The giant hummingbird. The Carmen Banana mural. The new 5-foot-tall angel with the electrified torch. There’s plenty of public art in the Lower Haight, but no fewer than half a dozen pieces can be found at, near, and above the … Continue reading
Flickr/wallyg A few days ago we noticed that the Vanguard Properties office on the northwest corner of Haight and Scott was suddenly empty. It got us thinking — why is there so much turnover at northern corner locations on Haight … Continue reading
Flickr/Sunsparked The Lower Haight has a lot going for it: it’s stocked with record stores, drinking holes, and enough hair salons to shake a stick at. But with no banks in sight, the neighborhood comes up woefully short on paper … Continue reading
Flickr/troyholden Here’s a roundup of a few Lower Haight news stories that didn’t quite make it to the front page this week.
We knew a few bars in the neighborhood would be open for today’s USA/England World Cup match, but we had no idea it would be this crazy.