Rally. Police now estimate 150,000. Say that 200,000 is possible. San Francisco Chronicle.

Jan. 21 San Francisco Chronicle. Police estimate 150,000, and say that 200,000 is possible. 

From Page A-15 of the January 21 2003 San Francisco Chronicle is an article called

Protest numbers don't add up / Police now say 150,000 safe guess
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/21/BA181371.DTL 

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"On Saturday, police said 55,000 marched to Civic Center Plaza. A spokesman now says 150,000 is a safe estimate and 200,000 is possible. Chronicle photo by Michael Macor."

From the article:

"Police estimates of 55,000 demonstrators came from a counting of people in Civic Center Plaza and did not include marchers who were backed up along Market Street, said Jim Deignan, San Francisco police spokesman.

"Aerial photographs show a packed plaza and masses stacked back along streets leading in. If Civic Center Plaza were filled and Market Street were lined all the way to Justin Herman Plaza, a 200,000 estimate could be accurate, said Deignan."

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*Overhead helicopter photo link list for those who want PROOF of the rally size. Please distribute. 200,000 easily! Here is one single short page with a link list of the best January 18 2003 San Francisco peace rally-march aerial photos, aerial and street maps, crowd calculation comments, police estimates, etc.. The simple 42KB street map is there too. Pass on the links there, or just this one link:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/01/1563976_comment.php