Author
Yeros; Stathis G.
Year
2024
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
21
ISBN
978-0-52039-451-3
Last Update
20-Aug-2025
Keywords
Gender Studies ; Urban Studies ; Public Policy & Administration ; Architecture & Architectural History
The San Francisco LGBT Center, a nonprofit organization that provides employment and financial support, referrals, and youth services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, along with space for cultural events, is housed in a complex of two buildings (fig. 1). The larger, completed in 2002, is a glass box, its interior visible to passersby. The smaller is a renovated 1894 Victorian three-story building painted in bold, saturated purple, decorated with rainbow flags. The dialogue between two styles, one representing modernity and the other tradition, is an architectural compromise. Initially, the center had planned to demolish the Victorian building and...
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