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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Tenderloin Buzz: New Yemeni cafe, mystery focaccia, and an easter egg hunt
Also: S.F. can keep distributing safe drug use supplies, judge rules.
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TEnderloin BUzz
Tenderloin Buzz: A Market St. theater district and bluegrass in Boeddeker Park
Here’s what’s new in the Tenderloin: a new Theatre Arts District along Market St., a new barbershop, and a free bluegrass concert.
People We Meet
Tenderloin falafel maven Billy Alabsi may be San Francisco’s most interesting man
This Tenderloin business owner faced a long series of setbacks before last month re-opening Falafelland, which he calls his “destiny.”
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Dog bites in S.F. are rising. In the Tenderloin, they’re skyrocketing.
The Tenderloin district police station has launched a dog enforcement operation with the tongue-in-cheek working name, “Paw Patrol.”
S.F. homeless man who brawled with Lurie’s security jailed again
Tony Phillips, the man charged for assault on Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail, was arrested three days after his release.
S.F. judge releases man ‘violently assaulted’ by Mayor Lurie’s security in street fight
Tony Phillips was charged with assault on a San Francisco police officer. The judge says he’s the one who was assaulted.
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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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