My Neighborhoods photo collaboration project, week 13: The Tenderloin.
The Tenderloin is a dense downtown neighborhood located in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, nestled between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. It encompasses about fifty square blocks and a conservative description has it bounded on the North by Post Street, on the East by Mason Street, on the South by Mission Street and on the West by Van Ness and Ninth Streets.
Pictured here is the former location of the Black Hawk nightclub. The Black Hawk was a legendary San Francisco nightclub hosting a spectacular range of jazz talents during its heyday from 1949 to 1963. It was located on the corner of Turk Street and Hyde Street. The site of the Blackhawk is now a parking lot. The building next door on Hyde Street (now housing the 222 Club), where the tape recorders were set up to record the Miles Davis album, still stands.
(Source: Wikipedia)