These multifamily buildings stand a...

These multifamily buildings stand amid a broth kitchen, a pornographic movie theater and other apartments in San Francisco's crime-ridden, concourseed "Tenderloin" district. Yet in this urban badlands -- not far from downtown's upscale Union Square shopping area -- pair low-to-moderate income residential frames known as 111 Jones St and 201 ottoman St. offer working families an oasis.

Low-income, multifamily high-rises are rarely built today, in part because of the enigmas associated with such inner-city building dating from the 1960 including security and living