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The Bayview Makerโs Kitchen, a shared-use commercial kitchen located at 4100 Third Street, where up-and-coming cooks test new recipes and sell their creations is opening a new storefront: The Bayview Makers Makeshop and Market.
The retail space will take over Kennedyโs Market, an abandoned, uniquely pink liquor store at 4600 Third Street, five blocks away from the kitchen space. The market will feature locally made goods and there will be a resource hub for Bayview businesses and artists with screenprinting and printing services.
On Saturday from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., the nonprofit Economic Development on Third Street, which runs the Bayview Makers Kitchen, will offer a tour of the space and more information on the new retail hub.
Earl Shaddix, the director of Economic Development on Third Street, said that the long-awaited space is โmuch needed.โ
Bayview officials have been pushing to add more retail space to the third street corridor, but since the pandemic, businesses there have struggled to retain customers. โOur businesses have long been asking for resources like this,โ wrote Shaddix in his weekly newsletter.
The Box Shop, a sprawling, industrial artistsโ studio bordering the India Basin Shoreline Park, will say goodbye to its longtime home at 951 Hudson Avenue this fall and move to a new location on Van Dyke Street โ but not without a bang.
On May 30, the studio is hosting a farewell dance party and fundraiser, where artists have created large-scale sculptures and metalwork art featured in music festivals including Coachella and Burning Man for nearly 23 years.
A message posted on The Box Shopโs fundraising page warned that the nonprofitโs lease was set to expire in the spring of 2025, with no option to renew. For now, the nonprofit is still there, though it wrote that it will move to a new, permanent location by the end of the year.
It looks like theyโve met their goal. In an email to Mission Local, a spokesperson for The Box Shop said that they were โthrilled to be staying in the neighborhood at a new location on Van Dyke Street.โ
โSan Francisco has long been recognized for its thriving art community and commitment to innovation and social change,โ the nonprofit posted on its website. โYet, artists are leaving San Francisco, and our City is losing its creative soul because artists canโt afford to live and work here. Many other artist workshops and maker spaces have shut down.โ
The announcement comes months after SCRAP, another Bayview arts nonprofit, announced its lease is set to expire this year. SCAP set their own goal, one we hope theyโll be able to meet, of also staying in Bayview.
If venturing down Giants Drive, past the Gilman Playground out by Candlestick Park, and suddenly realizing you are walking down a long-winding path named Bill Walsh Way has ever been a headscratcher โ even if thatโs just because youโre not a sports person โ fear not.
On Tuesday, District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton approved Bill Walsh Way, named after the hall of fame head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, to be renamed Giants Drive. Nothing against Bill Walsh, just in the name of consistency.
Unnamed public and private streets connected to the aforementioned Bill Walsh Way will also be named Giants Drive โ hopefully causing less confusion in the future.
Candlestick Park was once the home of the San Francisco 49ers from 1971 until 2013 โ and home to the Giants from 1960 until 1999. Though winning by a small margin, thatโs three more years at the former stadium than the Giants, but maybe Walton is more of a baseball guy.
On Wednesday, Mayor Daniel Lurie and chairmen of The John Stewart Company, which owns affordable housing properties across the city, celebrated the opening of the final phase of Hunters View, a redeveloped former public housing complex situated on top of a hill overlooking the Hunters Point shoreline.
The completion of the building marks the end of a decades-long effort to redevelop what was formerly known as West Point into expansive mixed-income housing.
But, like some of Mayor Lurieโs visits to affordable housing communities throughout the city, a bit of an awkward moment ensued.ย
Iose โPJโ Lulio, president of the residents association, took to the stand and issued Lurie a solemn reminder: that budget cuts have had a bleak impact on critical programs and resources in the Hunters Point neighborhood.
โAs decisions are being made that affect our communities, we ask not only to be considered, but to be included,โ said Lulio. โThese reductions impact not only service providers but also the families who depend on critical programs and resources for stability and growth,โ said Lulio, urging residents to hold both Lurie, and The John Stewart Company, the buildingโs manager and developer, accountable.
Lurie, who arrived at the conclusion of the event, did not hear Lulioโs speech.
Striking a very different note, he walked on to the podium to what sounded like a hype-up entrance song, taking in the weather and the new building. โOh, that slide looks fun,โ he exclaimed. โThis is a special day for Hunters Point and for San Francisco,โ he said, ending with his tagline, Letโs go San Francisco.โ