But also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. To understand them, you have to understand the topography of San Francisco. Early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. Everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. Its of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of San Francisco bay. They cant see it where they are. They get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. The years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. It survived although the structure is long gone. Come to the 1870s and the city has growed up remarkably. Its fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. Its trying to be the paris of the west. Now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. It was mostly leanto sharks and bits of pieces of houses up he
Person, but evidently it was an irish conscript in the irish navy that came to puerto rico. Puerto rico was owned by britain, as they liked to do with their colonies, and efficient evidently the sailor came there and said palm trees, warm weather, and look at the girls. And he remained. Thats the end of the second part. The third part is in response to the op ed piece that margaret mcpeek wrote in the chronicle and the letters, i dont know if youve read them you should pick up the letters that a couple of, you know, Irish Americans wrote in response accusing cousin mcpeek of not having a sense of humor. It has to do with these tee shirts that target has produced for the st. Patricks day parade in which mrs. Mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly Murphy Family gathering, things like that. And they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. So this is in response to the I
Some successes. Before he was 10, the romero family took flight to the Williams Burg section of brooklyn because of the numbered streets such as south 6th and south 7th which carried their direction. In time, the south street became puerto rican, displacing the italians, who moved deeper into brooklyn. The north streets were remained polish extending into green point. His parents purchased a house cheaply and over the years created a home that was a welcome place for their children and grandchildren. This haven was of such serenity that kenny often felt the same respect and awe that he experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. The defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. Fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the sa
Now police said she was next. Someone in the shadows gunning for her. My suspicions are growing and growing by the minute. So, who was behind all this . Plenty of suspects and plenty of motives, anger, jealousy, greed. Someone had 10 million reasons to kill. We look back and said, my god, i couldnt believe what i saw. Youre not going to believe it either because in this case, there is a final terrifying twist. I see my mother with a crowbar. Hello and welcome to dateline. Ben novak jr. Was a successful entrepreneur and the wealthy son of a famous miami businessman. Then he was found bound and bludgeoned to death in a new york he tole room. Who wanted ben novak dead . In this case, there was no shortage of suspects or possible motives. But a mysterious letter would lead detectives in a direction no one expected. Here is Dennis Murphy with family affair. If ever there was a little girl lost, it was maya bod. From when i was little, i was always in the way. She survived a mother Daughter
Hours east of paris. Our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson is following the story for us. Tell us more nic. This appears to be a situation where france if you will has literally dodged a bullet. Police were responding to a call that someone had been injured. When they arrived, they thought they were witnessing the french president said they were witnessing a victim but they realize he was under investigation. The french Prime Minister said this man had been under investigation last year and this year by the police and when they came across this man, they also with him found a vehicle, they say, weapons of war, which they describe as pistols, flak jackets, communications equipment, computer equipment as well and from all of the material they found in the vehicle, it was very clear he was about to attack two churches and also that he planned to try to go to syria as well. The french believe that they have narrowly averted over the weekend on sunday this attack against the