Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Created by local historian and professor Shawn Sprockett, the Valley of the ...

The Night Tour of the Tenderloin exposes the epic unseen history of the neighborhood. The Tenderloin's nightlife is the stuff of legend. Put on your walking shoes and visit old gambling joints, ...

Shawn Sprockett has been in San Francisco for about ten years. He's originally from the East Coast, where "Don't Say Gay" laws in places like Florida reminded him of a time when queerness was ...

Few San Francisco neighborhoods have had more ups and downs than the 33-block area still called “The Tenderloin”—a name which derives from the late 19 th century police practice of shaking down local ...