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At 1021 Geneva Ave., a Carpet Store Is Becoming a Quilt Shop — With $50,000 in City Help
City Made Quilts, backed by a $50,000 city storefront grant, is set to open this August in a former carpet store on Geneva Avenue in the Excelsior —…
Mission Comics Plants a Second Flag on Geneva Avenue
On Geneva Avenue, between the pupuserías and the nail salons, a new storefront is starting to look like something — long tables going in, boxes being…
On Excelsior Avenue, Jeff Murray Has Been Paying Attention
On Geneva Avenue, on Ocean, on the residential blocks that slope away from both, Jeff Murray has been pointing a camera at the Excelsior for years —…
On Third Street, Bayview Gets Its First Pharmacy Since Walgreens Left
The D10 Community Pharmacy, funded by a city storefront opportunity grant, is slated to open at 5668 Third St.
In Uptown, a Bookstore Opened in January. In Montclair, One Closed Today.
A Great Good Place for Books shut its Montclair doors for good on Sunday, June 14, after 29 years.
The Lights Are Off at Fifth and Market
On the corner of Fifth and Market, the escalators have stopped.
Held Over Rings Up Its Last Sale on Haight
On the 1500 block of Haight, the racks are moving toward the door.
City Puts $300,000 Into Four Mission Storefronts, From a Nightclub at 19th to a Furniture Shop Headed for 15th
The city's Office of Economic and Workforce Development awarded $300,000 in Storefront Opportunity Grants to four Mission District businesses —…
In the Inner Sunset, a New Privately Funded Grant Program Aims to Fill Storefronts
SF New Deal launches a privately funded pilot grant program for Inner Sunset businesses, offering up to $20,000 to fill vacant storefronts and…
On Van Ness at Eddy, 250,000 Square Feet of Empty and One $3.5 Million Bet on What Comes Next
Van Ness Avenue near Eddy Street carries a 35 percent commercial vacancy rate and a new city ordinance inviting chain stores — while a $3.5 million…
Noodles, Thrift, and Mocktails: Four Tenderloin Storefronts Take a City-Backed Bet on Larkin
SF's Office of Workforce and Economic Development is sending $3 million to 39 small businesses across the city — four of them on Larkin and O'Farrell…
Asked to Name Their Favorite Bookstores, Bay Area Authors Sketch a Map That Crosses the Bridge
The SF Standard's survey of 13 author-endorsed bookstores doubles as a literary geography of the Bay — from Clement Street to Corte Madera — and…