San Francisco’s downtown has hit hard times, winning global infamy for its open-air drug markets and homelessness problem. But is the city more than what the downtown doomsayers make of it?
July 24, 2023 (SFChronicle.com)
San Francisco’s troubled downtown has made headlines around the world, but Chronicle urban design critic John King says people are missing the full picture of the city.
He joins host Cecilia Lei to share how downtown went from being reviled by San Franciscans for decades to defining the city in the public’s imagination.
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