Heart of the City

bayview

San Francisco’s bayview has its own unique history. 作为城市的一个角落，海滨通道很容易到达, it became a center for shipbuilding in the early 20th century. 在大迁徙期间，这些工作吸引了成千上万的美国黑人.

随着第二次世界大战的爆发，工作岗位和求职者继续成倍增加. Before long, 湾景已经发展成为贝博体彩app黑人文化和社区的中心之一. 在战后时代，这个社区为未来开辟了一条大胆的道路.

“This community has had a history of activation,” says Martin Luther McCoy, a musician, artist, and bayview native. 他对当地的领导人和积极分子表示钦佩, over decades, 引起了全国对他们社区和其他类似社区面临的问题的关注：划红线, food insecurity, and environmental safety, to name a few.

“It’s a rebellious spirit that thrives here.”

马丁渴望看到这种精神在整个湾景发挥作用，为了湾景的利益. “We have to start thinking outside the box,” he says, “As to how we can generate resources and be a power center, as opposed to just a pawn.”

Power can be found in many places. For Dontaye Ball, chef and owner of Gumbo Social, he found it in his kitchen.

In 2020, 在疫情最严重的时候，在乔治·弗洛伊德去世后的愤怒中, Dontaye是那些希望以自己的方式产生影响的人之一. “There was a lot of turmoil in the country,” he remembers, “And I had a thesis that gumbo could bring humans together. And I think I was right.”

最初的一系列户外快闪店已经取得了巨大的成功. 现在，你可以在渡轮大厦宏伟的农贸市场找到社交秋葵, massive festivals and events like Outside Lands, and their bayview brick-and-mortar location on Third Street.

秋葵社会的菜单包括其名义上的菜肴丰盛的变化, 还有po ' boys和美味的配菜——所有这些都带有贝博体彩app特色. “We don’t really fit in the soul food box,” says Dontaye. “We don’t fit into the Creole Cajun box.”

“We really have our own kind of unique thing.”

就在Gumbo Social街的那头，在一个繁忙的十字路口 Muni lines 汇聚在一起，你会发现一个狭窄、不起眼的门面，远离熙熙攘攘的街道. You might think it’s a movie theater or a small playhouse; but, in fact, it’s Old Skool Cafe这是一家爵士乐晚餐俱乐部，是湾景镇居民特蕾莎·戈因斯的创意.

Old Skool isn’t your regular lounge. Once you look past the wonderful Art Deco decor, 你会注意到管理老学校的人都是刚从大学毕业的年轻人. That, Teresa says, was by design.

她回忆说：“我大学一毕业就当了狱警。. “我和一些年轻人一起工作，他们大多因为帮派暴力而被监禁. 我问他们：“你们要怎样才能打破这个循环？?我听到的是“一种社区意识”，还有“一种目标感”.” That is really what propelled me to start Old Skool Cafe.”

第一批抓住这个机会的人之一是湾景的本地人蒂芙尼·富勒（Tiffany Fuller）. “I needed a sense of community,” Tiff says. “At the time, I didn’t know it was what I needed. 但是当你得到你想要的，就像，“我的上帝，我感觉很好. I’m home. I’m comfortable.”

Tiff为自己是Old Skool的“第一个毕业生”而感到自豪, 也是第一个完成大学学业并获得硕士学位的人. 她仍然与咖啡馆保持着密切的联系，并乐于看到后代的成功. “现在他们去上大学，现在他们开始创业，现在他们用自己的生活做一些影响社区的事情.”