When the Golden Gate Bridge turned 50, and a good city descended into chaos

It was a day for San Francisco to honor the Golden Gate Bridge.

But by mid-morning on May 24, 1987, the gridlocked horde trying to celebrate its 50th anniversary got so desperate people were urinating off the side of the landmark.

“For a few, necessity overcame modesty, producing a rush to the railing and relief into the choppy waters below,” the Chronicle’s Carl Nolte wrote the next day…

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