Comments on: Starbucks to open inside new condo complex at 15th and South Van Ness?

By: David

David — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:25:35 +0000

The building in unattractive. It reminds me of the apt buildings at Twin Peaks that originally were thought to be nice. It looks worse in person by the way.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:22:19 +0000

Starbucks is terrible coffee, sure, but at least as a corporation it’s fairly progressive.

By: TinyTim

TinyTim — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:53:56 +0000

Same with me. I’ve had to move 21 times in the last 18 years. Since I’ve never been able to really take advantage of rent control, I’ve had to resort to saving money by making my own “pour-over” coffee every morning.

By: kov

kov — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 02:42:06 +0000

@ Neighbor Carrie – you are a fucking retard. go fuck yourself.

(p.s. I am almost a gold member at starbucks now biatch)

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:24:41 +0000

@WOH
That’s cool, I have no idea where such a thing would occur in SF, but I guess I don’t doubt it. I just assumed Oakland would be the place, as there’s a huge amount of opportunity.

By: one

one — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:06:35 +0000

hm put rant in the wrong place, but golf clap to you sir. Well done.

By: one

one — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:04:57 +0000

All these fucking new buildings look like prisons. Good god, the architectural atrocity at King and 3rd is mind blowing. Welcome to an improved wind tunnel along market to van ness. Barftastic color at Noe and 16th. I don’t think we have enough banks though. Can’t have enough banks.

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:56:28 +0000

Raising the tone of the neighborhood, one dog turd at a time.

By: WOH

WOH — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:52:21 +0000

Dumbasses we are still doing underground shit – it’s just not hyped on dbag blogs, so you don’t know about it. Check out -edit- nevermind.

By: sfthen

sfthen — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:43:40 +0000

found it: Flipper Rules OK

By: ALWAYS HIGH

ALWAYS HIGH — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:38:29 +0000

“FIFA”

FTFY

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:43:46 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia_Tool_%26_Die

Yea long before my time, something like that on Valencia was already basically unfathomable in the mid 90s. That kind of thing took place elsewhere, such as werepad in dogpatch area. Now its unfathomable anywhere in SF unfortunately, but I figure Oakland must be doing things? I hope young kids have cheap interesting places to go still.

By: sfthen

sfthen — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:33:03 +0000

The Valencia Tool & Die was just that, a tool and die shop back when Val was blue collar. There was a basement under the vacant top level storefront and for a very brief time bands would play there (“Flipper Live at the Die”). It was fire trap disaster waiting to happen, a narrow stairs down to the low ceiling single room, all the amps plugged into one outlet, a large plastic garbage can full of ice for the beer they sold so that there was standing water on the bare concrete floor usually where the band stood holding guitars.

Took a while for the police to notice it even though it was only a couple blocks from the station (then on Val/23rd). Skateboarders hanging about outside late at night on the otherwise dark empty street probably clued them in.

Now the space is that yellow saffron store.

By: scum

scum — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:45:54 +0000

(1) A Starbucks will never open there. (2) A pizza joint will fail because of a lack of foot traffic. (3) Why do you walk your dog two blocks to shit when you already live on Crapp St?

By: logan the huge

logan the huge — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:09:12 +0000

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