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Spotted! Al Capone’s Wife Apt-Hunting in Russian Hill

Posted in Tid Bits, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Russian Hill is many things for many people — aren’t I profound? But if you are the wife of American gangsta Al Capone, it is one of very few neighborhoods that offers prime views of Alcatraz Island, the grim place where your husband is imprisoned. In 1934, Mae Capone, who was the wife of said [...]

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Chicken Heads for the Soul

Posted in Tid Bits, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Artist Ian Huebert illustrated The Literary City, arranging city-relevant quotes in appropriate neighborhoods of San Francisco, for the book review section of the July 19, 2009 SF Chronicle. The map lacks any explicit mentions of Russian Hill, but here are three quotes placed in or around the ‘hood: – “We lived on the middle floor, [...]

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Russian Hill: A Plot on an Ambiguous Nuke Map?

Posted in Tid Bits, tagged , , on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

WikiMapia is a tool which overlays Google Maps satellite/aerial photos with user-generated editorial, allowing anyone to contribute comments and descriptions about locations/neighborhoods on a map and link back to any related Wikipedia pages. This is a screen shot of the content that materialized when I chose Russian Hill on the map. Yikes.

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