District 5
Tenderloin
One of San Franciscoโs 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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People We Meet: Louie Hammonds, Urban Alchemy street ambassador whoโs friends with everyone
Meet Louie Hammond’s, a longtime Urban Alchemy street ambassador who now oversees the organization’s day to day operations.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE GUIDE
TEnderloin BUzz
Tenderloin Buzz: Tenderloin restaurants take center stage
Eight Tenderloin restaurants are participating in SF Restaurant Week and spooky events are gearing up in the neighborhood.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Joel Hernandez wonโt be your Heritage Month artistย
Duality is a recurring theme in Hernandezโs life and features heavily in his solo exhibition in the Tenderloin this month.
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TENDERLOIN STORIES ON THE MAP
Last year, business surged in the Tenderloin. Howโs this year going?
Business in the Tenderloin is off to a slow start but if it’s anything like last year, the peaks are yet to come.
People We Meet: A Talent for Mischief, S.F. duoโs genre-bending bandย
Meet A Talent for Mischief, a local band made up of two music lovers.
Restaurant Review: Sungho Korean Soul Food
Chef Seongho features homey, traditional dishes he remembers from his childhood,.
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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.
โWe canโt 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. Itโs 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 โgreenway.โ Years later, itโs 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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