{"id":27535,"date":"2023-07-25T13:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27535"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:23:45","slug":"listen-why-downtown-san-francisco-shouldnt-define-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/listen-why-downtown-san-francisco-shouldnt-define-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Why downtown San Francisco shouldn’t define the city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

San Francisco\u2019s 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?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fifth & Mission Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 24, 2023 (SFChronicle.com)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sansome St. in San Francisco’s Financial District.Michaela Vatcheva\/Special to The Chronicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco’s troubled downtown has made headlines around the world, but Chronicle urban design critic John King<\/a> says people are missing the full picture<\/a> of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He joins host\u00a0Cecilia Lei<\/a>\u00a0to share how downtown went from being reviled by San Franciscans for decades to defining the city in the public\u2019s imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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