The best communities are defined by the efforts of their residents - and in the Tenderloin, work is well underway to make the District a better and brighter place for all. Longtime residents of the area like Chai Saechao, the 29-year-old owner of Plant Therapy on O’Farrell Street, have dedicated their time and resources [...]
There’s a new kind of restaurateur on the rise in San Francisco: women of color, immigrants, and those who’ve previously had difficulty opening restaurants due to lack of help or capital, or both. However, new opportunities are arising to help the disadvantaged break through these barriers. What was once an abandoned post office on the [...]
Because it’s such a vibrant and ever-changing place, one might be forgiven for assuming the Tenderloin doesn’t feature majestic architecture to match the best of San Francisco. But this neighborhood carries a somewhat surprising amount of visual history that easily rivals the more written-about corners of the city. After the epochal 1906 earthquake demolished most [...]
San Francisco has gone through multiple iterations throughout its lifetime, but more so in the last decade. As tech giants have poured into the Bay Area, developments to accommodate its needs are a constant sight along its city streets; listing all of them would be no small feat. Instead, here are five changes coming down [...]