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The busiest national cemetery in the nation, where tens of thousands of war veterans lay in above or below their wives in concrete vaults, above or below and bones separate as if in floating beds stacked in ironic opposition to twin beds aside each other, and where thousands and still counting also lay; single sad vaults of young men and women dying right now in Afghanistan and Iraq, too young to have spouses who have died, or to have had spouses at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not far from Riverside National Cemetery is another kind of resting place also depicted in Wild Blue Yonder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In our main area we have office supplies, we have glassware, lots of beautiful china, crystal,\" explains Rita Sayre one of the volunteer proprietors of an antique collective meets thrift shop called The Treasure Chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's operated from a string of houses at \u003ca href=\"http://afvw.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Village West\u003c/a>, a neatly manicured gated community for retired military personnel and their spouses at the edge of Riverside National Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sayre, a vivacious, silver-haired Air Force widow and Village resident helped open the Treasure Chest about a year and half ago. 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The busiest national cemetery in the nation, where tens of thousands of war veterans lay in above or below their wives in concrete vaults, above or below and bones separate as if in floating beds stacked in ironic opposition to twin beds aside each other, and where thousands and still counting also lay; single sad vaults of young men and women dying right now in Afghanistan and Iraq, too young to have spouses who have died, or to have had spouses at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not far from Riverside National Cemetery is another kind of resting place also depicted in Wild Blue Yonder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In our main area we have office supplies, we have glassware, lots of beautiful china, crystal,\" explains Rita Sayre one of the volunteer proprietors of an antique collective meets thrift shop called The Treasure Chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's operated from a string of houses at \u003ca href=\"http://afvw.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force Village West\u003c/a>, a neatly manicured gated community for retired military personnel and their spouses at the edge of Riverside National Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sayre, a vivacious, silver-haired Air Force widow and Village resident helped open the Treasure Chest about a year and half ago. Most of its wares are donated by the families of residents who've passed on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of the children of the people who live at the village come back after a death,\" Sayre explains.\u003cbr>\n\"And they come from places other than Riverside and they have the homes here that are full of collectibles and lovely things and the family cannot take them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Sayre and her colleagues step in to collect what cannot be taken. All of the money earned, about $100,000 in its first 18 months of operation, goes towards the upkeep of the Village and its residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have shed many a tear when I have gone into a house and have seen pictures and things on the wall that have been very meaningful. No, there is a lot of heartbreak involved but then again we have people that donate and realize the money is going to a good cause,\" says Sayre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across town at First United Methodist Church in Riverside http://fumcor.com/ Bill McInroe pores over a wall map of North and South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10140891\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/yonder2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/yonder2-400x237.jpg\" alt=\"The volunteer proprietors of the Treasure Chest, a thrift shop operated in a gated military retirement community in Riverside. 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And about 100,000 people attended the event and took part in the mobile block party, according to race organizer Wasserman Media Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136499\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136499\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Bay to Breakers, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of an annual tradition, racers dressed in costumes. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kenyan runner Geoffrey Kenisi \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/18/geoffrey-kenisi-diane-johnson-first-to-cross-bay-to-breakers-finish-line/\">won the race\u003c/a> with a time of 35:06. 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At 1 p.m., police arrested \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/05/18/bay_to_breakers_2014_naked_man_hops.php\">a naked man who broke into the bison paddock\u003c/a> in Golden Gate Park and was challenging a buffalo. “The bison seemed unimpressed,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfpdrichmond?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2014%2F05%2F18%2Fbay_to_breakers_2014_naked_man_hops.php&tw_i=468121426226991104&tw_p=tweetembed\">the SFPD Richmond Station’s Twitter account\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136505\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4969.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136505\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4969-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Although police took steps to curb alcohol consumption, there was still plenty of booze to go around (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although police took steps to curb alcohol consumption, there was still plenty of booze to go around. 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"content": "\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2014/05/2014-05-16d-tcrmag.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 1, 1914, the Socialist colony of Llano Del Rio was founded in the Antelope Valley, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It lasted about 3½ years, and at its peak more than a thousand people lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekend, a couple dozen Southern California artists paid tribute to the centennial of this experiment in communal living with a project called “Squaring the Circle.” The daylong event included film screenings, performance art and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the artists, Christine Suarez, danced in the stone ruins of what was once a house. She slowly swayed a thin veil of white tulle around her, as her collaborator, Alexx Shilling, read from a letter written by a Llano settler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t achieve the impossible. We are still under the thumb of capitalism. Our colony is a corporation,” the letter said. “But instead of using it for parasitical advantage, the benefits go to us, the workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suarez adapted some of the letters based on research and correspondence she discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Artist Leora Wien reimagined a May Day ceremony by installing a maypole. Several participants grabbed colorful ribbons and danced in circles around the pole, weaving the fabric into a tight pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They celebrated May Day, which has become a day for workers’ rights, for advocating for things like the eight-hour workweek,” Wien said. “There is archival footage of the May Day festival with a maypole, so that was the inspiration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10140905\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/FabricGirl.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/FabricGirl-400x335.jpg\" alt='Dance theater artist Christine Suarez performs \"Mother.Work\" in the stone ruins of what was once a house at Llano Del Rio. (Avishay Artsy/KQED)' width=\"400\" height=\"335\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10140905\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dance theater artist Christine Suarez performs \"Mother.Work\" in the stone ruins of what was once a house at Llano Del Rio. (Avishay Artsy/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Job Harriman, a lawyer and Socialist leader, was the founder of Llano Del Rio. In 1900 he ran for vice president of the United States, along with Eugene Debs, on the Socialist Party of America ticket. He later ran for Los Angeles mayor twice, but lost because he defended the widely reviled McNamara brothers, the union activists who pleaded guilty to bombing the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, which killed 21 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his narrow defeat, Harriman convinced members of the Young People’s Socialist League, or YPSLs, and other progressives and farmers to start a self-sufficient community in the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the average wage for skilled labor was $2.50 a day, and workers labored 10 hours a day, six days a week. Llano Del Rio promised better wages and working conditions – $4 a day, eight hours a day, five days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was kind of revolutionary,” said historian Paul Greenstein. He co-wrote “Bread & Hyacinths: The Rise and Fall of Utopian Los Angeles,” a book about Llano Del Rio. Llano settlers built a printing press, planted fruit orchards and alfalfa, and raised dairy cows, chickens and rabbits. There was even a fish hatchery. But it wasn’t all hard work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had a mandolin orchestra. They had the best baseball team in the Antelope Valley,” Greenstein said. “They had weekly dances, which were widely attended by everybody in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10140909\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/fuzzydude.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/fuzzydude-400x232.jpg\" alt=\"Electronic artist Stephen Fiche performs echoing ambient music, utilizing the cavernous acoustics of the grain silo at Llano Del Rio. (Avishay Artsy/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10140909\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electronic artist Stephen Fiche performs echoing ambient music, utilizing the cavernous acoustics of the grain silo at Llano Del Rio. (Avishay Artsy/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the “Squaring the Circle” event, Greenstein set up a canvas tent, much like those the Llano inhabitants lived in, and displayed old photographs and copies of “The Western Comrade,” a Socialist newspaper edited by Harriman. Greenstein also brought along a wax cylinder player, a model that would have been used 100 years ago. And he brought a working 1913 Metz roadster, and offered people rides around the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a car would have come in handy at Llano Del Rio. The colony was spread out over several miles, with plans for further expansion. Founder Harriman tapped a radical feminist architect named Alice Constance Austin to design the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had this whole crazy idea about underground systems, where laundry would be put down the chute, and it would be taken away, and meals would be delivered underground,” said artist and organizer Cindy Rehm. “It’d be this way that women would be liberated from working in the kitchen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Austin’s plans were never carried out. The community rejected what it saw as concrete prisonlike buildings. Instead, people lived in tents or adobe houses, most of which were destroyed by storms, leaving only the remains of a cistern, a hotel, a dairy farm and a grain silo. That’s where electronic artist Stephen Fiche performed his concert of echoing ambient music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llano Del Rio declared bankruptcy in 1918. The commune folded for a few reasons. There was internal strife over the political structure of the colony. There was a lack of reliable water from Big Rock Creek, the stream that flowed from the San Gabriel Mountains to the colony. Also, the outbreak of World War I meant young men from the colony were drafted, and good-paying work became available in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1918, some 60 families boarded a train to Louisiana and formed New Llano, which lived on for another 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at the ruins of the colony now,” said Dydia DeLyser, a professor of geography and a Llano expert. “But it represents a time of real hope, and the earnest and sincere efforts of 1,000 or maybe 1,500 people who lived here, who sought to build a bright and different future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is a lot like Los Angeles today — a place where people still move to start over, pursue their dreams and create a bit of paradise in the desert.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_43871.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136104\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_43871-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Coit Tower, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of Coit Tower. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coit Tower, the iconic monolith punctuating Telegraph Hill, reopened today after a six-month renovation. During the closure, workers restored the tower's historic murals and made structural improvements to the 81-year-old landmark. San Francisco Recreation & Parks waived the normal elevator fee ($5 for residents and $7 for out-of-towners) for the day, inviting visitors to take in the 360-degree views from the top of the tower. Several politicians, including Supervisor David Chiu and Mayor Ed Lee, were on hand for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, which took place under the stifling midday sun. \"These are historic landmarks in the city; they mean something to generations of people, and we have the privilege of reintroducing them to kids and generations of our own,\" said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136055\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4262.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136055\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4262-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Gorden, a docent for San Francisco City Guides, stands in front of one of Coit Tower's murals (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Gorden, a docent for San Francisco City Guides, stands in front of one of Coit Tower's murals (Mark Andrew Boyer/ KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The view from the top of the tower is what draws crowds up to Telegraph Hill, but the murals covering the tower's first- and second-floor walls are also a big attraction. The first floor is open to the public, and the second floor can be viewed by private tour only. In all, 19 artists and 26 assistants produced the murals — many of which are frescos — through the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project. The influences of prominent early 20th century Mexican muralists, such as Diego Rivera, can be seen in the tower's 27 historic murals. They depict heavy industry, labor and chaotic street life of Depression-era California — a stark contrast to the quiet streets surrounding Coit Tower today. At least one mural, which contained communist symbolism, was removed before the tower opened in 1933. \"The significance of [the murals] is that they depict California industrial and agricultural life of the time,\" said volunteer docent Val Hendrickson. \"Within the murals you can see fomenting labor unrest and the effects of the Depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136067\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4297.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136067\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4297-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"An oil painting by Otis Oldfield covers the walls in the elevator foyer (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An oil painting by Otis Oldfield covers the walls in the elevator foyer (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The murals were in pretty good shape prior to the restoration, according to Allison Cummings from the San Francisco Arts Commission, but some of them had been scratched, and several suffered water damage. Tower renovations, which coincided with the art restoration, should prevent future water damage from occurring. During the mural restoration, all of the frescoes were cleaned, making them look much brighter. Workers also did restoration work on the ceilings and the stucco borders around the murals. The total budget for fixing up the murals was about $450,000, which enabled a team of four restorationists to work on the project for about six weeks. \"There are no scratches, there are no white areas on the murals, and it looks as it did when it was painted 80 years ago,\" said Cummings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136083\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4306.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136083\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4306-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Postcards are on display in Coit Tower's new gift shop (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Postcards are on display in Coit Tower's new gift shop (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The murals weren't the only thing to get a face-lift during the six-month renovation. A new gift shop was added; the elevator was updated; restrooms were upgraded; the roof was replaced; brass railings to protect the murals were adjusted; doors were updated; and handrails were added outside. Workers installed scaffolding around the exterior of the tower, and they used binoculars in order to identify cracks, according to Toks Ajike, a project manager for S.F. Rec & Parks. Those cracks are what enabled water to infiltrate the building over time. \"It's an old, delicate structure, and over time historic structures require a level of care,\" said Ajike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4370.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4370-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Coit Tower reopened on May 14, after a six-month renovation (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coit Tower reopened on May 14, after a six-month renovation (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fixing up historic structures is never quite as simple as it appears, and the renovation team ended up doing a little more work than was originally planned. The paint on the ceiling of the gallery was failing, and it contained hazardous materials, like asbestos and lead. That required workers to do some abatement before it could be replastered and repainted. Those unforeseen challenges, combined with some new features, such as dramatic new exterior lighting, caused the renovation budget to climb from $1.1 million to about $1.6 million. New colored LED lights will be programmed and ready to use within the next few weeks, said project manager Matt Jasmin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4332.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136102\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4332-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Coit Tower, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from near the top of Coit Tower (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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San Francisco Recreation & Parks waived the normal elevator fee ($5 for residents and $7 for out-of-towners) for the day, inviting visitors to take in the 360-degree views from the top of the tower. Several politicians, including Supervisor David Chiu and Mayor Ed Lee, were on hand for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, which took place under the stifling midday sun. \"These are historic landmarks in the city; they mean something to generations of people, and we have the privilege of reintroducing them to kids and generations of our own,\" said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136055\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4262.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136055\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4262-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Gorden, a docent for San Francisco City Guides, stands in front of one of Coit Tower's murals (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Gorden, a docent for San Francisco City Guides, stands in front of one of Coit Tower's murals (Mark Andrew Boyer/ KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The view from the top of the tower is what draws crowds up to Telegraph Hill, but the murals covering the tower's first- and second-floor walls are also a big attraction. The first floor is open to the public, and the second floor can be viewed by private tour only. In all, 19 artists and 26 assistants produced the murals — many of which are frescos — through the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project. The influences of prominent early 20th century Mexican muralists, such as Diego Rivera, can be seen in the tower's 27 historic murals. They depict heavy industry, labor and chaotic street life of Depression-era California — a stark contrast to the quiet streets surrounding Coit Tower today. At least one mural, which contained communist symbolism, was removed before the tower opened in 1933. \"The significance of [the murals] is that they depict California industrial and agricultural life of the time,\" said volunteer docent Val Hendrickson. \"Within the murals you can see fomenting labor unrest and the effects of the Depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136067\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4297.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136067\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4297-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"An oil painting by Otis Oldfield covers the walls in the elevator foyer (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An oil painting by Otis Oldfield covers the walls in the elevator foyer (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The murals were in pretty good shape prior to the restoration, according to Allison Cummings from the San Francisco Arts Commission, but some of them had been scratched, and several suffered water damage. Tower renovations, which coincided with the art restoration, should prevent future water damage from occurring. During the mural restoration, all of the frescoes were cleaned, making them look much brighter. Workers also did restoration work on the ceilings and the stucco borders around the murals. The total budget for fixing up the murals was about $450,000, which enabled a team of four restorationists to work on the project for about six weeks. \"There are no scratches, there are no white areas on the murals, and it looks as it did when it was painted 80 years ago,\" said Cummings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136083\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4306.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136083\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4306-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Postcards are on display in Coit Tower's new gift shop (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Postcards are on display in Coit Tower's new gift shop (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The murals weren't the only thing to get a face-lift during the six-month renovation. A new gift shop was added; the elevator was updated; restrooms were upgraded; the roof was replaced; brass railings to protect the murals were adjusted; doors were updated; and handrails were added outside. Workers installed scaffolding around the exterior of the tower, and they used binoculars in order to identify cracks, according to Toks Ajike, a project manager for S.F. Rec & Parks. Those cracks are what enabled water to infiltrate the building over time. \"It's an old, delicate structure, and over time historic structures require a level of care,\" said Ajike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4370.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4370-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Coit Tower reopened on May 14, after a six-month renovation (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coit Tower reopened on May 14, after a six-month renovation (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fixing up historic structures is never quite as simple as it appears, and the renovation team ended up doing a little more work than was originally planned. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is about a virulently, racist song. Read no further if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[N****] Love A Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!\" merits the distinction of the most racist song title in America. Released in March, 1916, by Columbia Records it was written by actor Harry C. Browne and played on the familiar depiction of black people as mindless beasts of burden greedily devouring slices of watermelon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I came across this gem while researching racial stereotypes. I was a bit conflicted on whether the song warranted a listen. Admittedly though, beneath my righteous indignation, I was rather curious how century-old, overt racism sounded and slightly amused by the farcical title. When I started the song, the music that tumbled from the speakers was that of the ever-recognizable jingle of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZB6WXDuM1g\">ice cream truck\u003c/a> (For the record, not all ice cream trucks play this same song, but a great many of them do.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As quickly as it began, the music paused, and this call-and-response ensued:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>Browne: \"You n******s quit throwin' them bones and come down and get your ice cream!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black men (incredulously): \"Ice Cream?!?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Browne: \"Yes, ice cream! Colored man's ice cream: WATERMELON!!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mouth dropped. The music immediately resumed and so did the racism. I soon realized that the ice cream truck song was forever ruined for me, especially once the chorus began:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>N***** love a watermelon ha ha, ha ha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>N***** love a watermelon ha ha, ha ha!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For here, they're made with a half a pound of co'l\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's nothing like a watermelon for a hungry coon\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebh6x6Bze_0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Origin of the song\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wondered how such a prejudiced song could have become the anthem of ice cream and childhood summers. I learned that though Mr. Browne was fairly creative in his lyrics, the song's premise and its melody are nearly as old as America itself. As often happens with matters of race, something that is rather \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/23/291525991/when-vanilla-was-brown-and-how-we-came-to-see-it-as-white\">vanilla\u003c/a> in origin is coopted and sprinkled with malice along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his creation, Browne simply used the well-known melody of the early nineteenth-century song \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnZxfkkoKQ\">Turkey in the Straw\u003c/a>,\" which dates back to the even older and traditional British song \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etQ7knwsglU\">The (Old) Rose Tree\u003c/a>.\" The tune was brought to America's colonies by Scots-Irish immigrants who settled along the Appalachian Trail and added lyrics that mirrored their new lifestyle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first and natural inclination, of course, is to assume that the ice cream truck song is simply paying homage to \"Turkey in the Straw,\" but the melody reached the nation only after it was appropriated by traveling blackface minstrel shows. There is simply no divorcing the song from the dozens of decades it was almost exclusively used for coming up with new ways to ridicule, and profit from, black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blackface minstrels steal the show\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1820s, the music was given new lyrics that dripped with racism and titled \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0i9XMyTw-o\">Zip Coon\u003c/a>.\" The blackface character of the same name parodied a free black man attempting to conform to white high society by dressing in fine clothes and using big words. Fifty years later in antebellum America, the character became an archetype of the black urbanite and propelled minstrel shows to the height of their popularity. Zip Coon was the city slicker counterpart to the dimwitted, rural blackface character whose name became infamous in 20th century America — Jim Crow. These two characters would often interact on stage and were the inspiration for the hugely successful Amos 'n' Andy act decades later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lyrics of \"Zip Coon\" follow the namesake through encounters with possums, playing the banjo, and courting a woman whose skin was so black that he calls her \"ol Suky blue skin.\" A century later, it was still celebrated and inspiring America's music. The recognizable melody aside, we've all sung a variation of the lyrics. The chorus goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>O zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(If this sounds similar to the Academy Award winning \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxYwwIL5zQ\">Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah\u003c/a>,\" it's because that song was derived from this chorus)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the turn of the twentieth century, one of the nation's \u003ca href=\"http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/index.htm\">most popular collectibles was the coon card\u003c/a> — a postcard with racist artwork, such as bug-eyed, clown-faced blacks eating watermelon. These items were essentially the racist version of trading cards and nearly ubiquitous. Browne meshed the theme of the popular coon cards with the familiar melody and voila: \"N***** Love a Watermelon Ha! Ha! Ha!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ice cream cross-over happened concurrently. Nineteenth-century ice cream parlors played the popular minstrel songs of the day. After World War II, the advent of the automobile and the ensuing sprawl required parlors to devise a way to take their products to the customers. The ice cream truck was the solution and a music box was installed in them as a way to announce their presence in neighborhoods. Naturally, the traditional minstrel tunes of the previous century were employed to evoke the memorable parlor experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this is the story of why our beloved ice cream truck plays blackface minstrel music that sends kids dashing into homes in a Pavlovian frenzy searching for money to buy a popsicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Race, ice cream and America\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the nation's capital, the cherry blossoms have come and gone. This means the warm weather will soon bring out the ice cream trucks, and I'll be confronted once again by its inconvenient truth. It's not new knowledge that matters of race permeate the depths of our history and infiltrate the most innocent of experiences, even the simple pleasure of ice cream (Who can forget Eddie Murphy's famous, NSFW routine about \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-csjbwo5s\">the poor, black experience with ice cream trucks\u003c/a>?). However, when the reach of racism robs me of fond memories from my childhood, it feels intensely personal again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever I hear the music now, the antique voice laughing about n******s and watermelon fills my head. I can live with this, but what's to be done on the summer day when my children's eyes light up at the far-off sound of the familiar melody, and they dash in a frenzy towards me for change? Do I empower them with the history of our country or encourage the youthful exuberance induced by the ice cream truck? 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As often happens with matters of race, something that is rather \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/23/291525991/when-vanilla-was-brown-and-how-we-came-to-see-it-as-white\">vanilla\u003c/a> in origin is coopted and sprinkled with malice along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his creation, Browne simply used the well-known melody of the early nineteenth-century song \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnZxfkkoKQ\">Turkey in the Straw\u003c/a>,\" which dates back to the even older and traditional British song \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etQ7knwsglU\">The (Old) Rose Tree\u003c/a>.\" The tune was brought to America's colonies by Scots-Irish immigrants who settled along the Appalachian Trail and added lyrics that mirrored their new lifestyle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first and natural inclination, of course, is to assume that the ice cream truck song is simply paying homage to \"Turkey in the Straw,\" but the melody reached the nation only after it was appropriated by traveling blackface minstrel shows. There is simply no divorcing the song from the dozens of decades it was almost exclusively used for coming up with new ways to ridicule, and profit from, black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blackface minstrels steal the show\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1820s, the music was given new lyrics that dripped with racism and titled \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0i9XMyTw-o\">Zip Coon\u003c/a>.\" The blackface character of the same name parodied a free black man attempting to conform to white high society by dressing in fine clothes and using big words. Fifty years later in antebellum America, the character became an archetype of the black urbanite and propelled minstrel shows to the height of their popularity. Zip Coon was the city slicker counterpart to the dimwitted, rural blackface character whose name became infamous in 20th century America — Jim Crow. 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He hasn’t seen his mother in person in 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview for \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED NEWSROOM\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, Vargas told me he decided to make the documentary to highlight how it feels to live in this country without papers. “I wanted to humanize this political debate in the most compelling way I could,” he said. “What does it mean to pledge allegiance to a flag since you’re 12, a flag that you find out doesn’t belong to you?”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"right long\">\n\u003ch3>Define American: \"The Pledge\"\u003c/h3>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVirOltugE&w=560&h=315]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Vargas helped start \u003ca href=\"http://www.defineamerican.com\" target=\"_blank\">\"Define American,\"\u003c/a> a campaign \"about asking how we define what it means to be American, and elevating the conversation about how we engage as citizens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Vargas’ plight has drawn \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/06/105836/Mark-Zuckerberg-immigration-Jose-Vargas-Joe-Green\" target=\"_blank\">many big-name supporters\u003c/a>, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and the immigration reform advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://www.fwd.us/\" target=\"_blank\">FWD.us\u003c/a>. 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