SFist: Blocker: 4600 Mission

zig

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:21:00 -0800

This is the neighborhood guy who legend says invented off shore gambling was Ron "The Cigar" Sacco (just asked my Dad) Google that for some neighborhood flavor

zig

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:17:01 -0800

growing up in the near by suburbs this was San Francisco to me. This was where my Dad, my brother and most of my uncles hung out and came up. It was a mostly Irish, Italian neighborhood back then and from the stories I grew up on lots of Hells Angeles, famous bookies, drug dealers and of course cops came out of this neighborhood.

Charles

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:56:58 -0800

Re: Werd's comment [5].... Of course, on streets such as Persia and Brazil off the Mission corridor, it's almost entirely residential. But the purpose of this feature is to focus on the block in the post's title.

Van

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:22:27 -0800

dilapidated? It may be a little gritty, but when I think of dilapidated areas I think of Sunnydale, or Eddy and Buchanan streets, or Silver Ave, Bayshore, and so on.

werd

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:51:43 -0800

"[...] but there doesn’t appear to be too many people actually living along this somewhat dilapidated stretch." ah, did you, like, try walking up the street? yea, there aren't many residences on the *commercial* main strip of mission, but just turn the corner and walk up brazil or any other street. It's nothing but residential. This is one of most residential areas in the city.

phil

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:40:25 -0800

This is an interesting part of SF. It is definitely a work class neighborhood with an amalgamation of Hispanics and Asians in the area. On the corner of Norton and Mission, you'll find a bank building turned in to a produce market. Down a few blocks, on Persia and Mission, there is a huge washeteria blaring Spanish pop. Gentrification is slowly creeping into the area. A few new businesses recently opened, a cafe, taqueria, and a hawaiian bbq place. East of Mission, there are large stretches of single family Marina-style houses. Rents are going up and slowly pushing out families out of the area.

J. Beaman

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:39:51 -0800

I'd like to see more of this kind of thing on sfist. A little less complaining about Newsom and a little more sweet kisses with the small parts of our great city.

Steve Boland

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:21:45 -0800

This is a *great* idea, guys ... more, please.

greggo my eggo

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:40:53 -0800

Yay! My aunt lives right around here... Last fall I was housesitting and a friend ventured out and we decided to go for a little walk to discover more of the hood. While I grew up out here, he was totally blown away by a part of San Francisco that he hadn't really had a chance to experience so closely. This part of the City is still one of the 'still local' little nooks.