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Guards, homeless form odd kind of community at Transbay Terminal
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/18/7 | C.W. Nevius

Posted on 09/18/2007 7:41:46 AM PDT by SmithL

If all goes according to plan, by 2014 a glittering, towering Transbay Transit Center will be erected in the heart of San Francisco. Designers say the tower will not only be a transportation hub, but send a message as a symbolic gateway to the city.

As opposed to what the ramshackle 68-year-old terminal building says now - welcome to San Francisco and watch where you step.

A well-known homeless refuge, the current Transbay Terminal is the first sight bus passengers see of the city. But newcomers are more likely to worry about what is under their feet.

"The homeless pee on the floor, and they defecate on the floor," says security patrol captain John Dunn. "We'll see them standing there doing it, and there's nothing we can do but keep walking."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: homeless; sanfranciscovalues; transbayterminal

1 posted on 09/18/2007 7:41:48 AM PDT by SmithL
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Welcome to San Francisco


2 posted on 09/18/2007 7:42:11 AM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: SmithL

I don’t understand ... 1) why can’t they do anything about public defecation 2) why is having a shiny new building going to change things ?


3 posted on 09/18/2007 7:55:50 AM PDT by ikka
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To: SmithL

Interesting reading the comments at the link. I got through the first two pages and nobody had said it was Bush’s fault or had anything positive to say about SF politics.


4 posted on 09/18/2007 8:09:00 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: ikka
I don't understand, either!

All I can say about how things are being run in this Country is The Emperor is not wearing any clothes!

Everything that is black, they call white.

5 posted on 09/18/2007 8:09:40 AM PDT by Tomato lover (We lose the benefit of what we read for want of meditation.)
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