. >> randy shaw walks around the tenderloin like it's other museum.ost of them. >> president taft in 1910 was there for the groundbreaking. >> it is wedged between city hall and union square in downtown san francisco. it's one of the city's most densely populated neighboring. the tenderloin was leveled by the 1906 earthquake and fire. almost immediately residents returned and started to rebuild. >> the vast majority of buildings when it was built in 1907 to 1920 are still here. >> little hats changed since then. there are now 409 buildings designated as part of the uptown tenderloin historic district. >> just one single-family home in the tenderloin was built in the 50s. there's no two-unit places and there are very few flats. we are in an entire hotel and apartment district which is rare in the united states. >> it has a reputation of being a bit rough but it wasn't always that way. until the 1950s it was the center of the nightlife theaters, restaurants, fancy hotels and casinos. >> when the ability of gambling was stopped in the mid-50s the tenderl

. >> randy shaw walks around the tenderloin like it's other museum. nearly every story has a story to tell and he knows most of them. >> president taft in 1910 was there for the groundbreaking. the tenderloin district is wedged between city hall and union scare in downtown san francisco. it's one of the city's most neighborhoods. the tenderloin was leveled by the 1906 earthquake and fire. almost immediately residents returned and started to rebuild. >> the vast majority of buildings when it was built in 1907 to 1920 are still here. >> little has changed since then. there are now 409 buildings designated as part of the uptown tenderloin historic district. >> just one single-family home in the tenderloin was built in the 50s. there's no two-unit places and there are very few flats. we are in an entire hotel and apartment district which is rare in the united states. >> it has a reputation of being a bit rough but it wasn't always that way. until the 1950's it was the center of san francisco's nightlife. full of restaurants, theaters, fancy hotels and cas

. >> randy shaw walks around the tenderloin like it's other museum.st of them. >> president taft in 1910 was there for the groundbreaking. >> it is wedged between city hall and union square in downtown san francisco. it's one of the city's most neighborhoods. the tenderloin was leveled by the 1906 earthquake and fire. almost immediately residents returned and started to rebuild. >> the vast majority of buildings when it was built in 1907 to 1920 are still here. >> little has changed since then. there are now 409 buildings designated as part of the uptown tenderloin historic district. >> just one single-family home in the tenderloin was built in the 50s. there's no two-unit places and there are very few flats. we are in an entire hotel and apartment district which is rare in the united states. >> it has a reputation of being a bit rough but it wasn't always that way. until the 1950s it was the center of san francisco's nightlife. full of restaurants, theaters fancy hotels and casinos. >> when the ability of gambling was stopped in the mid-50s the tende

. >> reporter: randy shaw walks around san francisco's tenderloin like it's a museum.y every building has a story to tell and he knows most of them. >> president taft in 1910 of there for the groundbreaking. >> reporter: the district is wedged between city hall and union square in date san francisco. it's one of the city's most densely populated neighborhood. the tenderloin of leveled by the 1906 earthquake and fire. almost immediately residents returned and started to rebuild. >> the vast majority of buildings when it was built in 1907 to 1920 are still here. >> reporter: little has changed since then. there are now 409 buildings designated as part of the uptown tenderloin historic district. >> there's one single family home in the tenderloin that was built in the '50s. very few flats. we were an entire apartment in the hotel district which is rare in the united states. >> reporter: today tenner lion have a reputation -- tenderloin have a reputation for being you rough. but it wasn't always that way. in the '50s it was full of restaurants, here's, fancy hotels and sce

. >> reporter: randy shaw an advocate with the tenderloin housing clinic says it's a citywide problem. >> i think the larger question which i think we should have attention to is the failure of the cities homeless outreach program to effectively operate despite having a $3 million annual budget. >> i know we're doing heavy outreach. >> reporter: i noticed behind you the entrance to your housing clinic has a gate that comes down. is that in part to keep homeless out? >> absolutely. we have more people sprawled in front of our entrance i would say in 2015 than the preceding 20 years. >> i would have to say that in honesty, the problem of everything around here is getting to the point where there was frustration. >> reporter: now, what the church is going to do now that it's turned the water off remains to be seen because one thing we know the problem isn't going to go away. either here or anywhere in the bay area. in san francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. >>> san rafael people want homeowners and businesses to register surveillance cameras. this is voluntary. it's not required. police say