Dying Breed: Jim Carrasco, Chronicle Deliveryman

Not Pictured: Jim Carrasco.

Postcards From SF gives us [ie: teh people of teh interwebz] this outstanding short look at SF Chronicle deliveryman and Tenderloin icon Jim Carrasco.  

Carrasco, a “character of the night” and self described “ghost dancer” (I think that means he's like 'Dances With Crackheads' or something, via Kevin Costner,) is one of the last remaining Union newspaper deliverymen in San Francisco. He's operated in the wee hours of SF for decades and knows the characters of the street well. He himself is a great character worthy of a much longer documentary. Kind of like a Geraldo meets Atari's Paperboy in a Tenderloin back alley, but with a sense of humor and more infected needles.

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Thanks Zach for recognizing my story on this true SF character. He’s also a Giants fan and I featured him in an earlier video on Postcards From SF - Giant among Giants Fans - http://youtu.be/ZcLcbWt6hoE

I’ve always wished I could personally thank the delivery person who gets my paper inside my front gate every day. Alas… just a bit early for me…