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The side of a toy store.
29 Jan 2024

San Francisco’s Oldest Toy Store to Shutter After 86 Years

One of San Francisco’s unsung heroes on the edge of Union Square is about to hang up their cape for good. Jeffrey’s Toys, a toy and comic book store founded in 1938, once had seven locations throughout the 48 hills. Now, the Chronicle reports the final outpost at 45 Kearny Street

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A person at a podium.
08 May 2023

Country’s Longest-Standing AAPI Arts Organization Debuts Exhibition Downtown

  There’s a new reason to go downtown to participate in San Francisco’s “hope loop.” Kearny Street Workshop (KSW), the country’s longest-standing organization for AAPI artists, debuted a new exhibition in the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch in Civic Center. The exhibition is called Dreaming People’s History and will

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