... history oral history gentrification dialogue San Francisco REPORTS FROM THE F I E LD Safe for Whom? And Whose Families? Narrative, Urban Neoliberalism, and Queer Oral History on San Francisco s Polk Street Joseph Plaster ABSTRACT: In this essay I reflect on my experience as director of Polk Street...

...Nancy Raquel Mirabal During the 1990s and early 2000s, working-class and poor neighborhoods in San Francisco underwent dramatic economic and racial changes. One of the most heavily gentrified neighborhoods was the Mission District. As a result of local politics, housing and rental policies, real...