SF Bay Area Images+stories—Curated by native Bennett Hall—Exhibit designer/producer • Historian photographer
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New Deal erc mural by Olmsted discovered at San Francisco Art Institute — all the while a misguided board of education is seeking to cloak Victor Arnautoff's masterpieces at George
Washington High School - great read. nbclosangeles.com/news/calif…
San Francisco has a new mural going up
OneAtmosphere.org — the nonprofit that's funding the project.... cnn.com/2019/11/08/us/greta-…
Happy Halloween 2019
A few more from back in the day
Someday I will get around to scanning the archive... flickr.com/photos/bennetthal…
Coit Tower Entrance Fresco Mural by Ray Boynton 1934
I just stitched this together from 4 captures for a project I am working on for US District Court - about 30,000 pixels wide for those of you who... flickr.com/photos/bennetthal…
Brilliant image - never seen this one before.
Graf Zeppelin, on a tour around the world, passed over San Francisco on its way to Los Angeles after crossing the Pacific Ocean. August 25, 1929 #CaliforniaHistory facebook.com/sanfranciscoima…
Alice Walker, author of "the Color Purple", shares her thoughts on the SFUSD plan to cover or destroy the New Deal artwork of Victor Arnautoff. When will they come to their senses? youtube.com/watch?v=iJdnAkQW…
[BREAKING] First time EVER up for sale is one very large originally controversial skyscraper that defined the City's skyline, until that ginormous 'cigar-shaped' Sales Force Tower took over the view.
$600-ish Million and its yours! sfgate.com/local/article/Tra…
MEanwhile, in the OMG category,
we have bankrupt PGE trying really hard to see if they could further destroy their brand reputation.
Is that even possible? they are trying their best!
Time to buy Tesla Powerwall? sf.curbed.com/2019/8/14/2080…
August 15, 1945
Unbelievable but true story - I cannot fathom how this was the collective response to such a momentous occasion that called for celebration instead. facebook.com/sanfranciscoima…
Maupin's class returns to a modern San Francisco.
Have you screened this updated version of Tales of the City?
"A middle-aged Mary Ann returns to San Francisco and reunites with the eccentric friends she left behind. Tales of the City"... imdb.com/title/tt7087260/
Photography from last week's limited viewing the SFSU allowed of the now-infamous George Washington Victor Arnautoff murals, scheduled for whitewashing.
I will be adding new images, annotations, links, historical reference as time allows. flickr.com/photos/bennetthal…
Meanwhile, my friend Gray Brechin, professor emeritus of Berkeley and founder of the LivingNewDeal.com is appearing on Russia Today. Good interview.
youtube.com/watch?v=kXtLTdyn… youtube.com/watch?v=kXtLTdyn…
San Francisco's neo-liberal so-called educaters and would be art destroyers, acting on pure bias and conflict of interest, are now a shining light on San Francisco for all the wrong reasons -
Main Stream Media ("fake news")... youtube.com/watch?v=5hojd14S…
President Woodrow Wilson presides over the Woman's Luncheon in the Garden Court of the Palace Hotel, September 1919
Some of the nation’s most prestigious events were held under the stained-glass... flickr.com/photos/bennetthal…
This video was produced by the GSA outlining their efforts to secure and protect the murals and artwork produced during the New Deal programs.
Although A determination of... youtube.com/watch?v=BfOOhPE1…
Of course these resolutions are ill-conceived, but that depends on whose payroll you are on.
President Donald Trump vetoed three resolutions meant to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying they were "ill-conceived." huffp.st/1ii4N2n
San Francisco Images retweeted
@SABRbbcards This is a 5x7 custom card by Carl Aldana of the SF Seals opening day lineup in 1957. Pumpsie Green (RIP) batting 6th. His brother, Cornell Green played in NFL.
#SanFrancisco School Board has 2 choices:
1) Educate their students on the New Deal & its exceptional art programs
2) Join the pathos of the Taliban blowing up giant Buddhas & whitewash history they do not understand or approve of.
Wonder which one they will choose?
We have reached Devcon 5 with this hubris riddled so called Board of Education.
So destroy... sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S…
If you struggling with task of selling $10 million penthouses, there is a method to the madness.
Here's how they do at Jay Paul's 181 Fremont Street Lux tower.
I wonder if they have a "San Francisco images" option in the design book? sfgate.com/realestate/articl…
A new site has been launched for the protection of the murals and the artwork of the New Deal overall by John Golinger and the coalition organizing for this purpose.
If you are able—please donate to support the legal and strategic... protectpublicart.org/the_mur…