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Coit Tower Mural Walk
With Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith
In the past few years there has been a growing community effort to defend the Coit tower murals from leaking water and to stop plans for privatization of the site. This led to the critical renovation of the murals on their 80th anniversary. They were being painted during the time of the 1934 general strike in San Francisco. LaborFest will hold its annual guided tour of the murals with Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith. At the time of their installation, an organized effort was made to destroy them because of the leftist themes. The artists and their supporters had to physically defend the site. The murals were successfully defended and we have them today as our heritage. The artists were working under the Civil Works Administration and Public Works of Art program, which was later extended to many buildings and sites throughout the U.S. Both the murals and the view from Coit Tower of the Bay and both bridges are a treasure.
See also:
http://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule.htm

Laborfest: Coit Tower Mural Walk
Date	Sunday July 17
Time	9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
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Location Details
Meet at Coit Tower entrance, top of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. Buses: 8, 30, 41 or 45 to Washington Square Park at Union and Stockton. Transfer to the 39 bus or walk 1/4 mile on Stockton to Lombard, up Lombard which becomes Telegraph Hill Blvd to top; also from Washington Square, you can walk to end of Filbert or Greenwich, each with a short staircase at the top, Greenwich being less steep.
Event Type	Other
Organizer/Author	Laborfest
Coit Tower Mural Walk With Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith In the past few years there has been a growing community effort to defend the Coit tower murals from leaking water and to stop plans for privatization of the site. This led to the critical renovation of the murals on their 80th anniversary. They were being painted during the time of the 1934 general strike in San Francisco. LaborFest will hold its annual guided tour of the murals with Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith. At the time of their installation, an organized effort was made to destroy them because of the leftist themes. The artists and their supporters had to physically defend the site. The murals were successfully defended and we have them today as our heritage. The artists were working under the Civil Works Administration and Public Works of Art program, which was later extended to many buildings and sites throughout the U.S. Both the murals and the view from Coit Tower of the Bay and both bridges are a treasure. See also: http://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule.htm For more event information: http://www.laborfest.net/2016/2016schedule... Added to the calendar on Sunday Jun 19th, 2016 6:35 AM

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