![]() ![]() ![]() “The reality is so grim, it’s so counter to everything ‘Tales of the City’ is,” she says. Series executive producer Lauren Morelli acknowledges that the tech boom has made San Francisco one of the country’s most expensive cities. Her home at 28 Barbary Lane, an interlocking jungle gym of apartments that housed gay outcasts as well as innocents such as Mary Ann Singleton (Laura Linney), is now worth a fortune - and its inflated value stands as a symbol of what’s wrong with San Francisco. Madrigal, played with beguiling charm by 89-year-old Olympia Dukakis, was a pioneer - one of TV’s first transgender characters - but she also knew how to invest in real estate. A 90th birthday party for Anna Madrigal is the setting for Netflix’s nostalgic revival of Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” premiering Friday. ![]()
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