Why Shakirah Simley says Booker T. is still the place to be

You’ll get two distinctly different views depending on which way you look from inside the Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, a longtime fixture serving the nearby Fillmore and Western Addition neighborhoods.

Gaze out nearly any east-facing window, and you’ll see a breathtaking vista of the San Francisco skyline, a sight practically plucked from a postcard for sale at Fisherman’s Wharf or Chinatown.

Turn your head to the west, towards the entrance of the facility, and you’ll see the Presidio Yard, a concrete terminal storing inactive red and gray Muni buses and trolleys attached to overhead power lines…

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