Laborfest: Coit Tower Murals Tour

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Teach-In

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Meet at Coit Tower entrance, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. This famous tower with the gorgeous 75 year old murals and stunning view of the Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge is at the East end of Filbert, Greenwich and Lombard Streets. The 39 bus goes right to there and may be boarded at Washington Square Park at Union and Columbus Streets or you can walk the quarter mile uphill. This park is served by the 20, 30, 41 and 45 buses, all of which cross Market Street either at Powell and Montgomery BART stations (30 and 45) or the Embarcadero Station (20 and 41). You can also walk the 1 mile from the Montgomery BART station on Kearny to Columbus to Washington Square Park.

With labor archivist Lincoln Cushing, historian Peter O’Driscoll and Tim Drescher.
Seventy-five years ago this month artists who were working with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were working on the Coit Tower murals. These political artists were very much influenced by the general strike, and this is reflected in these historic murals.
A media hysteria was also whipped up against the art and the artists in an effort to censor them. Fortunately this failed and the murals remain a testament to the people of San Francisco and the labor movement.
See also:
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm

For more information: http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm

Added to the calendar on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 9:56AM

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