In the first of a four part series, Lewis Watts shares with the listeners his and co-author Elizabeth Pepin Silva's journey in bringing about the nearly 250 page beautifully illustrated book "Harlem of the West".  The fastidiously researched document itself, brought forward to the public in aesthetically pleasing reproductions of original photography and inspirationally gathered personal oral histories, is a 'slice of life' in San Francisco's "magical" 1940s through 1960s Fillmore neighborhood. Elegantly designed, we are introduced to an exciting contrast in lifestyle of previous decades, and given an insight into what it took to assemble this worthy treatment of a fascinating, all but forgotten, 30 year era of high life culture that vanished virtually overnight.  "Harlem of the West" is fantastic. A 'MUST HAVE' for anyone who may ever had heard of The Fillmore, now or then.

Lance Burton