; Marion and Hunt Conrad; Marsha Hudson and Ron Drucker; Louise and Charles Garry; and Joanne and Bruce Beasley); "How can you be a grand juror? the cop asked Ed Uno. You are Oriental, you don't have a big Cadillac, you have long hair and you don't wear a necktie" (Edison Uno interviewed); For thousands of men like these, There's no room in the skyscrapers (Interviews by Marsha Berzon, with photos: "Redevelopment takes over the old hotels south of Market and harasses the old men who rent rooms there for $30 - $40 - $55 a month, to get out. Where are they going to go, these old men?"); full-page ad from The San Francisco Opposition ("YOU CAN HELP DECIDE IF OUR CITY WILL BECOME A SKYLINE OF TOMBSTONES - Both the above pictures are of downtown San Francisco. The top one was twelve years ago. The bottom one, last year"); Nixon's slogan - bait for 'common crooks by a boss gangster' by Kenneth Rexroth; Waterbeds are great, but some can be deadly. Seller Inventory # 014713
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