1998 - Implosion and History of Geneva Towers Housing Projects in San Francisco

[@nategz9875]

I bet if they brought the towers back it would probably rent for 3,000 a month for a two bedroom in San Francisco.

[@therealfrisco3859]

Nathaniel Gomez Lol I know right!

[@Malcadon]

*Only* $3,000 a month!? For that, I could rent an old refrigerator box!

[@owenfrank5671]

Really though. Look at LeFrak city in NY, I can see why it's poppin off with the middle class now.

[@kingsafa3565]

Or even more no doubt...

[@Aggression-hc3yp]

With population growth and space being limited, we’d need ten of these towers in Vis Valley.

[@loveu1ish]

My Aunt Eleanor lived there in May of 1979; My mother,my sisters & I stayed with her for a couple weeks.We came all the way from New Jersey. R.I.P.,Aunt Eleanor....Geneva Towers !

[@HARDL3FT]

Geneva Towers in SF was a similar story to Pruitt Igoe in STL or Cabrini Green in Chicago. They try and make it seem like the owners failed to upkeep but it was actually the government.

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

Pruitt was insane. Bronx bad.

[@LeimertDreamer]

Right. There was nothing wrong with the actual buildings of the projects and most of the people who lived in them were decent people. it was the government’s neglect.

[@DJNurseAnnabella]

This happened exactly 20 years ago from today 5/16/98 - 5/16/18.

[@eyvonnegifford1349]

Yep

[@MrGaryg20047]

People used to get thrown off the building because of crime.

[@Malcadon]

I remember that. ... Poor kid.

[@zigzag1able]

Wow it was like that?

[@Ladyvisionary]

@@Malcadon so did I

[@dominiquemiller6254]

Damn I remember standing on the corner of Desmond Street, as that building feel to the ground.

[@dregamingsecurity4969]

Back when san Francisco look like Chicago LOL

[@therealfrisco3859]

Andre Nash For real tho! And it was crazy like Chicago but nobody don't know about it.

[@zigzag1able]

@@therealfrisco3859 Yeah which is a testament to how watered down the media made SF inner city problems look, masking everything as just some great tourist hub for hipsters... When them people want to reserve a good reputation they will reserve a good reputation by all means no matter what...

[@therealfrisco3859]

@@zigzag1able EXACTLY! I couldn't have said it any better.

[@donjayq]

I remember my dad taking me to this. He grew up in Sunnydale but remembers visiting friends at the Geneva towers.

[@kingsafa3565]

I lived up in that thing, A building '89 to '95...

[@zigzag1able]

Was it wild?

[@johnmarks714]

What was it like?

[@kingsafa3565]

@@johnmarks714 wild and crazy a high rise project GT was no joke ask about the DGF gang and the lifestyle up there back in them days i don't glorify violence so I'll leave it as that...

[@johnmarks714]

@@kingsafa3565 hope u live in a good neighborhood now

[@kingsafa3565]

@@johnmarks714 gratefully i do now Thank God for that...

[@holyspiritrevelations9618]

I lived there A bldg Apt 815, from 1973 to 1984. My best friend lived in apt. 1116. Fond memories.

[@THIZzSCO415]

How was it like living In The Geneva towers? Was it really as bad as ppl say? My dad says these towers were super dangerous like you would get mugged or beat up if you warent from there

[@zigzag1able]

Was these towers bad like on some Cabrini Green like ish?

[@vel1hunnid707]

@@zigzag1able yupp the WestCoast version

[@arap8844]

What was your friends name? I stayed there 79-83 I think 🤔 1103-B!! 😎

[@dream3176]

Hey who is this? Because we stayed there,apt 815 a bldg, around the same time

[@jjruiz8707]

thank you so much for the video

[@Qapital_J]

4:39 yo is that Mr. Chao ex principal of Visitacion Valley Elementary?

[@THIZzSCO415]

Nah it’s MrFukyu

[@justmejm]

@@THIZzSCO415 dumb

[@at2130]

I used to see them as a kid going to Candlestick in the 90s. All the sudden they weren't they're anymore lol I didn't know they were projects till I got older. I just remember my dad said it was bad over there.

[@therealvella4666]

I stayed there A build 6 floor I never forget that day

[@loveyu2778]

It was sad to see..So much history there..

[@user-yj1ox4fr1t]

Wish the city was the same

[@THIZzSCO415]

It’s not super different with nothin but Techies now

[@streettravelxxi]

Lol do u wish the crime rate was the same too?

[@rzta8209]

@@streettravelxxi Crime is still fcked up in SF just different crimes taking place now

[@Malcadon]

I once lived there: A-building, 1514 then 415, 1980 to 1988. We were literally the only white family there at the time. It became a horror show at times, but for the most part, it was not as bad as people thought. The funny thing is, the fear and violence brought neighbor together and form long lasting bonds that are tighter than kin. I could care less about the actual buildings; It was the experience and the people that I most appreciated.

[@THIZzSCO415]

So it wasent as bad as ppl say ?

[@intrinsiccinema7374]

That's interesting because as a child I don't remember seeing a white person their doesn't mean white wasn't living there I never seen it until your comment I always viewed it as an all black ghetto environment which proves you will always learn something new I'm glad you and your family survived that place

[@justmejm]

How was the gang violence from the youngsters there and the neighborhood

[@Malcadon]

@@justmejm As far I remember, violence was low-key -- out of the eye of the building's private security and Patrol Specials -- as there was no reason to bring on the heat. In the '70s and early '80s, drug dealers were laid back and really kept a low profile, but then gangs cracked down on them to muscle on the trade. We had a neighbor who was dealing -- dudes forced Drano down his, and his girlfriend's throat, but sparing their 3 year daughter's life. At a friend's birthday party, a young man was thrown out a balcony and the adults knew that it was both gang and drug-trade related. (The adults gave us kids the option to see the body -- to witness death and toughen us up -- with no pressure to do so, but I did not look as I did not want even more nightmares. I did watch as the SFFD hose the blood down a drain.) When the building was getting cleared for demolition in the '90s, crews were pulling body after body out the service tunnel connecting both buildings -- this was an area residence avoided due to rapes -- and the crawl-spaces in the garage. Despite all that, the Sunnydale projects was WAY worse! Dont let that cheery name fool you! As bad as things got in The Towers, it was* never* as bad as the Sunnydale Projects! (I have no story about that, as it was something everyone agreed on.)

[@bobbi67]

I lived in the A building…1978-1991.

[@craytubbe661]

I grew up in Sunnydale. I remember when this was built and I remember when it was bought by the city and turned into a slum. I was glad to see it go.

[@600gangland7]

Cray Tubbe been a slum ? Towerside been dangerous

[@craytubbe661]

What's Towerside?

[@therealfrisco3859]

You do mean the towers right? Sunnydale projects are still here. The towers were demolished.

[@o.g.willikers1717]

@@therealfrisco3859 Na if you were from there you would call it tower side. TowerSide Tee Fam SF415 Gangsta’s Paradise Dealers Cove we shook the spot

[@imrickjamesbitch415]

Dam its crazy to hear somebody from Sunnydale call the towers a slum well ill b dam .

[@ayeshadoucet-nf7de]

I used to live in this building in the 80s😢💯💯💯

[@mosslinden5058]

Holy shit Julie Haener worked for KTVU since the jets was up? Damn.

[@therealfrisco3859]

Moss Linden Yup she is OG. Lol

[@twenty2082]

KTVU News Anchor Oct 1997 - Present

[@gpc831]

Same initial reaction! Lol. Why was it called the jets?

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

Moved out 1986

[@Jellykelly1222]

Born and Raised. Means a lot to me.

[@intrinsiccinema7374]

I lived there as a little boy this place was nothing but a curse I remember hanging out with dudes 13 years old wearing brim hats hair pressed looking like pimps, I was changing for the worse glad I moved I know if I did nt it would have ruined my life

[@joshroberson1354]

My name is Josh I stayed in the A building paying my respects to a Lengen Linda Burch my grandmother best friend and family God bless our family in Jesus name Amen

[@k129h8]

i lived across from that shthole, accacia street 100 block

[@rahrah5268]

A building and B building Old school DGF

[@844tucker]

I remember 83-87....

[@mrdpdjr]

Don’t think they do implosions in Ca anymore

[@jennywu73]

Did they ever rebuild?

[@therealfrisco3859]

Domestic_Goddess Artist Yes. Townhouse apartments were built. Crime still exists but not nearly as bad as it once was.

[@irisk.k.y.1147]

I remember this

[@r_aguilar68]

I saw it from San Bruno Mt.

[@donnafeddern4236]

That is the truth There was a 85 year old Old from the C buliding that was pushed over the rail on the 15th floor my sister seen When the 85 year hit the payment, and then there was a pizza guy got rob and a big puddle of Blood in the elevator

[@donnafeddern4236]

Hey what happened to Mr langadourf visitation valley Principle back in 1967 68 69 70 71 the school hated mysister iris feddern now i live in Azusa ca,10 minutes from passadena ca,

[@derrickw5204]

Goodbye shit hole ! My grandparents lived in the 300 block of Accacia in Daly City . Me and my parents came from Idaho to see her that summer and she told us that the towers were finally torn down and we should have seen the dust fly everywhere ! The towers were an eyesore to the neighborhood . Glad to see them go !💥💣

[@xennial80sxberner]

Lemme guess you're a capitalist who doesn't give a shit about affordable housing for people stuck living in big cities, especially the bourgeois ass Bay Area

[@justmejm]

Or was the towers and I swore to certain people?

[@thycreatorsource903]

Bad memories .

[@zigzag1able]

What was it like?

[@johnmarks714]

@@zigzag1able im interested too

[@scottprodj]

"Visitation" valley you say?

[@imackmusic7924]

Really..?

[@donnafeddern4236]

I live at the Geneva towers In 1968 1969 1970 move out in 1971 in Buliding A on the 17th floor on the back side And there was a lot of shit that went on , in the towers complex, my mom left to go bail my dad out of jail At the Bus stop they Dangle a Dead peigon in her face she Turned her head and face they Hit her in the head and robbed her for $500.00

[@thycreatorsource903]

Gerald Hart.. Robert Hart...Land Owners

[@dump_onyoo906]

looked like the world Trade Center

[@harryandruschak2843]

Looks like the 9/11 twoofer trolls are still spouting their scheisse.

[@harryandruschak2843]

Please do not feed the 9/11 conspiracy trolls. Let them eat the contents of their diapers. Thank you.

[@animangafan342]

Lol Only people were pretty happy to see this one go down It was a shitzone and the district still is the worst neighborhood in SF

[@CarlosPerez-wt8ff]

hey like building #7 on 911

[@harryandruschak2843]

Please do not feed the 9/11 conspiracy trolls. Let them eat the contents of their diapers. Thank you.

[@therealfrisco3859]

Harry Andruschak Yup just like it!

[@rkthhok]

Job training !! Hahah Sunnydale is such a tax suck. Level the entire area

[@craytubbe661]

And what will happen to the 700 families living there when they level it?

[@deplorablerobsanbruno3906]

Cray Tubbe hopefully they'll get jobs and stop abusing the the government

[@animangafan342]

Cray Tubbe they can move in with you since u care lol

[@kyoakland]

@@deplorablerobsanbruno3906 lol goverment dick suckers always say hey just get a job wtf its not as easy as it sounds for most people