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Can we have cool new additions without gentrifying the Mission?
Illy McMahan (left) and Kelley Wehman at their recent opening party for Carousel SF.Steven T. JonesDo livability and gentrification go hand-in-hand? In other words, as you improve a neighborhood like...
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Weekend watch: 2 ways to mark this SF moment in the Mission [UPDATED]
Juana Alicia's "La Llorona" commemorates the fight for human rights. On Sat/1 it'll see a local lament.PHOTO VIA JUANA ALICIAAs of late, it seems as though the cries of anti-displacement activists and...
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The Mission 'douchebags'
Okay, you have to read this. When a 1990s tech-startup guy who admits he was part of the last generation of gentrification is now so fed up with the new arrival of high-paid techies that he's ready to...
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Community forum planned on Mission gentrification
The recent debate about high-end retailer Jack Spade seeking to open up shop in the former location of Adobe Books has placed concerns about gentrification in San Francisco’s Mission District to the...
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Anti-eviction rally in the Mission tomorrow supporting the Mission and Rene...
San Francisco's Mission districtImage courtesy of Our MIssion: No Evictions pageTomorrow (Sat/12 at 2pm) advocates and defenders of working class San Francisco will march to protest a rash of recent...
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The Tamale Lady finds a home
PHOTO VIA YELPThe Tamale Lady, aka Virginia Ramos, finally has a restaurant to call her own (for real this time).Mission Local reported today that Supervisor David Campos has secured a storefront for...
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Tee time: a peek inside Urban Putt, the Mission's indoor mini-golf course
On the back wall of the main room of the old Victorian building at 1096 S. Van Ness is a sculpture of two creepy angels. One holds the other in its arms, their wings keeping them up. These angels are...
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Wired measures tech bus trips in a day
A Google Bus during a protest. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe vaunted Google Bus pilot program is now in legal limbo as local activists appeal the deal to regulate the shiny behomoths, on...
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Swing away -- Urban Putt opens today!
Possibly the only former mortuary turned mini-golf course in existence.Photo by Laura B. ChildsAfter a sneak peek and a couple of delays, Urban Putt finally opens at 4pm today. The high concept...
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Go do this thing tomorrow: Speak up for Viracocha
Upstairs at Viracocha.PHOTO BY PETE LEEIf you've ever set foot in Viracocha, the Never-Never-Land-esque antiques store/typewriter shop/arts space/music venue at 21st and Valencia, you know it's a...
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Viracocha is legit! Here are five things from the past five years that we...
Ezza Rose performs at Viracocha in less-legal times.PHOTO BY PETE LEEAs you may have heard by now, Viracocha— everyone's favorite Never-Never Land of a music venue/spoken word performance...
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Mission Playground is not for sale! Rally against park privatization Thursday...
A screenshot of an argument between tech employees and Mission neighborhood kids set off an internet firestorm.By the San Francisco Latino Democratic ClubThere are many things for sale in the beautiful...
View ArticleOn eve of May Day, Valencia, Mission Police Station vandalized
A group of protesters left a trail of broken glass and paint tonight as they made their way from Dolores Park to Duboce on Valencia. Windows were broken, garbage cans overturned, paint bombs thrown,...
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PR problems
Some neighbors are bummed that a new pot club is coming to Mission Street, but does their reasoning make sense?Proposed layout for the Morado Collective at 2520 Valenciacaitlin@sfbg.comHERBWISE Though...
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Mission residents connect at community meeting
Police hosted a Mission community meeting yesterday in response to the Sept. 16 death of Jesus Solis, 20, who was shot at Treat Ave and 26th St. But before the meeting could take place on its scheduled...
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Wired measures tech bus trips in a day
A Google Bus during a protest. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezThe vaunted Google Bus pilot program is now in legal limbo as local activists appeal the deal to regulate the shiny behomoths, on...
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Swing away -- Urban Putt opens today!
Possibly the only former mortuary turned mini-golf course in existence.Photo by Laura B. ChildsAfter a sneak peek and a couple of delays, Urban Putt finally opens at 4pm today. The high concept...
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Go do this thing tomorrow: Speak up for Viracocha
Upstairs at Viracocha.PHOTO BY PETE LEEIf you've ever set foot in Viracocha, the Never-Never-Land-esque antiques store/typewriter shop/arts space/music venue at 21st and Valencia, you know it's a...
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Viracocha is legit! Here are five things from the past five years that we...
Ezza Rose performs at Viracocha in less-legal times.PHOTO BY PETE LEEAs you may have heard by now, Viracocha— everyone's favorite Never-Never Land of a music venue/spoken word performance...
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