In her South of Market series, made in the late 1970s to early 1980s, Janet Delaney documents the transformation of her neighborhood as buildings were demolished to create sites for new construction. South of Market (SoMa) became the epicenter for developers building out the area as a future center for business and technology. Her work shows the cycles of urban renewal and the impact of gentrification on the culture and people of the area, such as the artists, queer people, and working-class Filipino and Black families who were her neighbors. The development of SoMa involved the displacement of thousands of lower-income San Franciscans when the existing residential buildings were razed to make way for office buildings and luxury apartment complexes. Delaney's photograph, taken in 1979, captures both the mechanisms and consequences of gentrification. Here, residents protest against landlords evicting their tenants in order to sell their buildings to developers.