Bill Sorro, with his arm around Peter Yamamoto.
Photo by Steven C. Wilson.
Steven C. Wilson Photo Exhibit at International Hotel Commemoration
4 AUGUST 2018 — saturday
The International Hotel Eviction Commemoration remembers the night in 1977 when seniors were evicted from the original hotel and protests took place over the destruction of the last vestige of San Francisco's once prospering Manilatown; that historic event foretold the San Francisco housing crisis; the Commemoration features the opening for an exhibit of I Hotel "Family Portraits," historic black and white photographs by photographer Steven C. Wilson; exhibit runs from August 2-30, International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, between Washington Street and Jackson Street, San Francisco, 4:00-6:00 (415/291-0175, manilatown.org)