‘All We’ve Got’ film celebrates the LGBTQ women-centered spaces still thriving
If you mourned the 2015 closing of The Lexington, one of the last lesbian bars in the city, but...
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Tag: gentrification
In this Mission District neighborhood, the millennials have taken over
Rafael Hernandez is a busy man. He’s the owner of Double Play Bar & Grill on 16th and...
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Ali Baba’s Cave closing after 36 years on Valencia
“The newcomers to the neighborhood, they’re young, high-tech, making a lot of money. They need...
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San Francisco is not dying. San Francisco is not rotting. But things are bad, and they may never get better.
There are three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything, which is: Does this...
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The Elbo Room calls it quits, and musicians lament
As of Jan. 1, 2019, the Mission’s Elbo Room will be no more. It will slip into the realm of memory...
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SF’s Mission Thrift abruptly closing after 20-year run
After 20 years, Mission Thrift is going out of business — the third longtime business on Mission...
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Streets in San Francisco’s Mission are now painted in gold. For real (with video).
Erik Schmitt’s guerrilla art highlights the choking disparities of Bay Area life Sam Brannan’s...
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City plans to limit restaurants, preserve industrial space in SF’s Mission
In an effort to curb gentrification in the Mission District, the San Francisco Planning Department...
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Eviction, displacement, misery: The sad — and sadly typical — tale of San Francisco’s ‘oldest house’
Maria Fuentes’ room is dark and the curtains are drawn. A portrait of Jesus overlooks the prone...
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SF Mission YIMBY movement wants to speed up affordable housing
Steven Buss is a self-described “gentrifier,” and he’s on a mission to soothe his conscience....
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Mission Tech workers confront high rents, longer commutes
Some 70 tech companies are currently registered in the Mission District and increasingly, all are...
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Listen Local: The mural scene in 2017 with Sirron Norris
Listen Local is Mission Local in audio form. We record live on a biweekly webcast at BFF.fm every...
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SF Planners Approve Plan to Curb Gentrification, Extend Interim Controls
San Francisco Planning Commissioners on Thursday approved a land use and policy plan designed to...
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First Move to Regulate City Biz on 24th Street
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to move forward legislation...
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Rent Hike Means Another Old Biz on Valencia St. Must Move
Valencia Street’s steady evolution into an increasingly upscale commercial corridor is claiming...
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SF and Nonprofits Offer Plan to Control Mission District Gentrification
After years of collaborative planning effort, more than a dozen nonprofits and city organizations...
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