International Hotel

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historic building residential hotel single-room occupancy hotel site of social movement

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.

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I Hotel	1

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

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International Hotel eviction struggle in San Francisco → hasLocation → International Hotel ⓘ

Karen Tei Yamashita → notableWork → International Hotel ⓘ

this entity surface form: I Hotel