Fire, empty buildings and the mystery of combustion
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...
Elizabeth Creely
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Stories by Elizabeth
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
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
SNAP: Vanguard Rocking
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Talk of the Mission: A New Mona Caron Mural on 21st Street
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
On Wednesday, November 16th, Mona Caron, the muralist whose work graces walls from Bolivia to Noe Valley, was up on some scaffolding painting a mural,...
Self-Driving Cars Cruise Mission Streets: A Neighborly Opinion
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Throughout this summer a small white car with odd instruments bolted to its roof has cruised through the streets of the inner Mission, making frequent,...
Lawful and Awful: The Death of Luis Gongora
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
The Laborers Local Union 261 on 18th Street was full of angry people last Wednesday at high noon. Six days earlier, on April 7th, Luis...
SF’s Randall Museum Mourns Death of Two Ravens
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
The largest birdcage at the Randall museum held just two birds as of last week: a yellow-billed magpie with a broken wing, and another bird, a...
Dolores Park? Way to Go, SF!
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
A man wearing a checked gingham shirt and aviator glasses walked into to the north side of Dolores Park. “Way to go, SF!” he said...
Good Morning Mission to the Bells of St. Peter’s
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
It is 51˚ and expected to rise to 60˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s Block: 22nd to 21st and Bryant to Florida I live on...
Dolores Park Follies: Solving the “Culture Problem”
By Elizabeth Creely Posted
Roughly 30 concerned neighbors gathered at the event space 18 Reasons Tuesday for an event hosted by San Francisco’s Department of Recreation and Parks. Among...