Category: news
Mission plans scuttled, Airbnb advocates land in the Richmond
September 29, 2015
UPDATE 10/1/15: This photo of vandalism to SF For Everyone’s Richmond District office was shared this morning on Eviction Free SF’s Facebook page. [Photo by Dyan Ruiz] ORIGINAL POST: The Airbnb-funded campaign to defeat a ballot initiative clamping down on short-term rentals in the city has traded one former electronics store for another. In July, Capp […]
Fire damage repaired, Los Shucos looking to move
September 18, 2015
Los Shucos Latin Hotdogs, one of the many businesses impacted by the huge fire at 22nd and Mission streets in January, has put their restaurant up for sale. Earlier this the week, the tiny, brightly-colored space at 3224 ½ 22nd Street was listed on Craigslist for $229,000. Known for its Guatemalan-style hotdogs, Los Shucos suffered […]
This is happening … this is happening very close to us
September 18, 2015
To quote a friend, “why????!! Dear god why?” Anyway, this place is now under construction on 22nd near Mission Street.
TBT: Mission District News and the ‘famous’ Mission Merchant Stamp
September 17, 2015
You may have seen Capp Street Crap’s profile yesterday of Marian’s, the old school boutique that’s been in business near the corner of 16th and Mission streets for 64 years. Turns out that owners Joe Anker and Andy Thompson have some pretty cool Mission memorabilia stashed away in their store. Though they didn’t know too much […]
Credit deserved: One of Mission Street’s oldest businesses weighs its future
September 16, 2015
Jutting from metal trays atop a display case at Marian’s Apparel, the longtime clothing boutique near gritty 16th and Mission streets, are hundreds of yellow paper cards handwritten with customers’ names, addresses and account balances. A holdover from the days before department store credit cards, the old school but increasingly challenging account management system may soon […]
Sneak preview: Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission
September 2, 2015
Not far from where the entrance to Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission will be, “drink on champagne lover” is written on a wall. It’s one of several spray-paint souvenirs from a rave that happened there in 2006. There’s a lot of exposed drywall, sections of plaster missing and so much scaffolding you’d think you […]
Movie will be shot in the Mission this Friday
August 26, 2015
UPDATE 8/28: I learned more about Pushing Dead, being filmed today at 20th and South Van Ness streets, from Chris Martin, one of the producers. Martin, who says all of the filmmakers involved are local, passed along a one-page description of the movie, billed as an “AIDS comedy.” Here are some excerpts: When a struggling writer, HIV […]
Late night fire destroys Mission senior home
August 25, 2015
A two-alarm blaze gutted a Mission assisted living facility Monday night, sending one person to the hospital and causing more than $1 million in damage to the building and an adjacent residence. According to a San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman, the fire at Lorne House, 628 Shotwell St., was reported just after 11 p.m. and contained […]
Roxie Theater gets a makeover
August 18, 2015
Though well into her senior years, the Roxie Theater should be looking a bit more youthful these days. The 238-seat movie house and the Little Roxie theater two doors down closed for a week at the beginning of the month for a facelift. Operations director (and Uptown bar owner) Shae Green said more than 30 […]