Named for a part of the city where bribes bought police the highest-grade beef, San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood remains an island of primarily low-income, ethnically diverse residents in a city of every increasing wealth. How has it survived? Randy Shaw searches for answers in this powerful account of the Tenderloin from its post-quake rebuilding in 1907 through today.
The Tenderloin fought back against the establishment time and time again. And often won. Shaw shows how those outside the mainstream-independent working women, gay men, ‘screaming queens, ‘ activist SRO hotel tenants and many others-led these struggles. Once known for ‘girls, gambling and graft, ‘ the Tenderloin was also fertile ground for the Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Dashiell Hammett and other cultural icons. The Tenderloin is the untold story of a neighborhood that persisted against all odds. It is a must read for everyone -concerned about the future of urban neighborhoods.
About the author
Randy Shaw is the Director of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which he helped found in 1980. His five previous books include The Activist’s Handbook, 2nd edition, Beyond the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century, and Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. Shaw led the campaign to create the national Uptown Tenderloin Historic District and founded the Tenderloin Museum. He is also the editor of Beyond Chron.org.
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