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Noted for its vast collection of pin-thin whores, the disenfranchised, SROs, murders, and unaffordable studio apartments, the Tenderloin district - you know, the area from "McAllister, to Mason, to Geary (between Taylor and Polk), and just east of Polk" - was officially re-christened the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District by the State Historical Resources Commission on July 25. So, it's now officially a new SF neighborhood, or whatever. And already some inane historic museum is in the works, which none of you will ever visit, and a Tenderloin Walking Tour will start soon, which will see curious tourists raped and killed by the handfuls. Will this make the area more amusement park-y, or will give the community a much-needed ego boost? Who's to say. So long as Aunt Charlie's Lounge keeps its gritty-glam feel, they could call it Pacific Heights 2.0 for all we care. (Curbed, via BeyondChron)
Tenderloin Now Officially an Historic Neighborhood
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When I moved here, I read as much literature about the town as I could to decide where to settle down. I will never forget reading a toursit rag that described the Tenderloin as the city's famous "heads-up neighborhood."
I'm not normally this guy... but it should read "an historic" rather than "a historic"
sorry, sorry
History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought, and meth use.
"a historic" is perfectly cromulent.
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Pacific Depths?
Every SF neighborhood seems to be a historic district now...
Does this mean you need to get a variance from the Historical Preservation Society before removing piles of historical shit from your historical doorway?
I became a historic district on my last birthday.
I almost choked when I read about the "walking tour." The Beyond Chron writers must spend all day in a drug addled haze. Tourist love to have semen and MRSA infected blood thrown on them while dodging stinking mounds of human excrement and vomit. On the plus side, it could be good business for the crack addled, 2 dollar hookers that perform various sex acts behind the library.
WTF??!!?!! People get stabbed with AIDS infected needles practically EVERYDAY in the Tenderloin!!!! This totally happened to someone my coworker used to know and they're DEAD now. The people in the Tenderloin have NO RIGHT to have pride in their community. As a middle class American with no imagination, I DEMAND that places I've never been remain locked into whatever stereotypical cliche I maintain for them!!!! Plus, WHO CARES about other people with less money than I have? Thank god I live in North Beach where I don't have to deal with obnoxious drunken assholes and vomit on the sidewalk all the time. Maybe I'll move to the Mission where there are NO prostitutes or gangs and no one ever gets mugged! Anyway, I'm on my way to the Marina to high five my frat buddies! Check ya later, bitches!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!