An affordable complex, located at 400 China Basin, has become home for families displaced by 1960s era “redevelopment” in San Francisco.
“The journey in pursuit of happiness at 400 China Basin was a beautiful struggle; heartbreaking, yet life-changing and exhilarating,” said new owner Joe Tasby, Disabled and Seniors Case Manager at Bayview Senior Services, whose grandparents, former Fillmore residents Arthur and Laura Davis, were relocated by the City’s urban renewal policies.
“It began with a promise to myself, to my family, to the life I believed we could have,” said Archpriest Reverend Wanika Stephens, Pastor and Rector at the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church, and Staff Chaplain at Sutter Health.
Stephens’ – a 400 China Basin resident – parents, Most Reverend Mother Marina King, and Archbishop Franzo W. King D.D., of the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church of the West, lost their home to urban renewal policies.
The 400 China Basin development team made it a priority to provide descendants of historically displaced families an opportunity to purchase housing in the City. Affordable housing developers Charmaine Curtis, Michael Simmons, and Young Community Developers collaborated on the project, along with Baines Nibbi construction and Mithun and Y.A. Studio architects…