Tenderloin Déjà Vu

Posted August 29, 2017 by Randy Shaw

If San Francisco ignoring community input before opening a 24-hour homeless drop-in center in the Tenderloin sounds familiar, that’s because it is. In 1990, Mayor Art Agnos similarly bypassed the neighborhood in announcing the opening of a homeless shelter at
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Baseball Stadiums, Gentrification, and American Culture

Posted August 29, 2017 by Randy Shaw

As I was reading chapter one of Benjamin Lisle’s Modern Coliseum: Stadiums and American Culture, I did something I have not done before: I sent an email to the author thanking him for writing this book. I did so because
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Improving Biking Is as Much About Slowing Cars as Building Better Bike Lanes

Posted August 29, 2017 by Michael Andersen

ince its founding 50 years ago, the top U.S. agency for investigating transportation injuries had been suprisingly quiet about a phenomenon that’s behind 30 percent of U.S. traffic fatalities. Like much of the country’s transportation safety establishment, the National Transportation
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SF Agency’s Plans for 440 Turk: Wrong Policy, Wrong Place, Wrong Price

Posted August 22, 2017 by Randy Shaw

While the Tenderloin neighborhood is up in arms over the Department of Homelessness’ (DHSH) plans for a 24-hour homeless drop-in center at 440 Turk, opening the program in the wrong place is just part of the problem. Equally troubling is
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Will Trump Pardon Notorious Sheriff Arpaio? Trump Rally Raises Tensions in Phoenix

Posted August 22, 2017 by Andrea Germanos

“Trump pardoning Arpaio would be an official presidential endorsement of racism,” says the ACLU. The people of Phoenix, Arizona are mobilizing ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the city on Tuesday—a week after he defended white supremacists—amid speculation over
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Who’s Better? Glennon vs. Kaepernick

Posted August 22, 2017 by Randy Shaw

I did not want to wade into the Colin Kaepernick story, but the Chicago Bears $14 million new quarterback Mike Glennon compelled me. Glennon, a career backup, was handed a huge contract to be the Bears starting quarterback. He got
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Is Authentic SF Vanishing?

Posted August 15, 2017 by Randy Shaw

The proposed sale of the Gangway, San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, revives questions as to what the loss of storied businesses means for the city. Located at 841 Larkin Street under the Hartland Hotel in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, the
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Mid-Market’s Empty Shopping Center

Posted August 15, 2017 by Garrett Bergthold

People often scream “build it and they will come” when talking about luring tenants to new developments. But for the brand-new shopping center said to be a catalyst for revitalizing Mid-Market – somebody built it, but nobody came. 6×6, originally
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