YOU ARE HERE

You Are Here is a monthly column that examines ideas about place and places in the West, written by members of the Writers Grotto.
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You Are Here: 2022 Highlights

Fourteen columns that examined place and places.

By Alta Editors
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33 8th apts, san francisco
You Are Here: In the Shadow of a Tower
san francisco, twin peaks
You Are Here: Above San Francisco
you are here, jd beltran, conflict
You Are Here: My Geography of Conflict
suburbia, el cerrito california, street art
You Are Here: Street Art in Suburbia
geoguessr
You Are Here: A Game to Get Lost In
mount saint helens eruption
You Are Here: Things That Go Boom
mary ladd, exvangelical, bethany bible college, bethany university
You Are Here: An Exvangelical’s Self-Care Sunday
the alley piano bar and restaurant
You Are Here: Oakland’s Last Piano Bar
laird harrison's family cabin
You Are Here: How to Grieve for a Place
bonnie tsui
You Are Here: The Place That Is Water
the free china completing her epic 6,000 mile transpacific voyage for 54 days as it arrives to the san francisco bay, in 1955, six audacious young men undertook a four month journey to san francisco from taiwan, aboard an old chinese junk, "the free china, "tuesday, august 9, 1955 oakland tribune
You Are Here: Arrivals and Departures
transamerica pyramid, san francisco
You Are Here: A Tower to Show You the Way Home
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san francisco, chinatown volunteer coalition
You Are Here: Chinatown Is Worth Fighting For
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writers grotto, lee kravetz reading
A Space to Call Our Own