District 5
Tenderloin
One of San Francisco’s smallest but densest neighborhoods in the heart of the city, the Tenderloin community’s grit and resilience keep its character alive.
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S.F. firefighters extinguish blaze in 6-story Tenderloin apartment building
San Francisco firefighters have put out a fire that spread to multiple floors in a six-story apartment building in the Tenderloin.
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Thrifting, noodles, and a healthy bar: ‘A little tenderness’ for the Tenderloin
A slate of new businesses received grants to open up shop in the Tenderloin, some expanding from other parts of the city.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Joel Hernandez won’t be your Heritage Month artist
Duality is a recurring theme in Hernandez’s life and features heavily in his solo exhibition in the Tenderloin this month.
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Tenderloin at risk of losing yet another public space
San Francisco cuts funding for ‘oasis’ at Turk and Hyde, site of former drug-filled lot. Supervisor Mahmood is scrambling to keep it open.
S.F. wants to stop new corner stores from opening in these two neighborhoods
“They sell chips and sodas and meth pipes, and run illegal gambling rings,” says Tenderloin nonprofit head.
Photos: Postage-stamp parks give the Tenderloin room to breathe
Walking the Tenderloin leads to some unexpected surprises. Dotting the neighborhood are green squares of city lots practically no bigger than postage stamps. In these spaces, children clamber the jungle gyms, teens shoot hoops, and seniors play cards. The people are protected by tall fences and stern guards. These oases of safety are the Tenderloin’s…
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Green space
It took years, but this empty Tenderloin lot is finally a soccer field
Two years ago, a Tenderloin elementary schooler dreamed of having a soccer field on the empty lot next to his class. It now is.
‘We can’t have nice things:’ S.F. keeps adding public spaces in the Tenderloin, then axing them
Brand new benches and planters are being removed on Taylor after less than a year. It’s not the first time.
This Tenderloin street closed to cars and opened to kids. It could be a model for S.F.
Elm Alley next to the Tenderloin Community Elementary School invites kids to play in the road. Advocates say the city needs more like it.
The Tenderloin got $2M to create a ‘greenway.’ Years later, it’s still an empty road.
The Golden Gate Greenway was envisioned as a vibrant, car-lite public space in the Tenderloin. Years into planning, it’s still an empty road.
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