Margo St. James, the sex workers Joan of Arc, dies at 83
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Margo St. James ran for Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. Here she is in 2001 on radio station “KALW” promoting her candidacy.John O’Hara / The Chronicle 1996Show MoreShow Less
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Margo St. James created COYOTE, a group focused on fighting for the rights of sex workers.John O’Hara / The Chronicle 1996Show MoreShow Less
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Margo St. James was a proud advocate for the rights of sex workers. A one-time prostitute herself, St. James died on Jan. 13. She’s shown here on Sept. 10, 1980.John O’Hara / The Chronicle 1980Show MoreShow Less
The artists may not all like each other but they all liked Lucioâs
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Lucioâs art collection begins before you set foot in the restaurant. A tangle of pipes by Dave Teer sits high on a wall. Francesco Petroloâs metal eggs nest in a paperbark tree. Salvatore Zofreaâs once-controversial ceramic naked woman gazes from a window. By the front door, Garry Sheadâs mosaic has the writer D.H. Lawrence, his wife and kangaroo picnicking in Italy.
Inside you can easily miss Sidney Nolanâs gold-framed sketch, which started the whole thing. Your eye is drawn along sunshine-yellow walls crowded with artworks and curiosities by many of Australiaâs best artists, from late masters such as John Coburn and Charles Blackman to younger stars Luke Sciberras and Joshua Yeldham.
A colorful, possibly haunted hotel drew celebrity guests - and angry neighbors
Where else could you find a French dinner, a music show and a haunting?
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Robert Pritikin the owner of the Mansion Hotel, at 2220 Sacramento St., in the west wing parlor, April 29, 1991 Pritikin is at odds with the Pacific Heights Neighborhood Association Photo ran May 1, 1991, p. B3Michael Maloney / The Chronicle 1991
Robert Pritikin bought a rundown boardinghouse known as the Chambers Mansion in 1977 and converted it into an eccentric 16-room hotel. Pritikin played up the mansion’s reputation as haunted, making the hotel a popular landmark and drawing the ire of his neighbors.