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JUNE 15, 1936: Finocchio’s opened at 506 Broadway above Enrico’s Café. It dominated the San Francisco drag show scene for decades.

JUNE 15, 1936: Finocchio’s opened at 506 Broadway above Enrico’s Café. It dominated the San Francisco drag show scene for decades.

When I asked my mother Anne about her memories about Finocchio’s, she gave a low chuckle and murmured, “your father and I were kicked out…

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JUNE 12, 1995: Steve Silver died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco. He left behind Beach Blanket Babylon to carry on without him for another 24 years.

JUNE 12, 1995: Steve Silver died of complications from AIDS in San Francisco. He left behind Beach Blanket Babylon to carry on without him for another 24 years.

Born in San Francisco in 1944, Steve Silver grew up in the Marina District, later settling in Russian Hill[A]. He attended Lowell High School[1] and then…

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