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Tom Molanphy
Freelance Journalist
Tom Molanphy's journalism has appeared in 48 Hills, USA Today Travel.com, The Frisc, Earth Island Journal, and The San Francisco Chronicle. His essay "The Road Less: John Huston, Blue-Footed Boobies and Me" earned a 2017 BATW award, and his short story "Of Subareas and Public Bathrooms" was included in the California Prose Directory. His memoir "Loud Memories Of A Quiet Life" is available through OutPost19 Press. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and teaches journalism, creative writing and composition at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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The developer and the city insist the Hunters Point Shipyard is safe for development. There's a lot of data that says otherwise. Part III of a series.
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The one-time economic engine of the 'Harlem of the West' has become an environmental disaster area—and the city isn't taking it seriously.
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Part II: As artists move into the former base, the level of contamination reaches the point where 'if it can't be cleaned, stay the hell out.'
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Part One: The one-time economic engine of the 'Harlem of the West' has become an environmental disaster area—and the city isn't taking it seriously.
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A Superfund site in San Francisco has long been eyed for future affordable housing. But is the land safe to build on?
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A childhood in Soviet Ukraine, a toxic military site, the former Mount Avisadero— multitude of histories in work of 300 artists