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It looks like after all the complaints and controversy, Kink.com is now officialy the owners of the Armory. All this after a racous hearing on the issue in front of the planning commission in which the commission said that there is nothing they can do about who owns the building but that they probably should have notified residents beforehand.

You didn't think that our recent distractions would prevent us from forgetting about our NIMBY neighbors down by the armory, would you? In case you had forgotten, kink.com has valiantly attempted to purchase a building which has stood empty for 35 years for the purpose of making porn, much to the chagrin of their potential neighbors. Other than a few local groups planning on protesting the move today (Thursday) at noon, there isn't much news to report. Except for this one delectable quote which appeared in a salon.com article about what goes on in a porn palace. (The full story is really not safe for work. Even in San Francisco.)

You didn't think the purchase of the armory by Kink.com would go through without a hitch would you? After all, the thing had stood vacant for thirty-six years and was the site of countless protests whenever somebody broached the idea of turning it into something. But after neighbors complained about not getting enough public input into the deal, from somewhere in Switzerland, Gavin asked the Planning Commission to hold some more public hearings on the matter. The hope, as Sam Ruiz, the executive director of Mission Neighborhood Centers, put it, is "to have a dialogue" about all of this and if we were playing that Project Drinking Connect drinking game, we'd be drinking right now.