Valencia Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Just as the city was reopening for curbside pickup, it started to close again over the last week as Mission and Valencia Street businesses boarded up their front windows. Demonstrations moved into the Mission on Saturday night, but remained peaceful. Today, a protest begins at 4 p.m. at Mission High School and will march to the Mission District police station.

Update: When I left for the protest just before 3 p.m, stores on Mission Street were still boarding up.

Mission Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Mission Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Mission Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Mission Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Mission Street. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Near Dolores on 17th Street. Around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Monk’s Kettle. Photo by Mark Rabine.
Monday morning. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Tuesday evening on Mission Street. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
It’s unclear when these were boarded up. But Aldea, as an essential business, has been open for much of the pandemic. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
New boards at Fellow Barber. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
At work Wednesday morning to board up the glass windows at 20Valencia. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Wednesday morning. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
New boards at Hawker Fare. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Tuesday evening in front of the Mission District police station. Photo by Lydia Chávez.

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  2. Lots of boards up “in support of the fight for justice” blah blah, in reality to keep from having windows smashed on Market. I went to my Walgreens on Gough in the Hayes Valley this morning and they were sweeping up smashed glass from last night and busily boarding up. I passed a smashed window at the condo building at Octavia and Market on the Octavia side on my way to Safeway. Boards suddenly up in front of the Orbit room and the Scandinavian luncheonette next door as well as Safeway. I’ve lived here for thirty years never saw that before and here it is 5 pm and news or cop helicopter keep flying over us because I live near Market. And our crazy supes are all about open arms for protests. It’s going to wear on lot of people soon if not already.

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