John D. recalls a time when San Francisco was “The City”. Then, class was exchanged for vulgarity. Service was replaced by rip-off. Civic pride by hip. Maturity by adolescence. Montgomery Street by North Beach. Army Street mixed neighborhood by Gaytown USA. A. Sabella’s for Joe DiMaggio’s. Gone: The City of Paris, the Cliff House, Coffee Dan’s. Ahg, the horror.
I see you know both John D. and the real San Francisco that I missed by arriving too late (1967). Lucky you.