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"content": "\u003cp>As the tallest building in San Francisco, Salesforce Tower is the new center of the city skyline. And as soon as January, the top of the tower will also become a work of public art created by San Francisco visual artist Jim Campbell, 61.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the day, cameras installed around San Francisco will record movements like waves crashing on Ocean Beach, trees blowing in Golden Gate Park, and pedestrians crossing Market Street. At night, the images will be projected onto the top of Salesforce Tower like a visual diary of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permanent installation is called “Day for Night.” Campbell says he named it after the filmmaking technique where a scene is lit during the day to make it look like it is night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salesforce Tower is 1,070 feet tall and has 61 floors of office space wrapped in glass. But the top six floors, called the crown, are wrapped with over a hundred and thirty perforated aluminum panels. The components in “Day For Night” are installed directly into these panels, with about eighty pixels bolted to each aluminum panel. In total, over 11,000 pixels will create a hundred-foot tall circular LED screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell says during a trip to Hong Kong, he watched the skyline blaze and blink like an elaborate LED light show, and thought that it wasn’t a very pleasant aesthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So a part of me was: ‘why am I creating this thing that I don’t necessarily believe in from an urban planning perspective?’ he recalls. “On the other hand, I took that as a challenge, and said: ‘Okay, what can I do in this skyline that will work, that will fit in without completely changing the skyline?’ I really don’t want to do something that I would call spectacular. I don’t want it to be flashy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-800x798.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's rendering of the "Day for Night" installation atop Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"798\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-800x798.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-1020x1017.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-960x957.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-240x239.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-520x519.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/SalesforceTopTower.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist’s rendering of the “Day for Night” installation atop Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist and Boston Properties)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To start, Campbell changed the way the pixels are mounted by turning them inward. On the buildings in Hong Kong, the pixels face away from the building, shining bright light into the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Salesforce Tower, they extend outward from the panels — like camping headlamps on selfie sticks — and shine light back at the aluminum panels, creating a soft glow against the gray aluminum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moving images will be low-resolution, kind of blurry, so you might not be able to determine what the image is at first glance. As far as Campbell knows, it’s the first time pixels have been installed this way on a building and the first time public art will become part of the city skyline in this way. But even he isn’t completely certain about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see this more and more as a big experiment,” he says. “What could go wrong is that people don’t want to see an image in the sky. We don’t know. Do you know if you want to or not? I don’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Unachievable High Plateau’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today, Campbell’s artwork hangs in major museums worldwide. His public art is installed in places like Grace Cathedral, the San Diego Airport, Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Battery Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a kid, becoming an artist was never a possibility. He grew up in a lower-middle-class suburb of Chicago and says, “I never met an artist, so I never knew it was an option.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Campbell (R) and Sean McGowen on the roof of Salesforce Tower before the crown was built.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Campbell (R) and Sean McGowen on the roof of Salesforce Tower before the crown was built. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Jim Campbell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He graduated from MIT in 1978 with degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering. In Silicon Valley, he worked on algorithms to convert standard definition TV images into high-definition TV images. In his spare time, he created digital art in a studio converted from his Potrero Hill home’s garage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was doing art for at least ten years before I called myself an artist,” he says. “I always had artists on this unachievable high plateau.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stopped doing what he considers “serious engineering,” but still designs the electronic components used in his art, including the pixels used on Salesforce Tower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Campbell’s work has explored the boundaries of perception. And with “Day for Night,” he wants to challenge what we expect to see in a skyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an interesting public-art challenge,” he explains, “in that a million people are going to see this at night, whether they want to or not. So it’s a challenge, to have it fit in, have it be subtle, have it be engaging, changing, and dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco’s Anti-High Rise History\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has hardly been a city to embrace changes to its skyline. In the 1960s, where residents saw natural hills downtown, developers saw opportunity. Big, boxy buildings shot-up without oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Switzky, a lead planner with the San Francisco Planning Department, says a backlash against tall office buildings took root among critics and residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That created the planning framework to more consciously shape the city’s skyline based on public values and intention, and not on private initiative,” Switzky says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That framework, he says, was called the Downtown Plan. “That plan required that tall buildings taper as they got taller and emphasized more delicate and interesting tops of buildings,” Switzky says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To avoid refrigerator-like buildings, the plan required tops to be complex, decorative, sculptured, intricate, expressive. Architects bristled. Allan Temko, San Francisco Chronicle’s architecture critic at the time, quipped that San Francisco wouldn’t need architects, but milliners. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Putting silly hats on tops of buildings,” Switzky explains, “and there certainly are buildings that that’s probably a fair representation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An “anti-high rise” movement was born. Back then, Tim Redmond was a reporter for the progressive publication, The San Francisco Bay Guardian. Today he’s the editor of 48hills.org, the Guardian’s online successor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redmond says the movement wasn’t against high-rises or how they looked. “It was more than that. It was an urban-environmental movement that wanted reasonable, rational planning in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you do commercial office development, you attract workers to those buildings. How are they going to get there? Where are going to live? What’s going to happen if they need emergency services? And who’s going to pay for all of that?” Not the developers, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark-800x485.jpg\" alt=\"A view from Dolores Park of the San Francisco skyline with the Salesforce Tower in the center.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark-240x146.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark-375x227.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/TowerFromPark-520x315.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view from Dolores Park of the San Francisco skyline with the Salesforce Tower in the center.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(TORBAKHOPPER/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We sat in Dolores Park overlooking Mission residential neighborhoods in the foreground with the downtown skyline rising beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thirty years ago there were low income working class people living here,” he said. “And most of them are gone and that’s because of what I see right over their heads. That’s because of what I see downtown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Downtown Plan requires developers to pay one percent of construction costs for public art like Jim Campbell’s. Redmond says high-rise developers should fund housing in the same way. Still, Redmond supports the fee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that we require a fee for public art,” Redmond says. “And that’s a wonderful thing. I’m all in favor, I’m glad they’re doing it. What is that going to do for the family who is being evicted in the Mission because the landlord wants to rent it out to someone who works in Salesforce Tower?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planning department still dictates the aesthetics of San Francisco urban design, but it has no oversight on the actual art. 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On the buildings in Hong Kong, the pixels face away from the building, shining bright light into the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Salesforce Tower, they extend outward from the panels — like camping headlamps on selfie sticks — and shine light back at the aluminum panels, creating a soft glow against the gray aluminum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moving images will be low-resolution, kind of blurry, so you might not be able to determine what the image is at first glance. As far as Campbell knows, it’s the first time pixels have been installed this way on a building and the first time public art will become part of the city skyline in this way. But even he isn’t completely certain about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see this more and more as a big experiment,” he says. “What could go wrong is that people don’t want to see an image in the sky. We don’t know. Do you know if you want to or not? I don’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Unachievable High Plateau’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today, Campbell’s artwork hangs in major museums worldwide. His public art is installed in places like Grace Cathedral, the San Diego Airport, Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Battery Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a kid, becoming an artist was never a possibility. He grew up in a lower-middle-class suburb of Chicago and says, “I never met an artist, so I never knew it was an option.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Campbell (R) and Sean McGowen on the roof of Salesforce Tower before the crown was built.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/JimCampbell-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Campbell (R) and Sean McGowen on the roof of Salesforce Tower before the crown was built. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Jim Campbell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He graduated from MIT in 1978 with degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering. In Silicon Valley, he worked on algorithms to convert standard definition TV images into high-definition TV images. In his spare time, he created digital art in a studio converted from his Potrero Hill home’s garage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was doing art for at least ten years before I called myself an artist,” he says. “I always had artists on this unachievable high plateau.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stopped doing what he considers “serious engineering,” but still designs the electronic components used in his art, including the pixels used on Salesforce Tower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Campbell’s work has explored the boundaries of perception. And with “Day for Night,” he wants to challenge what we expect to see in a skyline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an interesting public-art challenge,” he explains, “in that a million people are going to see this at night, whether they want to or not. So it’s a challenge, to have it fit in, have it be subtle, have it be engaging, changing, and dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco’s Anti-High Rise History\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has hardly been a city to embrace changes to its skyline. In the 1960s, where residents saw natural hills downtown, developers saw opportunity. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Brianna what her experience was of her father when she was growing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wasn’t anything like the tiger mom,” she said. “He always had a sense of humor, I guess, is the big thing that people know him by. Sort of a cheesy goofball humor, I guess the way that most dads do. That’s sort of a defining feature.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like how?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad puns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How was it to experience the fake Twitter accounts making fun of her father’s mustache?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s kind of funny. I grew up like seeing him with a mustache so I’m just a little bit weirded out that everyone’s so fascinated by it these days. But I do have to say that when I was a kid, I thought, when I drew stick figures, I always drew the men with mustaches, because I didn’t think it looked right without one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee also said her father’s ascension to the mayoralty shed light on his past \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=sW-0ApN9WYwC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=ed+lee+asian+law+caucus&source=bl&ots=0Zxcybn5-S&sig=gd-38E9fWnEvnWgnvBmHHsqEJZU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6lNqj-IXYAhXhzIMKHZWzAH44UBDoAQhMMAY#v=onepage&q=ed%20lee%20asian%20law%20caucus&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil rights work\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He did so much work in progressing things for the whole community before he got to this point, so he was a transformative figure even before he got there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can read Brianna Lee’s own account of her father assuming the role of San Francisco mayor \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/fear-the-stache-san-franciscos-first-asian-mayor/6430/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condolences to the entire Lee family.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Now, after Lee’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-the-age-of-65/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sudden and shocking death\u003c/a> early Tuesday, the 11-member Board of Supervisors again faces the question of who should lead San Francisco until voters have a chance to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the board’s experience with Lee could color that decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happened with Ed Lee — the idea he was seen as compromise candidate, that he would not hurt anybody else’s electoral chances going forward — and then him running and winning, that makes it much less likely that the board will find a consensus candidate, a non-politician,” said San Francisco State political science professor Jason McDaniel. “They are much less likely to approve an Ed Lee-type candidate now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could be good news for one board member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/12/BreedActingMayor2way.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Board of Supervisors President London Breed is acting mayor. Under city law, she assumed the position the moment Lee died. And if the board does nothing, she will stay in that role, and remain board president, until next June’s election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority of the board could also vote to make Breed interim mayor. If they did that, she would have to step down as board president. The board could also vote to make someone else interim mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But given that at least two of Breed’s board colleagues are eyeing a mayoral run themselves — and that Breed was thought to be a likely mayoral contender even before Lee’s death — it could be hard for her to win the support of six other supervisors to become interim mayor. (Breed would need six because she cannot vote for herself.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, it could also be difficult for the board to push Breed — \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/london-breed-takes-reins-as-san-franciscos-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s first black female mayor\u003c/a> — out of Room 200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At City Hall on Tuesday, most people brushed off questions about the political chess game to come, saying they were focused on mourning Lee and presenting a united front to the city’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the unofficial leader of the board’s progressive wing, seemed open to the idea of keeping Breed as mayor. That’s important because Breed is seen as more allied with the board’s moderate faction, which is often at odds with the progressives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who knows who’s gonna run, but for the next six months we have to have a very stable, predictable, mature government, and I think we are all united in that,” Peskin said. “Whether we act or allow President Breed to serve as (acting) mayor, doesn’t, I think, ultimately matter — what matters is we give London Breed the support that she needs over the months ahead, and in June there will be an election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone thinks what the supervisors do — or don’t do — is inconsequential. Whether the board weighs in and throws its support to Breed, or gives her its tacit support by doing nothing, will send a message to the public, McDaniel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say that there is probably going to be pressure on the board to make a decision,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people believe Breed is the obvious choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Pelosi, chair of the California Democratic Party’s women’s caucus and the daughter of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said it would be politically difficult for the board to strip Breed of the mayoral position — especially given that when the supervisors chose her as board president, they knew Breed would be legally first in line to succeed the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christine Pelosi, who has played a key role in bringing the issue of sexual harassment in California politics forward, said it would be particularly bad timing given the national conversation around women, discrimination and power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given that the resistance is being fueled by black women, it would be very, very difficult for the Board of Supervisors to come explain to the women of San Francisco, and particularly the black women, why they want to take away the leadership from a very strong and capable black woman, London Breed,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever happens next, it likely won’t be decided until January; Tuesday was the board’s final scheduled meeting of 2017. In the meantime, Breed will remain as the face of city government — and if she continues to lead with the steady hand she has shown in the hours after Lee’s death, it could catapult her to the top of what’s expected to be a crowded mayoral field come June.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\"I ask for your patience, I ask for your support and I ask for your prayers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With those words spoken in San Francisco's City Hall rotunda on Tuesday morning, Board of Supervisors President London Breed embarked on her tenure as the city's acting mayor in the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-the-age-of-65/\">the sudden death overnight\u003c/a> of Mayor Ed Lee. She's the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed, 43, is \u003ca href=\"http://sfbos.org/supervisor-breed-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a San Francisco native\u003c/a> who was raised by one of her grandmothers in a public housing development in the Western Addition. She was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/London-Breed-is-S-F-s-election-shocker-4025223.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first elected\u003c/a> to represent District 5 on the Board of Supervisors in 2012, defeating Christina Olague, a Lee ally whom the late mayor had appointed to the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Lee, who never ran for public office until after he was appointed mayor in 2011, Breed was a relative latecomer to electoral politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She graduated from Galileo High School in the city and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in political science and public service at UC Davis and a master's in public administration from the University of San Francisco. She began her career in government when former Mayor Willie Brown's administration hired her as an intern in the city's Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown appointed Breed in 2002 to head the Western Addition's \u003ca href=\"http://aaacc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African American Art & Culture Complex\u003c/a>. Brown's successor, Gavin Newsom, appointed Breed in 2005 to serve on the city's Redevelopment Agency Commission. She moved from that position in 2010, when Newsom named her to the Fire Commission, which oversees the San Francisco Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed, who was elected Board of Supervisors president in 2015, has been regarded as a member of the board's \"moderate\" majority -- meaning she generally supported pro-development, pro-business policies put forward by Mayor Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the usually mild Lee, Breed is known for occasionally expressing her opinions in forceful and memorable terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech in 2015, responding to a wave of fatal shootings in the city, Breed called on families who had members they knew were involved in violent acts to turn them in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't want to see another young life lost to senseless violence,\" Breed said in a \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Ph2ggdRSQGM?t=1m52s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>KQED Newsroom\u003c/em> interview\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acknowledged that her call was \"tough.\" But she added, \"When you have a kid who feels they need to walk around in the streets with a gun on them in order to protect themselves, then something is wrong. And rather than have them die on the streets because someone is after them or because they feel need to defend themselves -- I don't want to see another young man die. I think about the friends I have lost and what I wouldn't give to see their face one day walk down the street.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said her views on crime were strongly influenced by her grandmother, whom she called \"really strict.\" She said that a combination of better policing and more meaningful engagement with young people is necessary to stem crime in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need the social service agencies directly in the developments where we have the most challenges,\" Breed said. \"We need the people who are being paid to work with young people to roll up their sleeves and go to their homes and be in the community and work with young individuals. But we also have to hold our own kids accountable. We just do. We can't continue to be in denial when our children are involved in activities that we personally feel are the wrong things for them to be involved (in), that could result in them losing their life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed came to the Board of Supervisors with a reputation for what some might call plain-spokenness -- a reputation based largely on \u003ca href=\"http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/4988/overheard-in-fog-city-breed-tells-it-like-it-is-avalos-to-campaign-for-davis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a single interview\u003c/a> she gave in the 2012 District 5 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Fog City Journal interview prompted a less than family-friendly rant about insider politics in the city, Breed also offered a ringing declaration about why and for whom she was running:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m packaging myself as someone who is honest and can stand by any decision I’ve made. I don’t need to be a progressive, a moderate, a this or a that – I’m a black woman in San Francisco who has lost a tremendous amount of people in District 5 and everyone else who is moving into District 5 claims to be the savior of the black folks there, the families who are there, or the folks who are disenfranchised – where were they when someone got shot and killed at Ella Hill Hutch (community center) in front of a bunch of kids? Where were they when public housing was getting torn down and we were getting pushed out left and right…where were they in protecting my family and my friends from getting booted out of public housing in District 5?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My point is, you want to believe me, well come see me in my district, where I’m the only one who is working on the ground every single day with the people who need it the most,” Breed added.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As a member of the Fire Commission and Board of Supervisors, Breed has been \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/15/s-f-fire-investigation-delays-spark-new-call-for-chiefs-dismissal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a frequent critic\u003c/a> of Chief Joanne-Hayes White. Among her complaints with the chief: the Fire Department's slow ambulance response times, due partly to its slow pace in procuring new vehicles, and a major backlog in arson investigations. She has said that she would appoint a new leader for the department if she were mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On some of the major challenges facing the city, Breed has:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Supported \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Strategic-Framework_Exec-Summary_1017v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an ambitious city plan\u003c/a> to reduce chronic homelessness by 50 percent by 2022.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Backed \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/powdered-milk-moving-vans-fight-affordable-housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some affordable housing measures\u003c/a>, including finding funding to rehabilitate vacant San Francisco Housing Authority units and supporting zoning that would aid development of affordable housing units in the city's Fillmore and Divisadero corridors. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\"I ask for your patience, I ask for your support and I ask for your prayers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With those words spoken in San Francisco's City Hall rotunda on Tuesday morning, Board of Supervisors President London Breed embarked on her tenure as the city's acting mayor in the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-at-the-age-of-65/\">the sudden death overnight\u003c/a> of Mayor Ed Lee. She's the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed, 43, is \u003ca href=\"http://sfbos.org/supervisor-breed-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a San Francisco native\u003c/a> who was raised by one of her grandmothers in a public housing development in the Western Addition. She was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/London-Breed-is-S-F-s-election-shocker-4025223.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first elected\u003c/a> to represent District 5 on the Board of Supervisors in 2012, defeating Christina Olague, a Lee ally whom the late mayor had appointed to the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Lee, who never ran for public office until after he was appointed mayor in 2011, Breed was a relative latecomer to electoral politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She graduated from Galileo High School in the city and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in political science and public service at UC Davis and a master's in public administration from the University of San Francisco. She began her career in government when former Mayor Willie Brown's administration hired her as an intern in the city's Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Updated 3:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, ending an unexpected political career that saw him lead the city out of the recession and into an economic boom marked by a deep housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, the city's 43rd mayor, passed away at 1:11 a.m. with relatives, friends and colleagues at his side, according to a statement from the mayor's office. Board of Supervisors President \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/london-breed-takes-reins-as-san-franciscos-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Breed will serve as acting mayor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"YMiZj8TssIFdrdTjNe6G0EE7uKOdYoiZ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An official cause of death was not immediately announced, but a high-ranking city official told KQED that Lee suffered a heart attack at a grocery store late Monday night. An employee at the Safeway on Monterey Avenue said the mayor collapsed there as he was shopping with his wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/12/1212EdLeeSpecial.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO of SFGH, said Lee arrived at the hospital in critical condition shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, and staff attempted life-saving measures for several hours until he died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Anita, his two daughters, Brianna and Tania, and his family,\" the city's statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed described Lee, at a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday, as \"someone who fought for those in need before himself\" and a \"dedicated and committed public servant\" .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our city's values have never been more important,\" Breed said. \"In the months ahead, let's carry on in his honor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636431\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11636431 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/20170927_London-Breed-1-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">London Breed, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and acting mayor, speaks on Dec. 12, 2017, at City Hall on the day that Mayor Ed Lee died. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Flash never mattered to him. Disagreements never deterred him,\" Breed said. \"He was humble and determined, no matter the job he held. He was fair and collaborative, no matter the heat of the moment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accolades poured in from elected officials. San Francisco congresswoman Nancy Pelosi called the news \"heartbreaking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lee’s first priority was always the people,\" Pelosi said. \"As a community organizer, civil rights lawyer and hard-working son of an immigrant family of modest means, Ed Lee understood that the strength of a community is measured by its success in meeting the needs of all of its people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, a Seattle native born to Chinese immigrants, spent the early part of his career as a civil rights attorney. A quiet and measured man, he rose through the ranks of city government after his 1989 appointment as an investigator, helping to enforce San Francisco's first whistleblower law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Art Agnos, who first brought Lee into city government, eventually named him director of the city's Human Rights Commission; Lee ultimately served under four mayors until his own appointment to the top job in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, Lee had become an integral part of city operations: In 2000, he became director of public works; then in 2005, he was named city administrator, a position similar to city manager. After Mayor Gavin Newsom was elected lieutenant governor in 2010, Lee was appointed to lead the city by the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636435\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636435\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/20170927_London-Breed-1-4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO of S.F. General Hospital, shown at the City Hall press conference the day Mayor Ed Lee passed away. She said Lee was admitted shortly after 10 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2017, and life-saving measures were administered for several hours until he died at 1:11 a.m. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who is currently acting governor while Jerry Brown is in Paris, ordered flags at the Capitol and on all state buildings throughout California to be flown at half-staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"His intellect, unshakable integrity, boundless optimism and contagious love for San Francisco elevated the City to greater heights,\" Newsom said in a statement. \"He steered San Francisco with an unshakable hand, an indomitable spirit, and a great sense of humor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who served as San Francisco mayor for 10 years starting in 1978, said in a written statement that she is deeply saddened by Lee's death. Feinstein -- who lost her first husband, Bertram Feinstein -- said she is thinking about Lee's family, especially his wife and daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know what this is like and wish I could give Anita a hug and express my sorrow,\" she said. “Ed was an excellent mayor of a great but sometimes challenging city. His equanimity and quiet management style was effective and allowed him to solve problems as they occurred.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's junior senator, Kamala Harris -- who served as district attorney while Lee was city administrator -- tweeted that she is \"deeply saddened by the passing of my friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a fierce advocate for civil rights and worked tirelessly for workers’ rights and his leadership will be missed,\" she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. 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Ronen said at a recent visit to a navigation center in her district -- a resource for homeless San Franciscans that she and Lee helped set up together -- she was struck by how genuine he was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watching him interact with the residents of the center was a beautiful thing -- he did come from working with low-income people and fighting for the housing rights for members of the Chinese community,\" Ronen said. \"And I saw that whole side of him come out, just the respect and dignity. He had a very, very natural way -- none of it felt put on or fake -- he really cared and you can see that through and through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, she said, \"gave 40 years of his life to this city in various, various positions, and I think we owe him and his family a tremendous gratitude for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo told KCBS that Lee was \"a good and gracious man at a time when goodness and graciousness aren't common qualities. 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Disagreements never deterred him,\" Breed said. \"He was humble and determined, no matter the job he held. He was fair and collaborative, no matter the heat of the moment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accolades poured in from elected officials. San Francisco congresswoman Nancy Pelosi called the news \"heartbreaking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lee’s first priority was always the people,\" Pelosi said. \"As a community organizer, civil rights lawyer and hard-working son of an immigrant family of modest means, Ed Lee understood that the strength of a community is measured by its success in meeting the needs of all of its people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, a Seattle native born to Chinese immigrants, spent the early part of his career as a civil rights attorney. A quiet and measured man, he rose through the ranks of city government after his 1989 appointment as an investigator, helping to enforce San Francisco's first whistleblower law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Art Agnos, who first brought Lee into city government, eventually named him director of the city's Human Rights Commission; Lee ultimately served under four mayors until his own appointment to the top job in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, Lee had become an integral part of city operations: In 2000, he became director of public works; then in 2005, he was named city administrator, a position similar to city manager. After Mayor Gavin Newsom was elected lieutenant governor in 2010, Lee was appointed to lead the city by the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636435\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636435\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/20170927_London-Breed-1-4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Susan Ehrlich, CEO of S.F. General Hospital, shown at the City Hall press conference the day Mayor Ed Lee passed away. She said Lee was admitted shortly after 10 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2017, and life-saving measures were administered for several hours until he died at 1:11 a.m. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who is currently acting governor while Jerry Brown is in Paris, ordered flags at the Capitol and on all state buildings throughout California to be flown at half-staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"His intellect, unshakable integrity, boundless optimism and contagious love for San Francisco elevated the City to greater heights,\" Newsom said in a statement. \"He steered San Francisco with an unshakable hand, an indomitable spirit, and a great sense of humor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who served as San Francisco mayor for 10 years starting in 1978, said in a written statement that she is deeply saddened by Lee's death. Feinstein -- who lost her first husband, Bertram Feinstein -- said she is thinking about Lee's family, especially his wife and daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know what this is like and wish I could give Anita a hug and express my sorrow,\" she said. “Ed was an excellent mayor of a great but sometimes challenging city. His equanimity and quiet management style was effective and allowed him to solve problems as they occurred.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's junior senator, Kamala Harris -- who served as district attorney while Lee was city administrator -- tweeted that she is \"deeply saddened by the passing of my friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a fierce advocate for civil rights and worked tirelessly for workers’ rights and his leadership will be missed,\" she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener, a former supervisor who on Monday held a joint appearance with the mayor to tout a new community recycling program, said in a statement that Lee had been \"his normal jovial and friendly self\" at the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ed Lee was a kind and decent human being who cared deeply about our city and our community,\" Wiener added. \"... Ed never got the credit he deserved as arguably the most pro-housing mayor in the history of San Francisco, with a huge amount of affordable housing created or approved under his administration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who sits on the board's more liberal wing and often sparred with Lee, said she found common ground working with the mayor on homeless issues over the past year. Ronen said at a recent visit to a navigation center in her district -- a resource for homeless San Franciscans that she and Lee helped set up together -- she was struck by how genuine he was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Watching him interact with the residents of the center was a beautiful thing -- he did come from working with low-income people and fighting for the housing rights for members of the Chinese community,\" Ronen said. \"And I saw that whole side of him come out, just the respect and dignity. He had a very, very natural way -- none of it felt put on or fake -- he really cared and you can see that through and through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, she said, \"gave 40 years of his life to this city in various, various positions, and I think we owe him and his family a tremendous gratitude for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo told KCBS that Lee was \"a good and gracious man at a time when goodness and graciousness aren't common qualities. Nobody loved San Francisco more than Ed, and nobody cared about his community more than Ed did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) issued a statement following Lee's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even before he was Mayor, Ed was a champion for the people of San Francisco,\" Barbara Lee said. \"As a community organizer and a civil rights attorney, Ed showed his tireless commitment to families and the most vulnerable. And as the first Asian-American mayor of San Francisco, he broke new ground for the city.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Christmas is still weeks away, and the weather in San Francisco is beautiful. But that didn't stop thousands of people from converging on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday dressed for the North Pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the annual SantaCon, where thousands show up dressed in their holiday best -- usually as Santa Claus or an elf. San Francisco's SantaCon combines a toy drive through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.toysfortots.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Toys for Tots program\u003c/a> and a pub crawl around the city. More than people \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1918791614804557/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,500 RSVP'd\u003c/a> for the event on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sea of red outfits was a diverse mix of people of different ages, races, ethnicities and even religions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're with a bunch of strangers, but you're also in a group,\" said Alice Halbert, who dressed as a Harley Quinn-inspired Santa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SantaCons will be held in more than 150 cities across the world this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santacon.info/locations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to its website\u003c/a>, including 22 California cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of people converged on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 for SantaCon 2017. The daylong event is part-toy drive and part pub crawl.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people converged on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 for SantaCon 2017. The daylong event is part toy drive and part pub crawl. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Three-year-old Ocean Connelly meets a fellow fan of the film, "Nightmare Before Christmas" at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco. Connelly's mom says he loves his Jack Skellington outfit and even wore it on Thanksgiving Day in 90 degree heat at Disneyland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-year-old Ocean Connelly meets a fellow fan of the film, \"Nightmare Before Christmas\" at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco. Connelly's mom says he loves his Jack Skellington outfit and even wore it on Thanksgiving Day in 90 degree heat at Disneyland. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Neil Macapagal at SantaCon 2017 at Union Square in San Francisco. He says it took \"a day or two\" to build his ride-along Santa.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neil Macapagal at SantaCon 2017 at Union Square in San Francisco. He says it took \"a day or two\" to build his ride-along Santa. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Jang (center with beard), Jenny Jang (to his left) and their daughters Jasmine and Tiffany Jang (in the cart) celebrate SantaCon 2017 with friends at San Francisco's Union Square. Philip says the girls already had their Santa outfits but he and Jenny had to buy new ones for the event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Jang (center with beard), Jenny Jang (to his left) and their daughters Jasmine and Tiffany Jang (in the cart) celebrate SantaCon 2017 with friends at San Francisco's Union Square. Philip says the girls already had their Santa outfits, but he and Jenny had to buy new ones for the event. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636082\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mattia Edwards and Jessica Gaines show off the toys they plan to donate at San Francisco's Union Square for SantaCon 2017. Edwards called the event, "Christmas for adults."\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mattia Edwards and Jessica Gaines show off the toys they plan to donate at San Francisco's Union Square for SantaCon 2017. Edwards called the event, \"Christmas for adults.\" \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew and Jennifer Fischer bring their mixed-religion marriage to SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. The Fischers say they've been going to the event on and off for years and love seeing the creativity of San Francisco on display. Andrew hands out dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt while Jennifer hands out Christmas treats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew and Jennifer Fischer bring their mixed-religion marriage to SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. The Fischers say they've been going to the event on and off for years and love seeing the creativity of San Francisco on display. Andrew hands out dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt while Jennifer hands out Christmas treats. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636080\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Beckmann and Chris Lynch wear their special Christmas suits for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Beckmann and Chris Lynch wear their special Christmas suits for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636084\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Sam and Francisco Presley just after changing into their high heels for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. They said they wanted to come out to see the creativity because they didn't have Christmas in their home country of Iran.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam and Francisco Presley just after changing into their high heels for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. They said they wanted to come out to see the creativity because they didn't have Christmas in their home country of Iran. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Eve Sotomayor and Scott Merrick dress as elves at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco's Union Square. Sotomayor and Merrick know each other from South Carolina and both recently moved to the city. Merrick said when they heard about SantaCon, they decided, "We'll do that instead of going on a hike."\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve Sotomayor and Scott Merrick dress as elves at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco's Union Square. Sotomayor and Merrick know each other from San Francisco and both recently moved to the city. Merrick said when they heard about SantaCon, they decided, \"We'll do that instead of going on a hike.\" \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636077\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chico Cronin, Amanda Pizzimenti and Kat Langer wait outside a bar near Union Square during SantaCon 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chico Cronin, Amanda Pizzimenti and Kat Langer wait outside a bar near Union Square during SantaCon 2017. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Christmas is still weeks away, and the weather in San Francisco is beautiful. But that didn't stop thousands of people from converging on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday dressed for the North Pole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the annual SantaCon, where thousands show up dressed in their holiday best -- usually as Santa Claus or an elf. San Francisco's SantaCon combines a toy drive through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.toysfortots.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Toys for Tots program\u003c/a> and a pub crawl around the city. More than people \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1918791614804557/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2,500 RSVP'd\u003c/a> for the event on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sea of red outfits was a diverse mix of people of different ages, races, ethnicities and even religions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're with a bunch of strangers, but you're also in a group,\" said Alice Halbert, who dressed as a Harley Quinn-inspired Santa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SantaCons will be held in more than 150 cities across the world this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santacon.info/locations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to its website\u003c/a>, including 22 California cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of people converged on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 for SantaCon 2017. The daylong event is part-toy drive and part pub crawl.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28461_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-15-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people converged on San Francisco's Union Square on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 for SantaCon 2017. The daylong event is part toy drive and part pub crawl. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636086\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Three-year-old Ocean Connelly meets a fellow fan of the film, "Nightmare Before Christmas" at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco. Connelly's mom says he loves his Jack Skellington outfit and even wore it on Thanksgiving Day in 90 degree heat at Disneyland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28458_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-16-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-year-old Ocean Connelly meets a fellow fan of the film, \"Nightmare Before Christmas\" at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco. Connelly's mom says he loves his Jack Skellington outfit and even wore it on Thanksgiving Day in 90 degree heat at Disneyland. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Neil Macapagal at SantaCon 2017 at Union Square in San Francisco. He says it took \"a day or two\" to build his ride-along Santa.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28451_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-24-qut.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neil Macapagal at SantaCon 2017 at Union Square in San Francisco. He says it took \"a day or two\" to build his ride-along Santa. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636085\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Jang (center with beard), Jenny Jang (to his left) and their daughters Jasmine and Tiffany Jang (in the cart) celebrate SantaCon 2017 with friends at San Francisco's Union Square. Philip says the girls already had their Santa outfits but he and Jenny had to buy new ones for the event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28457_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-20-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Jang (center with beard), Jenny Jang (to his left) and their daughters Jasmine and Tiffany Jang (in the cart) celebrate SantaCon 2017 with friends at San Francisco's Union Square. Philip says the girls already had their Santa outfits, but he and Jenny had to buy new ones for the event. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636082\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636082\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mattia Edwards and Jessica Gaines show off the toys they plan to donate at San Francisco's Union Square for SantaCon 2017. Edwards called the event, "Christmas for adults."\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28454_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-18-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mattia Edwards and Jessica Gaines show off the toys they plan to donate at San Francisco's Union Square for SantaCon 2017. Edwards called the event, \"Christmas for adults.\" \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew and Jennifer Fischer bring their mixed-religion marriage to SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. The Fischers say they've been going to the event on and off for years and love seeing the creativity of San Francisco on display. Andrew hands out dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt while Jennifer hands out Christmas treats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28460_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-14-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew and Jennifer Fischer bring their mixed-religion marriage to SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. The Fischers say they've been going to the event on and off for years and love seeing the creativity of San Francisco on display. Andrew hands out dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt while Jennifer hands out Christmas treats. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636080\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Beckmann and Chris Lynch wear their special Christmas suits for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28452_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-23-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Beckmann and Chris Lynch wear their special Christmas suits for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636084\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Sam and Francisco Presley just after changing into their high heels for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. They said they wanted to come out to see the creativity because they didn't have Christmas in their home country of Iran.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28456_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-21-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam and Francisco Presley just after changing into their high heels for SantaCon 2017 at San Francisco's Union Square. They said they wanted to come out to see the creativity because they didn't have Christmas in their home country of Iran. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Eve Sotomayor and Scott Merrick dress as elves at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco's Union Square. Sotomayor and Merrick know each other from South Carolina and both recently moved to the city. Merrick said when they heard about SantaCon, they decided, "We'll do that instead of going on a hike."\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28459_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-19-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eve Sotomayor and Scott Merrick dress as elves at SantaCon 2017 in San Francisco's Union Square. Sotomayor and Merrick know each other from San Francisco and both recently moved to the city. Merrick said when they heard about SantaCon, they decided, \"We'll do that instead of going on a hike.\" \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636077\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chico Cronin, Amanda Pizzimenti and Kat Langer wait outside a bar near Union Square during SantaCon 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28449_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-26-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chico Cronin, Amanda Pizzimenti and Kat Langer wait outside a bar near Union Square during SantaCon 2017. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#documents\">New documents obtained by KQED\u003c/a> reveal that half of San Francisco schools have lead in their water, though levels vary widely from school to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Information obtained as a result of a request under the California Public Records Act shows water from one tap measured more than 370 times the allowable concentration of lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science classroom faucet at San Francisco International High School registered lead at 5,600 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency sets the allowable limit at just 15 ppb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tap is one of about a dozen extremely high levels recorded at the campus, which is shared with elementary school kids from the New School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Isolated Case?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, the city's Childhood Lead Prevention Program coordinator, Haroon Ahmad, says it's too soon to panic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still believe that the water is pretty good,\" Ahmad says. \"It's probably the fixture that's the problem, and at this point the fixture has been taken out of service.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahmad sees statistics on every child with high lead levels in their blood, and he says he hasn't seen an increase or clusters of high concentrations at city schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have not seen a spike of cases coming our way since the school investigation has started,\" Ahmad says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco volunteered to begin testing its schools for lead -- 5 taps per school -- earlier this year. A new state law will require all districts to do the same by the end of 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Three-San-Francisco-public-schools-show-high-12306785.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three school sites \u003c/a>-- West Portal and Malcolm X elementary schools, and San Francisco International High School -- came back with samples that were too high. Repeat testing at those schools was conducted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Much Is Too Much?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of an observed increase in reported lead poisoning could support the district's belief that many faucets were rarely used -- like that science lab faucet, which officials say wasn't used for drinking. But it could also mean that parents haven't tested their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we see more typically is that kids may have no symptoms at all with lower levels,\" says Dr. Alison Matsunaga, a hematologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. \"But we know chronically over time, when kids have lead levels that are elevated, it can affect IQ, cognitive issues, neurodevelopmental issues as well, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matsunaga says many experts, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/With-No-Amount-of-Lead-Exposure-Safe-for-Children,-American-Academy-of-Pediatrics-Calls-For-Stricter-Regulations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Pediatrics\u003c/a>, maintain that any lead is too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's important, because 34 of the 74 San Francisco schools tested so far came back with detectable levels of lead \u003cem>under\u003c/em> the EPA limit, including taps in cafeterias and water refill stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no safe level of lead in drinking water for children,\" says the California Public Interest Research Group's Jason Pfeifle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pfeifle has been actively pushing for a zero-lead policy in neighboring Oakland, which has \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8A8X8ktDxQkV3Z6RU85R1pWZXc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found\u003c/a> the toxic metal in nearly as many of its schools so far. He wants to see the same policy in San Francisco schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The district should be fixing any water taps where any lead was found,\" Pfeifle says. \"Anything above 1 part per billion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Nik Kaestner, sustainability director for the San Francisco Unified School District, any lead is a concern and fixing all tainted taps is being considered, as well as the possibility of testing every water spigot at every school -- but neither is on top of the district's \"priority matrix.\" He says the district immediately put faucets that were over the limit out of service. 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"content": "\u003cp>Sometimes, crowdsourcing works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it does, it can lead to improbable gatherings, like the one Friday morning in Noe Valley. There were five of us: a legendary lensman, an interior designer, a retired PG&E electrician, an engineer for United Airlines and me, a fan of photography and geography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/09/photographer-fred-lyon-is-93-and-still-in-love-with-san-francisco/\">my story\u003c/a> earlier this month about 93-year-old photographer \u003ca href=\"http://www.fredlyon.com/\">Fred Lyon,\u003c/a> KQED asked readers to figure out where the picture \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KQEDnews/photos/a.117611171646622.21467.107786349295771/1668921303182260/?type=3&theater\">“Houses on the Hills”\u003c/a> was shot. The image can be seen in his current “San Francisco Noir” exhibition at the \u003ca href=\"http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/current-exhibitions\">Leica Gallery\u003c/a> and in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.leicastoresf.com/248638\">new book\u003c/a> of the same name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629489 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn't always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where "Houses on the Hills" is located.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-800x622.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1020x793.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1180x917.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-960x746.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-240x187.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-375x292.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-520x404.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife spent hours driving around San Francisco searching for the location of ‘Houses on the Hills.’ \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lyon, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, has taken tens of thousands of photos in a career that began more than 70 years ago. When I asked where the houses were located, he said: “That’s a question we’ve been wrestling with ever since we discovered this negative about a year ago. Penny and I have spent hours driving around, but to no avail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon and his wife, interior designer \u003ca href=\"http://www.pennyrozis.com/\">Penelope Rozis,\u003c/a> believed he was looking west, because of the position of the sun, and suspected the houses were in the Excelsior or Crocker-Amazon. But it turns out they’re actually in Noe Valley, on Worth Street. Lyon’s photo, shot facing east from upper Grand View Avenue, captured the back of those dwellings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two San Francisco residents solved the puzzle separately — with very different approaches — after they spotted KQED’s call for help on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Aranda Jr. moved to the neighborhood 58 years ago with his parents, after they emigrated from Guatemala. He recognized the scene immediately because his house on 22nd Street is just steps from Worth Street. Eric Chesmar, on the other hand, relied on Google Maps and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214758672623284&set=p.10214758672623284&type=3&theater\">Google Earth.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You did it with the new technology,” Aranda told Chesmar when we all met up on Worth Street. “Me, I live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chesmar said, “I spent a lot of time zooming in, trying to match the rooflines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon was thrilled to meet them — and vice versa. “This has been the greatest mystery,” he told Chesmar and Aranda. “I was convinced they had moved a couple of large hills — the government does that, you know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, more seriously, “I was afraid the houses were gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those houses haven’t gone anywhere. And neither have most of the people who live on Worth Street, which is only one block long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who live here have been here a long time,” said retired carpenter David Meites, 77, who I chatted with earlier in the morning and has lived on Worth more than 40 years. “It’s like a very small bar. Even if you’re not all that friendly, you’re pushed into saying hello.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Worth Street hasn’t changed much since Lyon took his photo in the late ’40s or early ’50s, the same can’t be said for Grand View Avenue, where he was standing when he shot “Houses on the Hills.” He and Rozis could have driven around San Francisco for years without ever solving the puzzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I assumed that the camera was pointed west, into the afternoon sun. Actually, it was east, and the morning sun. It’s an incredible relief to know where that is.’\u003ccite>Photographer Fred Lyon\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>That’s because a large brown-shingle house was built on lower Grand View in 1979, and it blocks most of the view that the photographer had enjoyed. After we’d made our way from Worth Street to upper Grand View, we saw how much things had changed. Lyon shuddered and shook his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that time there were many empty lots,” said Lyon, whose memory of being there quickly returned. “I came here because it was a viewpoint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632353 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-520x238.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here’s a screen shot of an aerial photograph of Worth Street in 1938, on the website of the San Francisco Planning Department. \u003ccite>(David Rumsey Map Collection)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aranda was on a beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, when his wife spotted KQED’s request for help. “She said, ‘I bet you can figure this out.’ But I was leery I was correct until I saw the building behind the houses,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That building is \u003ca href=\"http://alvaradoschool.net/\">Alvarado Elementary School\u003c/a> on Douglass Street. It’s where Aranda, 63, a retired electrician at PG&E substations, went to grade school, not long after he arrived from Central America. The ornate cornices that can be glimpsed in the photograph are long gone, Aranda said, because of concerns about earthquake safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632361\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11632361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Aranda Jr. takes a selfie on Worth Street in San Francisco with photographer Fred Lyon, whose work he has admired for many years. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chesmar, a composite engineer with United Airlines at SFO who lives in Bernal Heights, used a different strategy, scouring satellite photos on Google Maps to pinpoint the location: He looked for a hill with a contour that fit Lyon’s picture and for a second taller hill nearby, from where the photo was taken. Since the sun was to the right of the hill — and too high to be west — Lyon must have been facing east or south. Then he searched for buildings with those shapes and windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process consumed about two hours. But after he noticed the steep stairway on 22nd Street, between Diamond and Collingwood, it took only another 15 minutes to zero in on where Lyon was standing almost seven decades ago. Then he verified his conclusion on Google Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had plenty of time,” said Chesmar, 56, who is recovering from a mountain bike accident on Mount Tamalpais that broke his femur six weeks ago. He was recently allowed to drive a car again, but is still on crutches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632362\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632362 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Chesmar, left, brought his iPad and Fred Lyon brought his camera to the very spot on upper Grand View Avenue in San Francisco where Lyon shot ‘Houses on the Hills.’ \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Days earlier, when I told Lyon where the houses were situated, he said, “That makes perfect sense — and proves once again that one’s brain and memory are totally unreliable. I assumed that the camera was pointed west, into the afternoon sun. Actually, it was east, and the morning sun. It’s an incredible relief to know where that is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leica Gallery director Alex Ramos, who was immensely curious about the location of the houses, also thought it was a sunset photograph with afternoon fog. “My guess was way off,” he said. “Fred must have gotten up early to make this one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday morning, Lyon and Rozis marveled as Chesmar used his iPad to explain his methodology. “What great detective work,” Rozis remarked. “I can’t tell you how amazing I think it is that you identified this,” Lyon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED readers took a stab at the elusive location, they were as mystified as Lyon had been. Their guesses included: Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Daly City, Silver Terrace, the Portola, South San Francisco, the Mission District, Hunters Point and the Inner Sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon stood on upper Grand View Avenue — the spot where he’d been with his 4×5 Linhof and tripod around the middle of the last century — and took a few pictures of what is now a vastly altered view. “A lot has changed, but a lot is still the same,” he said of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Lyon is usually in discovery mode, looking at old photos and deciding what to keep and what to toss. He continually spots new things — and so do some of the people who look at his pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon described his image of three men pushing a cable car at the Powell Street turnaround. A woman told him that her father was one of them — his pipe was clenched in his mouth and he always wore his hat that way. “And I thought, isn’t this a sweet moment,” Lyon recalled. “And then she said, ‘One day he took the family Cadillac and his secretary, and nobody’s seen him since.’ Don’t tell me these things. I’m a romantic and I don’t want to know that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the photographs Lyon made for Life, Look and other publications, “Houses on the Hills” is horizontal. “I realized early on that magazine pages were vertical and you got paid by the page,” he said. “I didn’t want to settle for horizontals, so I forced verticals. And I thought that was fine because I was starving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re not now,” Aranda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No,” Lyon agreed. “If anything, I’m overfed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632363 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon gave Robert Aranda Jr. a digital print of his "Houses on the Hills" photograph. It is temporarily keeping company with tequila bottles on Aranda's dining room table in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon gave Robert Aranda Jr. a digital print of his ‘Houses on the Hills’ photograph. It is temporarily keeping company with tequila bottles on Aranda’s dining room table in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it was time to leave, a grateful Lyon presented Aranda and Chesmar with digital prints of “Houses on the Hills.” Aranda started to choke up. When I mentioned that the silver gelatin version on display at the Leica Gallery is priced at $5,000, they looked even more stunned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aranda, a big fan of Lyon’s work, said he’ll get the photograph matted and framed as soon as he can. We walked over to his house and he showed me exactly where it will go, in a prominent spot in the front hallway. Then he propped it up on the dining room table. surrounded by tequila bottles, and admired the view Lyon had enjoyed — one that has seemingly vanished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a way to see it. Vincent Galea, 80, who has lived on Worth for 40-plus years, invited me to climb to the top of his terraced backyard garden, behind his house on the west side of the street. That is where Lyon’s houses on the hills can still be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galea’s home, in fact, is one of those houses. But he hadn’t realized it until that moment, when we looked at a photocopy of the image that I’d brought along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d seen the picture before and I didn’t put it together,” Galea said. “But I knew it was in the neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632354 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The backs of the Worth Street houses that Fred Lyon photographed decades ago can still be seen behind the home of Vincent Galea, at the top of his lush terraced garden. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sometimes, crowdsourcing works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it does, it can lead to improbable gatherings, like the one Friday morning in Noe Valley. There were five of us: a legendary lensman, an interior designer, a retired PG&E electrician, an engineer for United Airlines and me, a fan of photography and geography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/09/photographer-fred-lyon-is-93-and-still-in-love-with-san-francisco/\">my story\u003c/a> earlier this month about 93-year-old photographer \u003ca href=\"http://www.fredlyon.com/\">Fred Lyon,\u003c/a> KQED asked readers to figure out where the picture \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/KQEDnews/photos/a.117611171646622.21467.107786349295771/1668921303182260/?type=3&theater\">“Houses on the Hills”\u003c/a> was shot. The image can be seen in his current “San Francisco Noir” exhibition at the \u003ca href=\"http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/current-exhibitions\">Leica Gallery\u003c/a> and in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.leicastoresf.com/248638\">new book\u003c/a> of the same name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629489 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn't always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where "Houses on the Hills" is located.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-800x622.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1020x793.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1180x917.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-960x746.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-240x187.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-375x292.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-520x404.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife spent hours driving around San Francisco searching for the location of ‘Houses on the Hills.’ \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lyon, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, has taken tens of thousands of photos in a career that began more than 70 years ago. When I asked where the houses were located, he said: “That’s a question we’ve been wrestling with ever since we discovered this negative about a year ago. Penny and I have spent hours driving around, but to no avail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon and his wife, interior designer \u003ca href=\"http://www.pennyrozis.com/\">Penelope Rozis,\u003c/a> believed he was looking west, because of the position of the sun, and suspected the houses were in the Excelsior or Crocker-Amazon. But it turns out they’re actually in Noe Valley, on Worth Street. Lyon’s photo, shot facing east from upper Grand View Avenue, captured the back of those dwellings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two San Francisco residents solved the puzzle separately — with very different approaches — after they spotted KQED’s call for help on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Aranda Jr. moved to the neighborhood 58 years ago with his parents, after they emigrated from Guatemala. He recognized the scene immediately because his house on 22nd Street is just steps from Worth Street. Eric Chesmar, on the other hand, relied on Google Maps and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214758672623284&set=p.10214758672623284&type=3&theater\">Google Earth.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You did it with the new technology,” Aranda told Chesmar when we all met up on Worth Street. “Me, I live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chesmar said, “I spent a lot of time zooming in, trying to match the rooflines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon was thrilled to meet them — and vice versa. “This has been the greatest mystery,” he told Chesmar and Aranda. “I was convinced they had moved a couple of large hills — the government does that, you know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, more seriously, “I was afraid the houses were gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those houses haven’t gone anywhere. And neither have most of the people who live on Worth Street, which is only one block long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who live here have been here a long time,” said retired carpenter David Meites, 77, who I chatted with earlier in the morning and has lived on Worth more than 40 years. “It’s like a very small bar. Even if you’re not all that friendly, you’re pushed into saying hello.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Worth Street hasn’t changed much since Lyon took his photo in the late ’40s or early ’50s, the same can’t be said for Grand View Avenue, where he was standing when he shot “Houses on the Hills.” He and Rozis could have driven around San Francisco for years without ever solving the puzzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I assumed that the camera was pointed west, into the afternoon sun. Actually, it was east, and the morning sun. It’s an incredible relief to know where that is.’\u003ccite>Photographer Fred Lyon\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>That’s because a large brown-shingle house was built on lower Grand View in 1979, and it blocks most of the view that the photographer had enjoyed. After we’d made our way from Worth Street to upper Grand View, we saw how much things had changed. Lyon shuddered and shook his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that time there were many empty lots,” said Lyon, whose memory of being there quickly returned. “I came here because it was a viewpoint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632353 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-800x367.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-1020x468.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-1180x541.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-960x440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-240x110.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-375x172.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28074_1938-worth-st-qut-520x238.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here’s a screen shot of an aerial photograph of Worth Street in 1938, on the website of the San Francisco Planning Department. \u003ccite>(David Rumsey Map Collection)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aranda was on a beach in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, when his wife spotted KQED’s request for help. “She said, ‘I bet you can figure this out.’ But I was leery I was correct until I saw the building behind the houses,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That building is \u003ca href=\"http://alvaradoschool.net/\">Alvarado Elementary School\u003c/a> on Douglass Street. It’s where Aranda, 63, a retired electrician at PG&E substations, went to grade school, not long after he arrived from Central America. The ornate cornices that can be glimpsed in the photograph are long gone, Aranda said, because of concerns about earthquake safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632361\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11632361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28070_mystery-robert-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Aranda Jr. takes a selfie on Worth Street in San Francisco with photographer Fred Lyon, whose work he has admired for many years. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chesmar, a composite engineer with United Airlines at SFO who lives in Bernal Heights, used a different strategy, scouring satellite photos on Google Maps to pinpoint the location: He looked for a hill with a contour that fit Lyon’s picture and for a second taller hill nearby, from where the photo was taken. Since the sun was to the right of the hill — and too high to be west — Lyon must have been facing east or south. Then he searched for buildings with those shapes and windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process consumed about two hours. But after he noticed the steep stairway on 22nd Street, between Diamond and Collingwood, it took only another 15 minutes to zero in on where Lyon was standing almost seven decades ago. Then he verified his conclusion on Google Earth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had plenty of time,” said Chesmar, 56, who is recovering from a mountain bike accident on Mount Tamalpais that broke his femur six weeks ago. He was recently allowed to drive a car again, but is still on crutches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632362\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632362 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28071_msytery-eric-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Chesmar, left, brought his iPad and Fred Lyon brought his camera to the very spot on upper Grand View Avenue in San Francisco where Lyon shot ‘Houses on the Hills.’ \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Days earlier, when I told Lyon where the houses were situated, he said, “That makes perfect sense — and proves once again that one’s brain and memory are totally unreliable. I assumed that the camera was pointed west, into the afternoon sun. Actually, it was east, and the morning sun. It’s an incredible relief to know where that is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leica Gallery director Alex Ramos, who was immensely curious about the location of the houses, also thought it was a sunset photograph with afternoon fog. “My guess was way off,” he said. “Fred must have gotten up early to make this one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday morning, Lyon and Rozis marveled as Chesmar used his iPad to explain his methodology. “What great detective work,” Rozis remarked. “I can’t tell you how amazing I think it is that you identified this,” Lyon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When KQED readers took a stab at the elusive location, they were as mystified as Lyon had been. Their guesses included: Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Daly City, Silver Terrace, the Portola, South San Francisco, the Mission District, Hunters Point and the Inner Sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon stood on upper Grand View Avenue — the spot where he’d been with his 4×5 Linhof and tripod around the middle of the last century — and took a few pictures of what is now a vastly altered view. “A lot has changed, but a lot is still the same,” he said of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Lyon is usually in discovery mode, looking at old photos and deciding what to keep and what to toss. He continually spots new things — and so do some of the people who look at his pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon described his image of three men pushing a cable car at the Powell Street turnaround. A woman told him that her father was one of them — his pipe was clenched in his mouth and he always wore his hat that way. “And I thought, isn’t this a sweet moment,” Lyon recalled. “And then she said, ‘One day he took the family Cadillac and his secretary, and nobody’s seen him since.’ Don’t tell me these things. I’m a romantic and I don’t want to know that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the photographs Lyon made for Life, Look and other publications, “Houses on the Hills” is horizontal. “I realized early on that magazine pages were vertical and you got paid by the page,” he said. “I didn’t want to settle for horizontals, so I forced verticals. And I thought that was fine because I was starving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re not now,” Aranda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No,” Lyon agreed. “If anything, I’m overfed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632363 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon gave Robert Aranda Jr. a digital print of his "Houses on the Hills" photograph. It is temporarily keeping company with tequila bottles on Aranda's dining room table in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28072_mystery-tequila-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon gave Robert Aranda Jr. a digital print of his ‘Houses on the Hills’ photograph. It is temporarily keeping company with tequila bottles on Aranda’s dining room table in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it was time to leave, a grateful Lyon presented Aranda and Chesmar with digital prints of “Houses on the Hills.” Aranda started to choke up. When I mentioned that the silver gelatin version on display at the Leica Gallery is priced at $5,000, they looked even more stunned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aranda, a big fan of Lyon’s work, said he’ll get the photograph matted and framed as soon as he can. We walked over to his house and he showed me exactly where it will go, in a prominent spot in the front hallway. Then he propped it up on the dining room table. surrounded by tequila bottles, and admired the view Lyon had enjoyed — one that has seemingly vanished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a way to see it. Vincent Galea, 80, who has lived on Worth for 40-plus years, invited me to climb to the top of his terraced backyard garden, behind his house on the west side of the street. That is where Lyon’s houses on the hills can still be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galea’s home, in fact, is one of those houses. But he hadn’t realized it until that moment, when we looked at a photocopy of the image that I’d brought along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d seen the picture before and I didn’t put it together,” Galea said. “But I knew it was in the neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11632354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11632354 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28073_mystery-houses-on-worth-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The backs of the Worth Street houses that Fred Lyon photographed decades ago can still be seen behind the home of Vincent Galea, at the top of his lush terraced garden. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou might think that 93-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.fredlyon.com/\">Fred Lyon\u003c/a>, whose photographs have captured San Francisco for seven decades, spends most of his time indulging in nostalgia and recoiling at the changes that have transformed the city of his birth. You’d be very wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is still a magical city,” said Lyon. “If I were a little tougher, I’d put aside that sentimental romanticism. But the city is the people, and that’s what persists. Maybe it’s a sickness we all have, but we keep attempting to recreate a lot of what attracted us here in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His latest book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.leicastoresf.com/248638\">“San Francisco Noir,”\u003c/a> has just come out, and an exhibition of his photos opened a few weeks ago at the \u003ca href=\"http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/current-exhibitions\">Leica Gallery\u003c/a> and runs through Dec. 30. The opening was a mob scene, with hundreds of people jostling for a chance to get an autograph, a few minutes of conversation or a selfie with Lyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 27, he spent his birthday a few blocks away, speaking to a large audience at the Apple Store on Union Square, where he was billed as “San Francisco’s photography icon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629482 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut.jpg\" alt='Fred Lyon shot \"Foggy Night, Lands End\" on a classic San Francisco evening, not far from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of his most successful photographs.' width=\"1500\" height=\"1519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-160x162.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-800x810.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-1020x1033.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-1180x1195.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-960x972.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-240x243.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-375x380.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-520x527.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon shot ‘Foggy Night, Lands End’ on a classic San Francisco evening, not far from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of his most successful photographs. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lyon, a fourth-generation San Franciscan who was born at St. Luke’s Hospital, is having a very good time — even though he doesn’t wander the streets of his hometown the way he once did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to see my doctor last year, he said, ‘How are you?’ which you should never say to anyone past a certain age. I said, ‘Well, my eyes don’t work, my ears don’t work, my hands have carpal tunnel and I can’t straighten up anymore. But I’m fine,’ ” Lyon recalled during a wide-ranging interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has photographed everyone from migrant workers to movie stars to presidents — five to be exact — and he traveled the world on assignment during the heyday of Life, Look, the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines, many long gone. But he is best known for his photographs of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629483 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut.jpg\" alt=\"'I am frequently seated here,' says photographer Fred Lyon, who puts in long hours in the studio of his San Francisco home. This picture was taken on Oct. 25, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I am frequently seated here,’ says photographer Fred Lyon, who puts in long hours in the studio of his San Francisco home. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he current exhibition at the Leica Gallery consists of 63 photos, mostly taken between 1940 and 1960. Titled “San Francisco Noir,” like the book, the show reveals a moody and cinematic side of the city. There are dockworkers, beach walkers, a police car in the fog, fireworks during Chinese New Year and some of the musicians that Lyon loved — Billie Holiday, Ralph Hawkins, Sonny Rollins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fred can tell you things about San Francisco you never knew,” said Alex Ramos, gallery director at the Leica Store on Bush Street. “These photographs are incredibly significant. They’re a strong record of an era many of us haven’t seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might be why the opening drew people of all ages. One of them was Josh Haftel, 38, product manager of mobile photography at Adobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629484 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Josh Haftel (center), product manager of mobile photography at Adobe, chats with Fred Lyon at the opening of \"San Francisco Noir\" at the Leica Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 2017.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Haftel (center), product manager of mobile photography at Adobe, chats with Fred Lyon at the opening of ‘San Francisco Noir’ at the Leica Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 2017. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Fred Lyon has captured the heart and soul of San Francisco.” said Haftel, who interviews photographers for his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2iBgGE41rM&list=PLD8AMy73ZVxVyjtlMg-fpnL_n1V9fr5xC&index=6&t=16s\">“Make It” show \u003c/a>and asked the nonagenarian to offer tips on storytelling and taking pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fred was a wonderful guest,” Haftel said. “He had a lot of history and passion to share. He’s a fun and positive person with such a lust for life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In earlier times, that lust for life frequently surfaced in the city’s bars and jazz joints, often with the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, who shared Lyon’s fondness for the nocturnal world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were generally no drugs available then, so we were all booze-oriented,” Lyon said. “I have no idea why I’m still alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Fred can tell you things about San Francisco you never knew. These photographs are incredibly significant. They’re a strong record of an era many of us haven’t seen.’\u003ccite>Alex Ramos, Leica Gallery director\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He was sitting in the studio of his Cow Hollow home, which happens to be on Lyon Street. It’s near the Golden Gate Bridge and is convenient for trips to his cottage in the Napa Valley, where he grew wine grapes for 30 years. He was there on Oct. 8, hours before the wildfires broke out, and the flames burned close to his house on three sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His studio in the city is where Lyon spends much of his time. He works long days and a lot of weekends, but no longer pulls all-nighters. He said he’s thrilled with how the Leica Gallery has handled his pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just love that place,” Lyon said. “Black and white really pops against that exposed brick wall. When it comes time to take the show down, I want to take the walls with me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629487 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-800x837.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon spent a lot of the time on the San Francisco waterfront, which has changed a lot since he shot 'Dock Workers, Embarcadero.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-800x837.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-160x167.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-1020x1068.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-1180x1235.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-960x1005.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-240x251.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-375x393.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-520x544.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut.jpg 1433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon spent a lot of the time on the San Francisco waterfront, which has changed greatly since he photographed ‘Dock Workers, Embarcadero.’ \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]V[/dropcap]isiting the exhibition, one is struck at times by how much San Francisco has changed since the middle of the 20th century. But something else comes across as well — how little it has changed in so many ways. There are certain constants: Fog. Hills. Cable cars. Bridges. Chinatown during Lunar New Year. Strolling on the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon’s San Francisco is a timeless city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain things we cannot interrupt,” Lyon said. “We can’t control the fog. And people are still crazy enough to go to Ocean Beach, which is a terrible beach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although he notes that he has been “reduced to a shuffle,” Lyon still gets around the city and takes pictures occasionally. Two of them are in the Leica show and were shot this year: a line of trees at Fort Mason and the Mission District’s 500 Club dive bar at night — the latter image captured with the help of his wife, interior designer \u003ca href=\"http://www.pennyrozis.com/\">Penny Rozis.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Penny went out there because her job was to keep me from being hit by motorists,” Lyon said. “I want to be wherever the composition is right, and it’s usually in the middle of traffic. I love the 500 Club because it has the cocktail glass and the neon sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has always enjoyed shooting at night. “It’s akin to taking pictures in the fog,” he said. “It covers up a lot of human mistakes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629488\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629488 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-800x1133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-800x1133.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-160x227.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-1020x1445.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-960x1360.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-240x340.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-375x531.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-520x737.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon took “Chop Suey, Fireworks During Chinese New Year” in Chinatown in midcentury San Francisco.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He gets mad at his body because it limits what he can do, but Lyon is not given to lamenting his various aches and pains — or to hearing about anyone else’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m on my way out and I want to have things my way,” he said. “I don’t want to waste time with people who just want to tell me where they hurt today. That’s what old people do — and they bore the hell out of me. I want to be around people who are doing stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]L[/dropcap]yon is doing plenty. Besides promoting his new book, he is going through his files — including 22,000 digitized images — to find candidates for either future projects or the trash bin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The moment you die, people attach tremendous importance to your garbage,” he said. “I’ve done everything except combat. Aerials, underwater, whatever it takes to get the best perspective. But there are things I did as exercises or experiments, and I don’t want those photos floating around. I’ve got to throw away all the bad images.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. For instance, he and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where “Houses on the Hills” — on display in the Leica show — is located. “Perhaps we should have a contest,” he said. “Excelsior? Crocker-Amazon?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629489 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn't always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where "Houses on the Hills" is located.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-800x622.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1020x793.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1180x917.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-960x746.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-240x187.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-375x292.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-520x404.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where ‘Houses on the Hills’ is located. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2004, Lyon switched from film to digital, and he still marvels at how much it has simplified life. “Before, a slide could only be in one place in the file cabinet,” he said. “In the computer, it can be anywhere and I can put together collections quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has become a fan of mobile photography. “It’s a wonderful time because everybody takes pictures now,” Lyon said. “They’re seeing things and people as they never did before. It’s sensitizing them visually. And people are also more relaxed about being photographed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he uses a Nikon D300 and most of the photographers he admires are of a different era: Arnold Genthe, Andre Kertesz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau and Jacques-Henri Lartigue — as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/brassa%C3%AF-gyula-hal%C3%A1sz?all/all/all/all/0\">Brassai,\u003c/a> with whom he’s sometimes compared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1140px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11629492\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut.jpg\" alt=\"'After Hours Jam, Monterey Jazz Festival, Cannery Row' is one of Fred Lyon's favorite photos. It was taken in 1958.\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut.jpg 1140w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-800x1053.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-1020x1342.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-960x1263.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-240x316.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-375x493.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut-520x684.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘After Hours Jam, Monterey Jazz Festival, Cannery Row’ is one of Fred Lyon’s favorite photos. It was taken in 1958. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]L[/dropcap]yon became fascinated with photography as a young teenager. “Cameras were shiny objects,” he said. “I knew a guy who had one and he always seemed to have a lot of cute girls around him. I thought that if I had a camera, maybe I’d get girls, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He skipped two grades, graduated from high school early, apprenticed at the Gabriel Moulin Studio in San Francisco at age 14 and studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where Ansel Adams was a teacher, a year later. Lyon was a Navy photographer during World War II and then shot fashion in New York before returning in 1946 to the Bay Area as heir apparent to the family real estate business. But he had other ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Photography wasn’t really an honorable profession,” Lyon said. “It wasn’t a profession at all. When our family physician found out what I was doing, he said, ‘Oh Frederick, that’s no work for a man.’ But it’s the ideal pursuit for an inherently nosy person. You get to peek into everyone else’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I don’t want to waste time with people who just want to tell me where they hurt today. That’s what old people do — and they bore the hell out of me. I want to be around people who are doing stuff.’\u003ccite>Photographer Fred Lyon\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lyon has had neither the time nor inclination to embrace nostalgia, but there are things he misses about the old San Francisco: He used to swim at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/sutro-baths.htm\">Sutro Baths.\u003c/a> Kids played in the streets. People didn’t hurry and weren’t on “their damn iPhones all the time.” There wasn’t much traffic or all those “killer buses.” San Franciscans didn’t dress like they were camping, and didn’t wear baseball caps backward in good restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that I’m officially an antique, I can say that I’m old-fashioned,” Lyon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And life was so much easier decades ago. “At the end of the month the rent was due and I had to create excitement,” he said. “I remember going into the office of the Golden Gate Bridge and saying it would be fun to photograph the bridge painters (for a magazine). The guy says, ‘That sounds fine. Go out and see Joe. He’s the foreman. He’ll fix you up.’ I crawled around the bridge for a couple of weeks. Now you’d have to put up $10 million in insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lyon loves San Francisco in its current incarnation, especially certain things: The profusion of Thai restaurants. Bicycles everywhere. Fantastic fruits and vegetables. All the watercraft on the bay. A revitalized North Beach. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/landsend.htm\">Lands End Lookout.\u003c/a> And a lot more sidewalk trees, which “cover up some execrable architecture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see pictures I would like to take,” Lyon said. “I need another lifetime to photograph San Francisco. But my life has been so much fun I can’t believe it. I keep thinking I’m being softened up for something really grim. And it hasn’t happened yet.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">Y\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ou might think that 93-year-old \u003ca href=\"http://www.fredlyon.com/\">Fred Lyon\u003c/a>, whose photographs have captured San Francisco for seven decades, spends most of his time indulging in nostalgia and recoiling at the changes that have transformed the city of his birth. You’d be very wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is still a magical city,” said Lyon. “If I were a little tougher, I’d put aside that sentimental romanticism. But the city is the people, and that’s what persists. Maybe it’s a sickness we all have, but we keep attempting to recreate a lot of what attracted us here in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His latest book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.leicastoresf.com/248638\">“San Francisco Noir,”\u003c/a> has just come out, and an exhibition of his photos opened a few weeks ago at the \u003ca href=\"http://gallery.leicastoresf.com/exhibitions/current-exhibitions\">Leica Gallery\u003c/a> and runs through Dec. 30. The opening was a mob scene, with hundreds of people jostling for a chance to get an autograph, a few minutes of conversation or a selfie with Lyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 27, he spent his birthday a few blocks away, speaking to a large audience at the Apple Store on Union Square, where he was billed as “San Francisco’s photography icon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629482 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut.jpg\" alt='Fred Lyon shot \"Foggy Night, Lands End\" on a classic San Francisco evening, not far from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of his most successful photographs.' width=\"1500\" height=\"1519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-160x162.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-800x810.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-1020x1033.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-1180x1195.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-960x972.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-240x243.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-375x380.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-520x527.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27939_couple-in-fog-qut-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon shot ‘Foggy Night, Lands End’ on a classic San Francisco evening, not far from the Pacific Ocean. It is one of his most successful photographs. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lyon, a fourth-generation San Franciscan who was born at St. Luke’s Hospital, is having a very good time — even though he doesn’t wander the streets of his hometown the way he once did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to see my doctor last year, he said, ‘How are you?’ which you should never say to anyone past a certain age. I said, ‘Well, my eyes don’t work, my ears don’t work, my hands have carpal tunnel and I can’t straighten up anymore. But I’m fine,’ ” Lyon recalled during a wide-ranging interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has photographed everyone from migrant workers to movie stars to presidents — five to be exact — and he traveled the world on assignment during the heyday of Life, Look, the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines, many long gone. But he is best known for his photographs of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629483 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut.jpg\" alt=\"'I am frequently seated here,' says photographer Fred Lyon, who puts in long hours in the studio of his San Francisco home. This picture was taken on Oct. 25, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27943_fred-in-his-studio-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I am frequently seated here,’ says photographer Fred Lyon, who puts in long hours in the studio of his San Francisco home. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>he current exhibition at the Leica Gallery consists of 63 photos, mostly taken between 1940 and 1960. Titled “San Francisco Noir,” like the book, the show reveals a moody and cinematic side of the city. There are dockworkers, beach walkers, a police car in the fog, fireworks during Chinese New Year and some of the musicians that Lyon loved — Billie Holiday, Ralph Hawkins, Sonny Rollins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fred can tell you things about San Francisco you never knew,” said Alex Ramos, gallery director at the Leica Store on Bush Street. “These photographs are incredibly significant. They’re a strong record of an era many of us haven’t seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might be why the opening drew people of all ages. One of them was Josh Haftel, 38, product manager of mobile photography at Adobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629484 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Josh Haftel (center), product manager of mobile photography at Adobe, chats with Fred Lyon at the opening of \"San Francisco Noir\" at the Leica Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 2017.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27944_josh-fred-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Haftel (center), product manager of mobile photography at Adobe, chats with Fred Lyon at the opening of ‘San Francisco Noir’ at the Leica Gallery in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 2017. \u003ccite>(Patricia Yollin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Fred Lyon has captured the heart and soul of San Francisco.” said Haftel, who interviews photographers for his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2iBgGE41rM&list=PLD8AMy73ZVxVyjtlMg-fpnL_n1V9fr5xC&index=6&t=16s\">“Make It” show \u003c/a>and asked the nonagenarian to offer tips on storytelling and taking pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fred was a wonderful guest,” Haftel said. “He had a lot of history and passion to share. He’s a fun and positive person with such a lust for life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In earlier times, that lust for life frequently surfaced in the city’s bars and jazz joints, often with the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, who shared Lyon’s fondness for the nocturnal world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were generally no drugs available then, so we were all booze-oriented,” Lyon said. “I have no idea why I’m still alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Fred can tell you things about San Francisco you never knew. These photographs are incredibly significant. They’re a strong record of an era many of us haven’t seen.’\u003ccite>Alex Ramos, Leica Gallery director\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He was sitting in the studio of his Cow Hollow home, which happens to be on Lyon Street. It’s near the Golden Gate Bridge and is convenient for trips to his cottage in the Napa Valley, where he grew wine grapes for 30 years. He was there on Oct. 8, hours before the wildfires broke out, and the flames burned close to his house on three sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His studio in the city is where Lyon spends much of his time. He works long days and a lot of weekends, but no longer pulls all-nighters. He said he’s thrilled with how the Leica Gallery has handled his pictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just love that place,” Lyon said. “Black and white really pops against that exposed brick wall. When it comes time to take the show down, I want to take the walls with me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629487 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-800x837.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon spent a lot of the time on the San Francisco waterfront, which has changed a lot since he shot 'Dock Workers, Embarcadero.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-800x837.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-160x167.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-1020x1068.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-1180x1235.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-960x1005.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-240x251.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-375x393.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-520x544.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27940_dock-workers-qut.jpg 1433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon spent a lot of the time on the San Francisco waterfront, which has changed greatly since he photographed ‘Dock Workers, Embarcadero.’ \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">V\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>isiting the exhibition, one is struck at times by how much San Francisco has changed since the middle of the 20th century. But something else comes across as well — how little it has changed in so many ways. There are certain constants: Fog. Hills. Cable cars. Bridges. Chinatown during Lunar New Year. Strolling on the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyon’s San Francisco is a timeless city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain things we cannot interrupt,” Lyon said. “We can’t control the fog. And people are still crazy enough to go to Ocean Beach, which is a terrible beach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although he notes that he has been “reduced to a shuffle,” Lyon still gets around the city and takes pictures occasionally. Two of them are in the Leica show and were shot this year: a line of trees at Fort Mason and the Mission District’s 500 Club dive bar at night — the latter image captured with the help of his wife, interior designer \u003ca href=\"http://www.pennyrozis.com/\">Penny Rozis.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Penny went out there because her job was to keep me from being hit by motorists,” Lyon said. “I want to be wherever the composition is right, and it’s usually in the middle of traffic. I love the 500 Club because it has the cocktail glass and the neon sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has always enjoyed shooting at night. “It’s akin to taking pictures in the fog,” he said. “It covers up a lot of human mistakes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629488\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629488 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-800x1133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-800x1133.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-160x227.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-1020x1445.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-960x1360.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-240x340.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-375x531.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut-520x737.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27941_fireworks-qut.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon took “Chop Suey, Fireworks During Chinese New Year” in Chinatown in midcentury San Francisco.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He gets mad at his body because it limits what he can do, but Lyon is not given to lamenting his various aches and pains — or to hearing about anyone else’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m on my way out and I want to have things my way,” he said. “I don’t want to waste time with people who just want to tell me where they hurt today. That’s what old people do — and they bore the hell out of me. I want to be around people who are doing stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">L\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>yon is doing plenty. Besides promoting his new book, he is going through his files — including 22,000 digitized images — to find candidates for either future projects or the trash bin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The moment you die, people attach tremendous importance to your garbage,” he said. “I’ve done everything except combat. Aerials, underwater, whatever it takes to get the best perspective. But there are things I did as exercises or experiments, and I don’t want those photos floating around. I’ve got to throw away all the bad images.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. For instance, he and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where “Houses on the Hills” — on display in the Leica show — is located. “Perhaps we should have a contest,” he said. “Excelsior? Crocker-Amazon?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11629489 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn't always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where "Houses on the Hills" is located.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-800x622.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1020x793.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-1180x917.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-960x746.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-240x187.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-375x292.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27942_houses-on-hill-qut-520x404.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred Lyon has taken so many pictures that he doesn’t always remember when or where they were shot. He and his wife have spent hours driving around San Francisco trying to figure out the neighborhood where ‘Houses on the Hills’ is located. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2004, Lyon switched from film to digital, and he still marvels at how much it has simplified life. “Before, a slide could only be in one place in the file cabinet,” he said. “In the computer, it can be anywhere and I can put together collections quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has become a fan of mobile photography. “It’s a wonderful time because everybody takes pictures now,” Lyon said. “They’re seeing things and people as they never did before. It’s sensitizing them visually. And people are also more relaxed about being photographed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he uses a Nikon D300 and most of the photographers he admires are of a different era: Arnold Genthe, Andre Kertesz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau and Jacques-Henri Lartigue — as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/brassa%C3%AF-gyula-hal%C3%A1sz?all/all/all/all/0\">Brassai,\u003c/a> with whom he’s sometimes compared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1140px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11629492\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27938_cannery-row-qut.jpg\" alt=\"'After Hours Jam, Monterey Jazz Festival, Cannery Row' is one of Fred Lyon's favorite photos. 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It was taken in 1958. \u003ccite>(Fred Lyon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">L\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>yon became fascinated with photography as a young teenager. “Cameras were shiny objects,” he said. “I knew a guy who had one and he always seemed to have a lot of cute girls around him. I thought that if I had a camera, maybe I’d get girls, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He skipped two grades, graduated from high school early, apprenticed at the Gabriel Moulin Studio in San Francisco at age 14 and studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where Ansel Adams was a teacher, a year later. Lyon was a Navy photographer during World War II and then shot fashion in New York before returning in 1946 to the Bay Area as heir apparent to the family real estate business. 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People didn’t hurry and weren’t on “their damn iPhones all the time.” There wasn’t much traffic or all those “killer buses.” San Franciscans didn’t dress like they were camping, and didn’t wear baseball caps backward in good restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that I’m officially an antique, I can say that I’m old-fashioned,” Lyon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And life was so much easier decades ago. “At the end of the month the rent was due and I had to create excitement,” he said. “I remember going into the office of the Golden Gate Bridge and saying it would be fun to photograph the bridge painters (for a magazine). The guy says, ‘That sounds fine. Go out and see Joe. He’s the foreman. He’ll fix you up.’ I crawled around the bridge for a couple of weeks. Now you’d have to put up $10 million in insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lyon loves San Francisco in its current incarnation, especially certain things: The profusion of Thai restaurants. Bicycles everywhere. 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