International Hotel
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The International Hotel was a historic low-income residential hotel in San Francisco’s Manilatown that became a landmark of Asian American community activism and tenants’ rights struggles in the 1960s and 1970s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| I Hotel | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historic building
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residential hotel ⓘ single-room occupancy hotel ⓘ site of social movement ⓘ |
| buildingUse |
residential
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single-room occupancy housing ⓘ |
| city | San Francisco ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalSignificance |
icon of Filipino American community history in San Francisco
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landmark of tenants’ rights movement ⓘ symbol of Asian American resistance to displacement ⓘ |
| hasSocialMovementTheme |
anti-displacement activism
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housing rights ⓘ urban renewal resistance ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
important site in Asian American history
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important site in Filipino American history ⓘ important site in San Francisco social justice history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Asian American civil rights history
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Asian American community activism ⓘ Filipino American community organizing ⓘ anti-eviction movement ⓘ tenants’ rights struggles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Manilatown NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| movementAssociatedWith |
Asian American movement
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housing justice movement ⓘ tenants’ rights movement ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Manilatown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageCommunity |
Chinese American community
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Filipino American community ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
eviction of low-income tenants
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tenants’ rights struggle in the 1960s ⓘ tenants’ rights struggle in the 1970s ⓘ |
| socialIssue |
affordable housing shortage
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gentrification ⓘ urban displacement ⓘ |
| tenantType |
Asian American immigrants
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Filipino American workers ⓘ low-income residents ⓘ |
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I Hotel