Urban Renewal

Google and S.F. Gentrification: Joel Kotkin Predicts 'Adult Disneyland' by the Bay

BetterKnowanSFBlog - Curbed SF

BetterKnowanSFBlog: Gridskipper, Tonsil Hockey, and Gentrification

New York, San Francisco Swapping Hipsters Like Spit

Valencia Street: The New Yellow Brick Road?

Protest of the Forced Closure of a Mexican Restaurant in Mission Today

Francisco BarradasCLG Thai Cafe was evicted so fast they apparently didn't have time to take down its sign. The Mexican restaurant that took its place is now following them out the door. Sounds like it's time for another protest in the Mission.Mission hipsters against gentrification of the Mission h ... More >>

"Gentrification Bad," Says Myopic Play Taking Over at Berkeley Rep

Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

Multiple Personalities

Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

San Francisco Stand Up! Defending Our Right To The City

Hip-hop theater artist Danny Hoch plays many characters who all deliver the same message: Gentrification is bad

There Goes the Neighborhood

L.A. gentrifiers pay tribute to a community under siege

Marina Dreaming

Is the revamped Polk Street an example of urban renewal, or another trendy spot for yuppies? Take quiz, find out!

What's Really Wrong With the Lower Fillmore?

Could it be the activists who claim they're trying to rebuild it?

Mission to Bars

Is the Mission really gentrified? Bouncer dives in deep to find out

Through the Cracks

There are some benefits of big-city gentrification. Jesse Malin's brilliant new record is one of them.

First SF Weekly Sharpie Literary Awards

DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW: Cons, Scams & Grifts, 2001, Mysterious Press, Confidence, 2003, Lion's Gate Films What Should I Do With My Life?, 2002, Random House

Best Irony in Urban Redevelopment

Fillmore Street's "Walk of Fame"

Warning: Deconstruction Ahead

The Village Voice thinks postmodern deconstructionism explains the S.F. Board of Supervisors; but why invoke Derrida, where ignorance will serve?

Mission Implacable

Peter Glikshtern used a tire iron on four interlopers in his Mission District bar. Then he beat their lawyer's attempt to make the fight a political caues.

Best Community Newspaper

New Mission News

Best Place to Wear White

Neo

Dog Bites

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

Letters

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

Letters

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

Cothran

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

Letters

The Gentrification Acceleration Project, South Park, and Spot the Chronicle Book

Queen of Sixth Street

Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

SF Weekly Letters

Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

Mission Piece

Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

Fillmore Rapper DaVinci's thoughtful 'hood parables

Antoinetta Stadlman, a 200-pound transsexual on public assistance, dreams of controlling the multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Sixth Street. A misguided state law may just let her do it.

Video of the Day: DaVinci's Fillmore History Lesson

This week, Phillip Mlynar wrote about Fillmore rapper DaVinci, whose "What You Finna Do" focuses on gentrification in the hood where he was raised. As the gloomy beat kicks in, DaVinci starts to rap, eventually coining his update on the situation: "Down the corner of the street used to be the s ... More >>

Supes Approve Lennar Hunters Point Project

​If you had 1:35 a.m. in your Lennar Hunters Point Naval Shipyard pool as the hour the Board of Supervisors would vote on the massive project -- you're the big winner. The board approved the gargantuan redevelopment plan by an 8-3 vote this morning following at least 10 hours of meetings and oft-i ... More >>

Market, Street

​If you had 1:35 a.m. in your Lennar Hunters Point Naval Shipyard pool as the hour the Board of Supervisors would vote on the massive project -- you're the big winner. The board approved the gargantuan redevelopment plan by an 8-3 vote this morning following at least 10 hours of meetings and oft-i ... More >>

Fillmore MC DaVinci on the Mixed Bag of Gentrification, and Why His Music Isn't Throwback Rap

Ken TaylorDaVinci​Easily the most surprising and refreshing hip-hop record to come out of the Bay Area this year is the first album from DaVinci, The Day the Turf Stood Still. Not only did that record revitalize this writer's faith in local hip-hop, but praise for the massive debut has come f ... More >>

On a Mission

Ken TaylorDaVinci​Easily the most surprising and refreshing hip-hop record to come out of the Bay Area this year is the first album from DaVinci, The Day the Turf Stood Still. Not only did that record revitalize this writer's faith in local hip-hop, but praise for the massive debut has come f ... More >>

Blue Plate Special

Ken TaylorDaVinci​Easily the most surprising and refreshing hip-hop record to come out of the Bay Area this year is the first album from DaVinci, The Day the Turf Stood Still. Not only did that record revitalize this writer's faith in local hip-hop, but praise for the massive debut has come f ... More >>

A Neighborhood in Black and White

Ken TaylorDaVinci​Easily the most surprising and refreshing hip-hop record to come out of the Bay Area this year is the first album from DaVinci, The Day the Turf Stood Still. Not only did that record revitalize this writer's faith in local hip-hop, but praise for the massive debut has come f ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee's Rush Job: $70 Million Borrowing Plan for Redevelopment Spending

Pulling a fast one?​Mayor Ed Lee is pushing through last-minute legislation today that would let the city borrow $70 million for redevelopment spending. And that's one way to end-run Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to strip cities of  redevelopment agencies.The money would be used to help build out t ... More >>

Five Ways We Can Make San Francisco Absolutely the Most Expensive City in America

Just like we were shocked to find out San Francisco was voted the best spot for trick or treating in the nation, we are equally surprised to learn that we are only No. 4 on the list of most expensive places to live in the United States. But since we like to be No. 1, even if when it doesn't flatter ... More >>