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Land Grabs

by: Shaping San Francisco Talks

Publication date: 2007-02-14

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: San Francisco, Pacific Rim, Pribiloff Islands, seals, whales, land grants, Mexican ranchos, squatting, water lots, cemeteries, Mission Bay, redevelopment, Potrero Commons

San Francisco's entire history is based on land grabs, within its own borders, and far beyond. Sketching this history to the present, we will also look at counter-efforts to grab land and to create open and cooperative spaces in an ever-more commercially tyrannized society. Chris Carlsson and James Tracy.