Beat artist Frank Koci describes decades of his SoMa experiences in this interview from 1978.

On average, mom-n-pop shops now selling fresh produce have seen sales soar 25 percent.

The YMCA settles in at a local park, as plans for a new Y building to serve the central city never materialized.

Labor strikes, the war, new neighborhoods, and urban diversity highlight this account of an earlier era.

A new mural is being painted on the side of the Windsor Hotel in the Tenderloin.

The Tenderloin's tree canopy is at the bottom of the list, but city organizers are working to change that.

Barbara Sizelove, a teacher in the Tenderloin, helps local students express themselves through art.

The long-awaited museum is slated to open in about two weeks.

Dr. Togasaki recounts history as she lived it in this 1978 interview, from 1906, through job discrimination, internment camps, and much more.

The 1400 Mission development began as low-income, but the city made it plum for a smart builder. Central City Extra unravels the saga.

Central City Extra catches up with Sam Dodge, the mayor's new homeless czar, during his first month on the job.

For two weeks in October, residents young and old, seasoned and novice, took turns playing the public piano at Boeddeker Park.

Henry Infant, a barber at 7th and Mission for 54 years, talks about his trade and his life in an interview conducted Feb. 3rd 1978.

"It was a fantasy land to someone from the East.” Here's the the story of Ray Clark, the first historian of Golden Gate Park.