SFist: Blocker: 3600 Balboa

makfan

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:51:17 -0800

I also enjoy the Blocker articles. Keep it up. I used to live on 47th Ave and I bought more than a few things at Crown Hardware.

guest

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:40:49 -0800

I'm still in mourning that the Balboa no longer has minifestivals of pre-code movies or other foreign films. Oh well.

baldguy

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:16:25 -0800

Everyone in SF should visit the Balboa - Gary Meyer has done an incredible job bringing it back from near death. I don't think they do the double features, anymore...but then, they're showing first-run movies now, a buck cheaper (at least) then everybody else.

guest

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:04:35 -0800

I am a big fan of the Blocker series and I had to comment on this installment as my mother lives one block from this street on 37th and one of my faves is the "Cambodian style two kinds of noodle soup" at the Golden Mountain across the street from Crown Hardware. Both Hockey Haven and the pizza joint scare me and I've never stepped foot in them but my memories of this place go far back when I used to cut class at Wash and eat pho at the Sugar Bowl. Nice work!

lazthedog

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:59:54 -0800

there was a magazine ad that ran up until a couple of years ago or so that featured this very block. it featured a few hipsters with hoodies and sneakers and shaggy hair walking in front of the Balboa, with a VW parked in front. the photo used touched all the bases for the Volkswagen demographic: pedestrian-friendly street that's not too upscale (no chains), movie-theater marquee touting "double features," ethnic signage, an assortment of food options. i live not far from this neighborhood and know it well. it was always a hoot to see the ad in the New Yorker or wherever.