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Tony Long

Over the Hill

With a little help from your friends

By Tony Long

Getting old is for the birds, I’m told. (I wouldn’t know myself, having long ago embraced the youth-preserving properties of defiantly immature behavior.) There are the... Read More

Over the Hill

We’re not just in North Beach anymore, Toto

By Tony Long

This month, the column formerly known as “North Beach Beat” is reborn as “Over the Hill.” I can hear you snickering, damn you, but the reason for the name change ha... Read More

Features

Don’t give Coit Tower the shaft

By Tony Long

The plight of the graceful Art Deco tower crowning Telegraph Hill has received generous coverage elsewhere; even The New York Times has weighed in. So no need to take up this limit... Read More


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