My Changing Neighborhood(s): August 2016

Monday, August 29, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSINGS 2016 (#12 in a series) – COFFEE CABIN

Coffee Cabin, a mom-and-pop, no-frills coffee shop if ever there was one, has closed after many years of business in the neighborhood.

Copyright © by Chris Enquist 8/29/16

Monday, August 22, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2016 – BATTER BAKERY (#12 in a series)

Batter Bakery has opened at 1517 Pine Street, next to the Grubstake.

This is also a relocation from one neighborhood – Russian Hill – to another.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENT – COMEDY NIGHT AT NEW VILLAGE CAFE

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

PUTTING ON AIRS

This is the foundation of the TheAustinSF, a new apartment building for those who can afford it being constructed on Pine Street between Polk and Van Ness.

Back in the old days (before 2010), this would have been advertised as a multi-unit building.

These, however, are the new days, and multi-unit buildings just don't cut it anymore. This, however, does:

with bespoke fixtures, no doubt.

Copyright © by Chris Enquist 8/17/16

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT (#26 in a series)

Sign outside SF Pizza, 1270 Mission Street.

Monday, August 15, 2016

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENT – MIDDLE POLK NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AUGUST 15, 2016

The Middle Polk Neighborhood Association is meeting this Monday, August 16, at St. Paulus Lutheran Church at 1541 Polk, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The scheduled speaker is longtime San Francisco advocate Calvin Welch,

Photo from Tim Redmond's blog 48 Hills on Google Images

one of the organizers of the 1976 campaign for district elections in San Francisco. He will talk about that campaign and events since.

Friday, August 12, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2016 – BUFFALO THEORY (#10 in a series)

Buffalo Theory, a craft-brewery and restaurant,

has opened at 1735 Polk Street.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

NEIGHBORHOOD RELOCATIONS

Metro PCS has moved from its longtime home at 1120 Polk Street

to its new home at 1101 Post at Polk.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

ELON'S COMING

The former San Francisco Bentley Lamborghini Lotus and Pagani showroom is currently being remodeled to become

a Tesla showroom opening sometime this summer.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT (#25 in a series) – TECH FAIR SHARE TAX RALLY

Last month a Tech Fair Tax rally, complete with police, took place outside the Twitter Building (nobody calls it 1355 Market).

This sign, propped against the wall,

had this interesting bit of information:

That's a pretty good indication of how wealthy San Francisco is compared to the rest of america, where more than 50% of the people (almost 160 million) make less than $30,000 a year.