Tag: Market Street
Drive-in Dragsploitation! ‘Sh*t & Champagne’ to make splashy debut
D'Arcy Drollinger's sparkling paean to '70s action flicks, fabulous looks will pop your cork.
Drivers rally against Uber and Lyft extortion
About 70 drivers rallied outside Uber’s headquarters on Market Street on Thursday, decrying Uber and Lyft’s threat to cancel rideshare services in California in retaliation against an injunction order issued August 10...
ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters
I've stayed in all Pride Week so far—and I'm already exhausted! Well, I was, until putting together this list of recommendations. Most of them can be done at home...
This year, the giant Pink Triangle bursts into 2700 twinkling lights
Other cities have their Pride parades, rainbow flags, and disco ball balloons. Only San Francisco has the Pink Triangle.
Over the past 25 years, San Francisco’s iconic Pink Triangle display,...
For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives
Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color. Why do we need to...
Before the looting, a peaceful march
On Saturday, before the incidents of looting that have made the biggest headlines, several hundred protestors peacefully marched in San Francisco to protest the death of George Floyd. The...
Breed orders repeated homeless sweeps, text messages show
Mayor London Breed routinely texts Police Chief Bill Scott and orders him to clear out homeless encampments, particularly in areas she frequents, public records recently released show.
I have no...
The future of cities—and the one percent
The New York Times devoted its entire Sunday Review section this week to an analysis of the future of cities. It’s a critical topic: Cities have been for millenia...
Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary
Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop, even on the residential level...
SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary
San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to take its toll. (Pride now...
