Difference between revisions of "Polk Street"
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* [[Polk Street Gay Commercial Health Undermined]] | * [[Polk Street Gay Commercial Health Undermined]] | ||
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* [[A Polk Street Sex Work Economy]] | * [[A Polk Street Sex Work Economy]] | ||
* [[Sex Work Economy Breaks Down]] | * [[Sex Work Economy Breaks Down]] | ||
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* [[Vestiges of Economy: Polk Street Homelessness]] | * [[Vestiges of Economy: Polk Street Homelessness]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:PolkMap.jpg|frame|none|San Francisco gay bar map. c. 1970s. Courtesy of Coy Ellison.]] | ||
== Index for "Polk Street: Lives in Transition" == | == Index for "Polk Street: Lives in Transition" == | ||
Revision as of 00:23, 2 April 2009
Index for Polk Street: A Study in Transitions
1960s to 1970s: Polk Street Emerges as a Gay Economic Engine
- "Mom and Pop" to Gay Mecca
- A Citywide Blue-collar Economy Evaporates
- Blue-collar Heterosexual Taverns and Restaurants “Turn Gay”
- The Tavern Guild and Imperial Court
- Commercialized Sex and Economic Uplift
- Economic Power to Political Power
1960s to 1970s: Queer Sex Work Zones Shift
- Market Street and Union Square Sex Work Economies
- Redevelopment Displaces Sex Work Economies
- “Trade” Sex Work Moves to Polk Street
- Polk Street Merchants Push Back
- Police sweeps to social service
Late 1970s to 1990s: Polk Street Sex Work Economy
- Polk Street Gay Commercial Health Undermined
- Gay Bars “Turn Hustler”
- A Polk Street Sex Work Economy
- Sex Work Economy Breaks Down
- Dynamics of Polk Street Sex Work Change
- Polk Street Homelessness
Late 1990s-2008: Dot.com Boom and “Gentrification”
- Dot.com Boom
- “Bottom feeder” Bars to Upscale “Metrosexual” Bars
- Vestiges of Economy: Polk Street Homelessness
San Francisco gay bar map. c. 1970s. Courtesy of Coy Ellison.
Index for "Polk Street: Lives in Transition"
Saving People(?)
"The litter of a changing economy"
A hustler bar becomes a church
"We Are Family"
