SF Mission group elicits design ideas for a greenway on old rail line
Group asks to hear from those who want — and oppose — the greenway idea A steady stream of about 50 Mission residents walked through...
Elizabeth Creely
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Demolition at 22nd and Harrison offers view of proposed SF greenway
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
The demolition of the old warehouse on the corner of Harrison and 22nd streets has temporarily opened up a new vista from Harrison Street to...
SF neighbors organize to create a greenway in the Mission
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Neighbors of the old Southern Pacific right-of-way between Harrison Street and Treat Avenue have formed the Mission Greenway group to preserve the parcel’s history as...
SNAP: Irish Fete?
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Parcel 36: the lot San Francisco’s county, city and tax collector forgot
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Parcel 36 is a vacant lot occupied by a colony of feral cats, redolent with the scent of wild fennel and other, less pleasing odors....
Local Hondurans protest recent election results
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
A small group gathered at the 24th street BART station on Friday night, the bright blue-and-white flag of Honduras draped over the wall behind them....
SF Mission historical auto livery adjusts — or not — to the 21st Century
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
For nearly 100 years, the Superior Auto garage has visually dominated the corner of 16th and Albion streets. Built by famed architect Joseph L. Stewart,...
SNAP: Hoofing it to the deli
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
There’s a white horse on the top of Newkirk’s Deli, which opened two days ago at 1002 Potrero street. Although it looks like a plaster...
Fire, empty buildings and the mystery of combustion
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
It was a busy night in San Francisco on June 24th: Pink Saturday was well underway and the Mission was packed with people. Some were...
Troubled building on 18th Street back on the market after sale falls through
By Elizabeth Creely and Laura Wenus Posted
A historic and troubled property located at 2205 Mission Street at the intersection with 18th Street is for sale again after a deal with a...
One vacant block in SF’s Mission reaches back into another era
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Two grey buildings on 23rd Street loom like tombstones across the bright green lawn of Parque Ninos Unidos. The two buildings, which share three addresses...
Shop Local Disrupted: San Francisco Mission’s depression era facelift
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
In our occasional series, Shop Local Disrupted, we are taking a look at how e-commerce is changing retail in San Francisco. To offer some historical perspective,...
Historic building weathers grocery owner, former Facebook exec
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
After years of disrepair and neglect, a historic building at 18th and Mission streets is in the process of trading ownership from a former Facebook executive to a...
Confusion Follows City CarShare’s New Getaround Identity
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
On November 10th, after Getaround and City CarShare announced a merger of sorts, City CarShare members trying to reserve cars found a whole new car-sharing...
SNAP: Retrofit Forever
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