1477 FOLSOM 1975 - 1980
In 1975, eviction notices began arriving at 136 Embarcadero. Chase and his friends began to comb the areas in town they thought best to resettle. Each would take a two block radius and talk to all the residents and business owners. Where was an empty space, cheap and large enough to house them? Chase found the solution—a tower above a plastic bag factory at Folsom and 11th street. He convinced the owner to let him convert the five floors into live-work space for a $400 a month rent.
Each floor was given a function. Chase's studio was on the first landing, off a machine shop. The first floor in the living compound was reserved for a guest room and two bathrooms, the second flight up was a living, music studio, garden, the third floor the kitchen dining room, and the fourth floor (which led to a rooftop garden) the common space.
