{"id":41003,"date":"2019-06-24T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=41003"},"modified":"2019-06-24T14:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:50:52","slug":"battle-to-save-the-redstone-symbolizes-fight-to-keep-art-in-the-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/battle-to-save-the-redstone-symbolizes-fight-to-keep-art-in-the-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle to save the Redstone symbolizes fight to keep art in the Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_41009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41009\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-38-WEB.jpg?resize=396%2C554&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-38-WEB.jpg?w=396&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-38-WEB.jpg?resize=179%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 179w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-38-WEB.jpg?resize=343%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lab is located in the historical Redstone Building formerly known as the Redstone Labor Temple, on 16th Street in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District. Photo: Emma Marie Chiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For decades, the Redstone Labor Temple at 16th and Capp Street has been a symbol of resistance\u2014serving as a foundation of union organizing, and igniting social and economic change across San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>But now, like Galeri\u0301a de la Raza and La Victoria panaderia, the Redstone Building exemplifies the struggle to maintain the culture and identity of a Mission District constantly threatened by new development.<\/p>\n<p>The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)\u2014a nonprofit organization that assists low- and moderate income Latino families\u2014is under contract to purchase the 55,000-square- foot building for $15 million from owner David Lucchesi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41005\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REDSTONE_TheLab-39-WEB.jpg?resize=613%2C438&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REDSTONE_TheLab-39-WEB.jpg?w=613&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 613w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REDSTONE_TheLab-39-WEB.jpg?resize=600%2C429&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REDSTONE_TheLab-39-WEB.jpg?resize=350%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lab is located in the historical Redstone Building formerly known as the Redstone Labor Temple on 16th Street in San Francisco&#8217;s Mission District. Photo: Emma Marie Chiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge endeavor,\u201d MEDA Director of Community Real Estate Karoleen Feng said. \u201cWe\u2019ve lost so much in the community. We need to hold onto buildings where we can keep a mass number of folks who are making the neighborhood and the city what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MEDA has until Aug. 1 to complete the transaction but a funding gap remains. The organization needs $7 million in financial support to preserve the three-story landmark as a permanent center for cultural resources, while maintaining affordable rents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t get that $7 million then our capacity to serve the people of the Mission District will be minimized or [we] will have to change and reorganize pretty drastically,\u201d Redstone tenant Dena Beard said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41007\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-3-WEB.jpg?resize=438%2C657&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-3-WEB.jpg?w=438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 438w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-3-WEB.jpg?resize=167%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 167w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TheRedstone_TheLab-3-WEB.jpg?resize=320%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Executive Director of The Lab, Dena Beard, poses for a portrait in front of The New Eagle Creek Saloon created by artist Sadie Barnette. Photo: Emma Marie Chiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beard is the executive director of The Lab, a 35-year-old experimental music and art space that supports the work of traditionally underrepresented artists and art forms. She believes in public spaces like the Redstone where people can express their concerns, exchange ideas, or find ways to advocate for one another.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>It\u2019s a mission the Redstone has always served but one Beard hopes to expand on further in a joint effort between locals, MEDA, and the Redstone Labor Temple Association (RTA)\u2014which aims to promote and protect the building as a place for community-based groups, artists, and small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may not have much money but we can do a whole lot,\u201d Beard said.<\/p>\n<p>[su_carousel source=&#8221;media: 41004,41008&#8243; limit=&#8221;100&#8243; link=&#8221;lightbox&#8221; width=&#8221;800&#8243; height=&#8221;540&#8243; responsive=&#8221;no&#8221; items=&#8221;1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1914, the Redstone Building is home to longtime social and economic justice organizations\u2014including the International Indian Treaty Council, La Radio Flash, Western Regional Advocacy Project, and El\/La Para TransLatinas\u2014 who rely on the building\u2019s location and affordable spaces to support diverse communities within the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis building is special because we have the most resilient people from the Mission,\u201d said artist Txutxo Perez, who has occupied a studio space in the Redstone for the past three years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41015\" style=\"width: 1349px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?resize=1349%2C1889&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1349\" height=\"1889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?w=1349&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1349w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?resize=600%2C840&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?resize=179%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 179w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C1075&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Txutxo_IMG6585-WEB.jpg?resize=343%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Txutxo Perez in his studio at the Redstone Building in the Mission District, June 16, 2019. Photo: Dane Pollok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born and raised in Mexico City, Perez moved to the Bay Area in 1994, inspired by working-class San Franciscans and their fight for rights. He is a studio assistant in the Community Arts Program at Hospitality House, an organization in the Tenderloin that pro- vides opportunities and resources to neighborhood residents struggling with homelessness and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>His work demonstrates the positive impact that services offered by places like the Hospitality House and Redstone Building have on marginalized people and underserved communities. \u201cIt\u2019s important to keep a presence here because every one of us has a community to serve,\u201d Perez said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>[su_carousel source=&#8221;media: 41022,41021,41019,41014,41013,41012,41011,41010&#8243; limit=&#8221;100&#8243; link=&#8221;lightbox&#8221; width=&#8221;800&#8243; height=&#8221;540&#8243; responsive=&#8221;no&#8221; items=&#8221;1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>From housing the first all-women\u2019s union to being an epicenter of organizing for the San Francisco General Strike of 1934, the century-old edifice was a significant piece in the development of labor movements, which influenced cities far beyond the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so much history in San Francisco but it\u2019s crumbling, it\u2019s falling apart,\u201d said Marissa Jefferies, a development coordinator for the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES).<\/p>\n<p>Riddled with an aging infrastructure and poor electrical systems, the Redstone Building must undergo major rehabilitation, including seismic upgrades and ADA-compliance implementation. Jefferies urges public officials to take financial responsibility for buildings that are as historic and influential as the Redstone in order to sustain a community presence for future generations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cThe fight that everyone\u2019s putting up for Redstone has been years in the making,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it speaks volumes on what the city [officials] thinks about San Francisco and where their priorities lie if the purchase doesn\u2019t go through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will take a community and city-wide effort to save the Redstone Building, but activists like Jefferies understand that the struggle doesn\u2019t begin and end there.<\/p>\n<p>Learning the history of the Mission and acknowledging those who built the backbone of San Francisco is key in the fight to maintain the culture and diversity that attracts so many.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unification between locals and the people who are contributing to the gentrification needs to happen in order for real change,\u201d Jefferies said. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to benefit from the riches of the city, you also have to give back and one way to do that is to help keep buildings like the Redstone alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the Redstone Labor Temple at 16th and Capp Street has been a symbol of resistance\u2014serving as a foundation of union organizing, and igniting social and economic change across San Francisco. 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