Francisco, the first thing that they show is the bridge. History, thank you very much for coming here. [applause] harvey good evening, everybody and thank you very much for coming. I would like to thank george for hearing the program. And think the Commonwealth Club for having me. To tell you, i plan several things about the bridge. First of all, i wrote this particular Book Building the Golden Gate Bridge a workers oral history, and to give you some a struggle background about the bridge, and finally to read some selected passages from the book. I may labor historian who ventured into oral history in the 1980s. When i was working on a project for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on the west coast. Famous union. Forterviewed some veterans the labor archives. At San Francisco state university. Aredirector there, these veterans let helps build the Golden Gate Bridge in 1930 between 1933 and 1937 when the bridge was built. They were interviewed for the 50th anniversary of t
This is the first thing that is shown on movies if they want to say that people are in San Francisco, the first thing that they show is the bridge. So, a great history. Gotten a lot of really good attention. Thank you very much for coming here. [applause] harvey good evening, everybody and thank you very much for coming. I would like to thank george for having the program. And think the Commonwealth Club for having me. This evening, i plan to tell you several things about the bridge. First of all, i wrote this particular Book Building the and to givebridge, you some background about the bridge, and finally to read some selected passages from the book. I may labor historian who i am a labor historian who ventured into oral history in the 1980s. When i was working on a project for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on the west coast. A very famous union. I interviewed some veterans for the labor archives at San Francisco state university. For the director there. These are ve
People that do the job. They cannot tell you when they finish, like five or six days. I understand the holiday week came by. At the same time, we are suffering out here during the holidays, especially during a coldest part of the year. Reporter a man who identified himself as a property manager would not talk to us on camera to explain the delay. San joses Building Division says it understands how tenants are suffering but no one called for an inspection until close to closing time on friday. The city wasnt notified until friday late in the day about 4 30 p. M. That the incident had taken place. We offered to come out to the site right away but the repair was still under way, so until the repair was complete the city couldnt issue the paperwork necessary for pg e to turn the gas back on. Reporter the work crews continued to work over the weekend, finishing this morning. Once the city signed off, a pg e crew was on site to reconnect the gas meter. It also went to individual units to lig
May 27th is a significant day in history with events like Jawaharlal Nehru s death anniversary in 1964, the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, and the signing of the Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660.