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Ep. 39: San Francisco Diaries: writer Hiya Swanhuyser on the secret past of the Montgomery Block
Muni Diaries
English - September 20, 2017 00:55 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Performing Arts sanfrancisco comedy muni publictransportation stories storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep 38: Sal Castaneda’s ‘Bad-Ass’ Muni Moment
Writer Hiya Swanhuyser is writing a book about a lost piece of San Francisco history, the Montgomery Block building, which stood where the Transamerica Pyramid stands today. It was there for 107 years, and was a crucial gathering place for artists and writers, including Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and thinkers and political people including Emma Goldman and Sun Yat-Sen, among many many others.
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