gentrification
Blur Bar in SF Is Soon to Be a Thing of the Past
The face of Polk Street is changing. Period. But then again, what San Francisco neighborhood is safe from the dreaded “G” word anymore? Little by little, the constants that delivered debauchery and delectable (or dicey) dining that once defined the district are slipping away into a soon-to-be distant past. It
Farmerbrown in the Tenderloin Shut Their Doors
How is that an establishment like farmerbrown could fall from grace in an age of culinary renaissance inside a city brimming with obsessive foodies? The Tenderloin soul food restaurant mixed up the right ingredients for success when they opened their doors in 2006, but a lot has changed in the
The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!
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New Development Threatens Archimedes Banya & Hunters Point
I was just sent the following information about a new development that is supposed to be going into Hunters Point. Archimedes Banya is a Russian bathhouse that has been around since 1970 but who serves all members of the community.
What it’s Like Being a Black Gentrifier
This is a story about what happens when you are a minority in a city whose minority population is shrinking, and what it means to be part of that gentrification.
San Francisco: Before the Tech Boom, and Now
Look at these side-by-side pictures of what San Francisco looked like just ten years ago compared to now. Google Maps provides Street View images dating back to the 2007-08 Great Recession and financial crisis, so we we dug up some not-even-that-old photos to compare how San Francisco looked in the
As San Francisco Goes, So Goes Oakland
The last time San Franciscans talked this much about Oakland was in 1906. The City was ablaze and 100,000 residents fled across San Francisco Bay, many never to move back to San Francisco. They say the population of Oakland doubled in roughly 72 hours.
This Week’s News from the Bay and Beyond
We have locals kicking gentrification arse, the shakeup of a landmark publication, the best possible outcome in the Permit Patty situation and a president that just went balls-deep in diplomacy destruction. Let’s go. Around the Bay Hasta Muerte Puts Down Oakland Roots The building Hasta Muerte Coffee leased from was
Save Bushwick City Farm!
By Tiana Miller Anyone who has been to Bushwick in the past few years, particularly near the intersection of Myrtle and Broadway, needs no reminder of how rapidly the area is gentrifying. With an upshot of high rise luxury condos pricing out many longtime home and business owners one wonders