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Neighbors Celebrate the New “McCoppin Hub,” Dog and Skate Park

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 27, 2014 | 6 Comments

Neighbors near McCoppin Street recently celebrated the completion of the McCoppin Hub, a plaza created from a street stub that sits against the Central Freeway ramp towards Market Street. The plaza, a nearby dog run, and skate park have been in the works for years as a package of newly depaved public spaces planned after the freeway’s partial […]

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Why 24th St Merchants Ditched Sunday Streets: High Fees, Too Many Events

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

People enjoying Sunday Streets in the Mission last weekend may have wondered why the route no longer ran on 24th Street, the most crowded street of any that see the event. Instead, the car-free Valencia Street route was complemented by an east-west leg on residential 18th Street, which saw sparse use compared to 24th. Despite […]

Appeals Board Reverses Vote to Downsize Parking-Free 1050 Valencia

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 27, 2014 | 16 Comments

The San Francsco Board of Appeals voted yesterday to reverse its decision to downsize the long-embattled condo project at 1050 Valencia Street in the Mission. The project includes no car parking and one bike parking space for each unit. The vote restores the full 12 units approved by the Planning Department and Board of Supervisors. The Appeals […]

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DPW Tallies the Vote Before Committing to More Ped Space on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 7, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Department of Public Works has selected a design option for the two most heavily-contested blocks of Potrero Avenue following a vote by attendees of two public meetings. Of the three choices presented for the section between 22nd and 24th Streets in front of SF General Hospital, the most popular was Option 1, which will allocate […]

SFMTA Abandons Parking Meter Plans in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 20, 2013 | 56 Comments

The SFMTA has given up on its neighborhood-scale plans to install parking meters in the Dogpatch and Portrero Hill, while parking meter approvals in the northeast Mission move forward at a snail’s pace. After two years of tangling with the city, the defenders of dysfunctional free parking have effectively caused a huge setback for progressive […]

Artist Kurt Dalen, 30, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Valencia Near Duboce

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 9, 2013 | 5 Comments

Kurt Dalen, a 30-year-old Mission District artist, was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Valencia Street south of Duboce Avenue at about 2:45 a.m. last Thursday. The SF Chronicle, describing Dalen as “a painter whose work has been heavily influenced by the Mission’s street culture,” reported Friday: He was struck near Clinton Park, an alleyway, by […]

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