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The Tenderloin Containment Zone:
A Photo Essay

Sunday morning – April 26, 2020

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San Francisco is openly violating its own Department of Public Health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, turning the sidewalks of the Tenderloin into a containment zone for the homeless – in a 20,000 person neighborhood right next to City Hall, while keeping large public spaces like Civic Center and Union Square empty, and leaving thousands of hotel rooms unoccupied.

Eddy at Taylor

Mason at Turk (east side)

Mason at Turk (west side)

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum

Hilton Hotel (O’Farrell between Mason & Taylor) (1,919 rooms)

Hilton Hotel from Boeddeker Park

Glide Memorial Church (Ellis between Taylor & Jones)

Glide Memorial Church (Ellis at Taylor)

Ellis at Taylor

Westin St. Francis Hotel (Union Square) (1,195 rooms)

Union Square

Golden Gate & Jones

Golden Gate between Leavenworth & Hyde

Golden Gate at Leavenworth

Parc 55 Hotel (Cyril Magnin & Eddy) (1,024 rooms)

Hyde & Turk

Hyde & Turk

Eddy between Jones & Taylor

Eddy & Leavenworth

Polk & Grove

Civic Center & Department of Public Health

Civic Center & City Hall

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