My Changing Neighborhood(s): June 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Sunday, June 28, 2015

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT (#17 in a series)

Sunday, June 21, 2015

NEIGHBORHOOD FATHER’S DAY 2015

Once again, photos of neighborhood dads.

May you all raise non-fubar adults.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

This sign was posted on a lamppost on the corner of Larkin and California Street across from Olea restaurant a couple of days ago. It's also nice to see low-tech signs still happen, even among the techies and nouveau riche of my neighborhood.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

NEIGHBORHOOD OPENINGS 2015 – GYPSY ROSALIE’S, MANI-PEDI SPA (#12 in a series)

The recently-closed Gypsy Rosalie’s has re-opened at 1222 Sutter, and

a mere two weeks after H & T Nail Spa closed at 1545 Polk, Mani-Pedi Spa has opened at the same location. Not only have they kept word ‘spa’ for continuity, both ‘Mani-Pedi’ and 'H&T Nails' have almost the same amount of letters, which no doubt will come in handy when updating the old sign.

Welcome!

Sunday, June 14, 2015

NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSINGS 2015 – GYPSY ROSALIE’S WIGS AND VINTAGE, SUDACHI SUSHI (#3 in a series)

Gypsy Rosalie’s Wigs & Vintage at 1215 Polk has lost its lease, while Sudachi Sushi, at 1217 Sutter,

has already entered the remodeling phase.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

SILVER ATTACHÉ CASES FILLED WITH CASH

In the last week or so I read more than one writer in the local press claim that the current sea-change San Francisco is undergoing is nothing new, that newcomers have always been arriving, and this is just a new generation coming in.

That’s not quite true. While there's always been a new generation coming into the City every 20 years or so, the current influx shift is more than generational – it’s a whole new economic strata or class.

The following quote illustrates what I mean by that:

“Some of the wealthy young people are literally coming down [to buy a cordo or apartment] with bags of cash, and whatever the offer price is, they’re offering $200,000 over – in cash.’

– Cobalt Corazon (click here for full article

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/3/san-francisco-affordable-housing-is-unaffordable.html

Better than bags of cash

is showing up with a silver attaché case neatly stacked with rows of benjamins.

This is no longer a city you move to. This is a city you buy in to.

But that’s the way it is in San Francisco 2015, our Monaco-by-the-Bay, the City of the Future!

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/I-just-moved-to-San-Francisco-and-now-I-m-6316605.phphttp://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/I-just-moved-to-San-Francisco-and-now-I-m-6316605.php

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSINGS 2015 – POLK STREET PRODUCE (#7 in a series)

Thursday, June 4, 2015

CITY MURALS I LIKE – 1337 MISSION (#3 in a series)

This isn’t really a mural so much as a colorfully-painted building.

1337 Mission detail, side

It was done by an artist named Shrine.

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