Comments on: This article from 15 years ago mirrors yesterday’s news about condo plans at 19th and Bryant http://www.missionmission.org/2015/06/04/this-article-from-15-years-ago-mirrors-yesterdays-news-about-condo-plans-at-19th-and-bryant/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Backtotheburbs http://www.missionmission.org/2015/06/04/this-article-from-15-years-ago-mirrors-yesterdays-news-about-condo-plans-at-19th-and-bryant/#comment-107182 Backtotheburbs Fri, 05 Jun 2015 03:34:01 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59922#comment-107182 Owner sells? I guess that’s a right or something. Though a responsible owner, committed to the city, would do something good and lasting with the property. You know, make an impact. The owners of the Red Vic are a good example. Otherwise the sole purpose of owning property is investment — and then we have what we have now.

People making bank, way over SF and especially Mission median, moving in … Well, if they do work far away that should be discouraged at least. Also each one of those people, statistically, is making a contribution to elevating property values and rent. And what if they overbid? And never adctuslly live there? AirBnB?

The planning dept.? They just approved a bunch of housing and tried to get concessions. They have no control over the development costs, asking price, sources of funding. They also had no control over the bust which supposedly caused the hole in the ground (though other city depts should’ve stepped in).

See, it’s always easy to blame some anonymous Kafka-seque government … But it really is an interconnected puzzle and you can definetely change patterns by messiing with pieces.

]]> By: TBone McGruff http://www.missionmission.org/2015/06/04/this-article-from-15-years-ago-mirrors-yesterdays-news-about-condo-plans-at-19th-and-bryant/#comment-107174 TBone McGruff Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:26:50 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59922#comment-107174 One should also note how many years that space sat as a giant hole in the ground.

And is there public open space on the property as had been promised?

(I’m sure there’s lots of nice people living there, but it’s so strange to bulldoze active businesses to make way for housing that will likely be marketed to people working in another town down the peninsula. You can’t blame the people who move in. You can’t blame the owner for selling. You gotta blame the planning department.)

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