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

September 21, 2021

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Natalia Robyns-Kresich

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

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

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