Roy’s was a wonderful restaurant, my favorite, office lunches, date-night and to take visitors.
diversity is our strength.....
I think a lot of people lose sight of just how old this place is. Mission Street, aka El Camino Real, with Mission Dolores est. 1776. On the modern street grid Mission Dolores is actually a few blocks off Mission St. Construction on the oldest extant building onsite was begun in 1782. The Presidio, ie, fort, was built on the other side of the peninsula commanding the bay entrance, also in 1776, and the mission on this side because it’s not as cold, some agriculture could be practiced though the sandy soil is poor, and to be away from the direct influence of the rough and tumble soldiery
The posters suggesting this was brought about by developers so they could snap up properties at a discount have absolutely no evidence to support that assertion and, in my view, they’re wrong. Rather, the rot engendered by the city’s politics is metastasizing out of downtown. The Mission District is reverting figuratively to the desolate waste land it started out as
Another Democrat success!
Come for the shopping. Leave with HIV TB Hep C and E coli.
This process has been going on for decades in SF. I worked at 525 Market in the late 90s and walking to the office from a parking lot near the Bay Bridge BofA tower (long since gone), you had to traverse hostile homeless/drug addicts, urine, and scat all over the walls of buildings and sidewalks. Nobody should be surprised that has been paying attention.
The federal government could outlaw the retail sale of cigarettes and packaged alcoholic beverages in San Francisco and other cities and towns served by BART.
Nancy Pelosi could ask the DEA to shut down the pot shops in the SF Bay area.
There would be fewer homeless folks in San Francisco.
Incredible and sad to see. I used to look forward to going to SF from Sacramento where I lived in the late ‘50’s -’70’s. We spent many weekends in SF, dinners, meeting friends, movies. We went there to see the movie “Cleopatra” as it was playing there before Sacramento - I couldn’t wait! Crossing the Bay Bridge into SF was always a thrill..the city WAS beautiful!
These pictures look they could have been taken in Tijuana but I bet Tijuana doesn’t have that much graffiti...
I can’t imagine the number of tenants in those buildings who had to move out - not just the retail establishments..Can’t help but wonder what the number is.
Its dead Jim.
“no one could have imagined just a few years ago”
Really? I’m from the Detroit area, when I was last there several years ago I was shocked...this is WAY worse than downtown Detroit.
They couldn’t see it a few years ago? Then they didn’t realize how bad it was...and still seem to have no idea it’s just getting started. That city is in a death spiral.
Herb Caen called SF “Baghdad By The Bay” . He was very prescient.
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