Amidst Problems, Cafes, Apartments are Rising in SF’s Mid-Market/Civic Center

Posted April 26, 2018 by Randy Shaw

New Playgrounds Highlight Transformation of Civic Center Park Having written a book refuting claims that Twitter’s arrival at 9th and Market Street “gentrified” Mid-Market and the Tenderloin, I’ve followed the recent stories about needles, feces and crime in the Mid-Market/Civic
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Tenderloin Times Exposes San Francisco

Posted March 22, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Special Exhibit at Tenderloin Museum Ends Soon If you believe San Francisco has radically changed in the past 35 years, visit the Tenderloin Museum by March 30 (Now extended to April 15!) to see how some of the city’s key
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New Himalayan Dining in the Tenderloin

Posted March 22, 2018 by Rebecca Tang

Another impressive new dining spot has come to the Tenderloin. “Himalayan Pizza and Momo” is a Nepalese restaurant located at 288 Golden Gate, across the street from Hastings Law School and next door to the popular sandwich shop, Morty’s. Himalayan
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Blame SFPD’s Bloated Southern Station for Market Street Crime

Posted March 13, 2018 by Randy Shaw

In 2015, former SFPD Chief Greg Suhr made a fateful decision that haunts San Francisco to this day: he approved a redistricting of Tenderloin and Southern Police Stations that took all of the high-crime areas away from Southern Station and
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Is the Tenderloin “Slowly Gentrifying”?

Posted March 6, 2018 by Randy Shaw

In her otherwise solid story on a San Francisco start-up attracting working people to live in SROs, New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles stated that the Tenderloin is “slowly gentrifying.” Curiously, she made that statement while interviewing someone on a
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World Premier: The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

Posted February 8, 2018 by Randy Shaw

The 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot is now recognized as a landmark in the LGBT movement. It’s occurrence in San Francisco’s Tenderloin was no mere coincidence; the Tenderloin neighborhood launched the city’s LGBT movement before its geographic center moved on to
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Become a Tenderloin Museum Member Now— and See SF’s Most Breathtaking Skyline View

Posted January 18, 2018 by Randy Shaw

If you have been waiting for the right incentive to become a member of the Tenderloin Museum, here is an offer that’s hard to beat: join now and receive an invitation to an exclusive Member Appreciation Party at the historic
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Anger over Police Failing Tenderloin

Posted January 11, 2018 by Beyond Chron

My January 9 story, “How Police Fail the Tenderloin,” struck a nerve with those living and working in the neighborhood. Some of the responses were so compelling that they are assembled below as a follow up to the story. Here
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