Oral History: Carlo Middione

Oral History


Carlo Middione, who arrived in North Beach around 1958, describes his life during those early, inexpensive and carefree years...

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Carlo Middione describes what going to the Black Cat was like in those early years of his time in San Francisco:

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Former Redevelopment Agency official Carlo Middione describes working for notorious Agency head Justin Herman and what he was really like:

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Former Redevelopment Agency official Carlo Middione describes working with Enid Sales and the effort to save old Victorians by moving them from one place to another in the A-1 and A-2 redevelopment projects in the 1960s:

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Former Redevelopment official Carlo Middione describes his views on the relationship between the Redevelopment Agency, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and African-American churches during the 1960s:

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Former Redevelopment official Carlo Middione tells the story of providing a building in the late 1960s to Angela Davis and "her group" at Fillmore and Golden Gate, and the surprising thing that happened as a result:

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Carlo Middione describes living in the Upper Haight when it was still red-lined by local banks, insurers, and real estate companies:

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