Planning Commission approves ‘largest housing development in the history of the Mission District’

Screen Shot 2016-06-03 at 9.05.50 AM

That’s the corner of 18th and Bryant, in the near future. The Chronicle reports:

The Planning Commission approved the largest housing development in the history of the Mission District Thursday night, despite over four hours of passionate commentary from residents and artists who said the project would continue to squeeze working families and artists out of the neighborhood.

Over the past year, the so-called Beast On Bryant at 2000-2070 Bryant St. has become a flash point for what most San Franciscans agree has become a crisis, the impact that an extreme influx of wealth and speculative investment is having on a neighborhood famous for its arts and working-class Latino community.

Read on.

[via Capp Street Crap on Twitter]

Your funky new place in the Lower Haight

tumblr_inline_o44gvc5IcO1qzqm0t_250 tumblr_inline_o44gw0WF5d1qzqm0t_250

Local social anthropologist David Enos tells you all about your new roommates:

Kev knew you’d be a good fit for this household. He likes the place to be tidy and he can tell that you do, too. Sometimes his girlfriend will be visiting from out of town. It will be hot and heavy. They might be taking showers together. There might be an extra Reach toothbrush in the holder. Kev wants to know up front: are you cool with this?

Read on for lots more roomies.

Looks like a big crew of cops and garbage trucks getting ready to roust some encampments

IMG_6704

Our pal Mollie is on the scene:

Do you know about cops and garbage services taking down encampments around design district? Division and 9th

Looks like 5 cops, caltrans and garbage gearing up to take things down but I’d go check there for more info, unclear but they’re prepping

It’s like they’re all:

death star

And then your home is like:

Screen Shot 2016-02-23 at 9.55.31 AM

(Thanks, Mollie.)