Tag: mission street

Flocking hell!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a large pigeon convention in the 16th Street BART plaza.

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A grizzly find?

Dollar store bear, 17th and Mission.

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Breast practices

Uh, wow. Suppose it’s fair to say that adult and lingerie store Sin Cherry is beating Mission Secrets across the street in the mannequin boobs department.

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Yuppie rant, Mission Street

And don’t get me started on those boat shoes and pastels!

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From spare coins to big money

As the insanely expensive Vida condos preparing to open on the site of the old Giant Value near 22nd and Mission streets, here is a photo tribute to the quarter rides that used to sit outside. If I recall correctly, they used to cost about a dollar. [Ride photos via sister project Tiny Rides.]

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Mission Street hit and run

An area around Sycamore and Mission streets was cordoned off with police tape this morning following a hit-and-run accident that sent a 25-year-man to the hospital. According to police, the pedestrian was struck by a car just before 5 a.m. and suffered head injuries. it was unclear this afternoon whether police were still looking for […]

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Public toilet

Submitted photo: Late night potty

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Mission Street co-working space forced to shut down

Long-established businesses aren’t the only ones having trouble on Mission Street. Found in violation of city zoning laws, co-working space 20Mission is about to power off. Downstairs neighbor to 20Mission’s so-called “hacker hotel,” the business will close Friday after the city cited it for operating an office in a space zoned for retail. Steve Lombardi, […]

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Weird Fish on its way out?

It looks like the owner of a new wine bar opening in the space that used to be The Corner, at 18th and Mission streets, is also starting up a restaurant in the Dante’s Weird Fish space. According to public records, Irfan Yalcin who owns Pera in Potrero Hill, is behind both of the new places.

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Someone’s in The Corner

Three years after The Corner restaurant shut down, a new wine bar is finally moving into the long vacant space. L’Emigrant, immigrant in Italian, will open at 18th and Mission streets by the end of the month, according to owner Irfan Yalcin who describes it as “the city’s most affordable wine bar.” Yalcin, who was […]

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