items of interest to me and, possibly, to you.

“Take the Lynch family as an example. The family of four (two girls aged 3 and 1) lived in 3212 Mission, above what is now Mi Lindo Peru and paid $27.50 each month for rent. Charles was a fireman and made $2500 a year, or $208 a month, so his rent was just 13% of his salary. Their neighbors in 3214 were the Bamfords,originally from LA. He was a shoemaker who made $60 a month but paid $30 a month in rent. Up the street, William Catalano, 25, lived with his 23-year old wife Beatrice and their 5 year old son William Jr lived in an apartment block that was torn down a few years later to make way for the Bank of America. He was a musician, working on a “music project”, pulling in $985 a year, or 82 a month, and paid $15 a month in rent.”