misc "All You Need is a Crane" This photo on Curbed seriously made our afternoon. Apparently, a long-time Curbed lurker discovered this rooftop streamliner while doing a building inspection for a housing project in the Tenderloin. Blogger 40Goingon28 confirms it's
SF News Police Chief Gascón's Goals During a VIP tour of San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District, new San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón was rendered flummoxed -- especially after a drug deal went down right before his very eyes.
SF News Bricks Fall from Hibernia Bank Jones Street Over in the Tenderloin yesterday evening, some pieces of molding fell down from the top of the old Hibernia Bank Building at 1 Jones Street on McAllister. Why? Because the place is old
misc Man Describes "Nightmare" of Living at Civic Center Hotel ca. 1979 This man, whose name we believe is Bob, grew up in Vallejo and moved to San Francisco in 1979 to pursue his dreams of being a postal clerk and (possibly) becoming a liberated
SF News Commuter Train Heroin Trafficking Ring Intercepted A heroin smuggling ring that involved transporting hundreds of kilos at a time hidden in train engines and compartments has been busted up by federal authorities, as announced yesterday by Acting U.S.
SF News Shooting / Drug Dealing / Assault Hotspot Masked by Pretty Crosswalks In an effort to appear more quality of life-ish, the intersection at Eddy and Taylor received a makeover. (Taylor and Ellis got the same design yesterday too.) This Tenderloin spot, best known for
SF News Woman Shot in the Tenderloin Speaking of body parts, a woman was shot in the leg last night in the Tenderloin. According to CBS5 / BCN, the incident occurred at around 9 p.m. last night at (where else?
SF News Historic Tenderloin YMCA Closes Today Sad news. The Tenderloin Y will officially shut its doors today, just short of its 100-year anniversary. "The eight-story, 150,000-square-foot building at the corner of Leavenworth Street and Golden Gate Avenue," which
SF News SFist Blotter FRIDAY / MARINA: Marking a rare guest appearance on SFist Blotter is the controversial Marina neighborhood. [cue Ritual Roasters coffee spit take] See, during a two-hour standoff inside a Marina hotel at 11 p.
SF News Newsom Demands Answers from PG&E With the second major underground fire in four years roaring last Friday -- spectacularly so, we might add -- Mayor Gavin Newsom wants some answers from PG&E. If you recall, in
SF News Tenderloin Fire Causes Traffic Nightmare You might want to reconfigure your route home, readers. According to ActionNewsSF, who have been updating all afternoon on today's underground Tenderloin fire, "Northbound Van Ness [is] closed, O'Farrell, Polk and Larkin also
SF News Polk / O'Farrell Emergency Alert: Tenderloin Vault Fire In Progress Breaking news, folks. According to Alert SF, "Avoid the area of Polk / O'Farrell for next hour due to fire in underground vault. Heavy smoke. Traffic in area is impacted." Also, as always, you
misc Photo du Jour 326 Today's Photo du Jour goes out to the Merrill's on Market Street, may it rest in peace.
SF News Tenderloin Shooting With all of the crime happening over in the East Bay, it's nice to see San Francisco finally play host to some as well. According to the Examiner, "[a] man was hospitalized early
SF News C.W. Nevius Published On Tenderloin Billboard SFist commenter Oskarv sent us the above image taken from that famous billboard at Larkin and Turk. Why? Because weblog naysayer and SF Chronicle scribe C.W. Nevius's golden nuggets of wisdom made
SF News 5 Shot in the Tenderloin, 1 Dead Over on the glamorous intersection of Turk and Taylor -- do you think rent for a studio is still astronomical over there? Even though it's in the pit on the TL? Even with
SF News SFist Blotter TENDERLOIN / WEDNESDAY: A man was stabbed to death in the TL last night. At around 5:30 p.m. an unidentified man, according to the police, "the victim walked into a hotel in
SF News 12oz Prophet Theatens Adam's Block? We've all been bummed out here over the sudden demise of Adam's Block. It was fun, legal, and helpful. And now? Well, this happened. Here's the thing about Adam's Block recent drama. A
SF News Tenderloin Webcam Founder Receives His First Death Threat Well, this not very nice. Adam Jackson, founder of the addictive Tenderloin webcam AdamsBlock.com, has received his very first death threat today. (Congratulations, Adam. You're growing up so fast. Sob.) Jackson's noted
SF News Hyde Street Shooting A reader sends us info (and several images) on a shooting that occurred early this morning in front of an apartment on Hyde between O"Farrell and Geary streets. Here's all we know
SF News Glide Memorial Church Food Line's New Menu Items Results in Two Arrests Two unidentified East Bay men (one on probation, the other on parole) were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after an undercover sting caught them dealing crack-cocaine in the food line for the homeless/hungry
SF News Monday's McAllister Street Murder SFPD are trying to find the suspects in connection to a Monday night Tenderloin shooting death. At around 10:20 p.m. last night, eye-witnesses claim the "victim was approached by a group
SF News Tenderloin Now Officially an Historic Neighborhood 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
misc Where Have All the Crackheads Gone? Yesterday we mentioned how we often see lots of crack being smoked in the boarded-up window across the street from our Tendernob window. But after thinking about it some, we realized we haven't
