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The Red Voc Hotel in 2016. Photo by Rarrarorro
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Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

By Natalia Robyns-Kresich

EDITOR’S NOTE: Further information has come to light regarding this story. We are updating, and it will be back soon.

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Natalia Kresich was born and raised in San Francisco. She has been writing about local issues for 48 Hills for several years.

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