This Week In Noe Valley: Maggots At Whole Foods, Judgemental Maps, And Springtime Fun

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Maggots at the Noe Valley Whole Foods meat dept; cleared by the DPH [KRON4]
• San Francisco reflected in puddles – gorgeous [The Bold Italic]
• Composite aerial map of San Francisco in 1938 [David Rumsey]
• The NV library will now be open 7 days a week [City Insider]
• Ana Kamin’s Noe Valley guide on Steller [Fluxi on Tour]
• Mission group really doesn’t want to become like Noe Valley – or Valencia St. [SF Gate]
• The San Francisco map that everyone will hate [Judgemental Maps]
• Followed by the SF Stereotype Map and the Judgemental SF Map 1860s Edition [Burrito Justice]
• Spring through the eyes of a local photographer [Cindy Loughridge]
• Noe Valley Pet Co’s 15th Birthday on May 10: "A Quincinera party w/pinata of dog treats!" [@omnivorebooks]
• What the...? Mother nature window display on Vine [Tapata]
• A thought-provoking perspective on the gentrification of SF from a progressive who’s evicted tenants [SF Magazine]

[Photo: via Chrissaulx]

This Week In Noe Valley: The Housing Crisis Explained, First Review Of Porcellino, And A Rare Green Tesla Spotted

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Porcellino is open in the old Incanto space and the first review is in [Inside Scoop SF]
• Easter decorations Noe Valley style [Robbie Miller]
• Noe Valley Steelhouses hit the market [SocketSite]
• Noe Valley Garden Tour coming on June 7 [FONV]
• Does your laundromat do this? [@spincitycoffee]
• Rare lightning green Tesla Roadster (with a handicap tag) spotted in Noe [Tesla Motor Club]
• SF's housing boom repeats an old story [KQED]
• The median rent in SF is $3200 - in Noe Valley it's $3700 [Curbed]
• And what $3200 gets you in Noe Valley (and around the city) [Curbed]
• The best encapsulation of the SF housing crisis you'll ever read [TechCrunch]

[Photo: @PamelaKSantos]

This Week In Noe Valley: We're #3 for Eligible Millionaires, Pritikin Mansion Peek, Sanchez St. Mural Complete

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• How to marry a millionaire, SF edition (Noe Valley is #3) [San Francisco Magazine]
• BelleSF, a magazine dedicated to resurrecting the "glory days" of Playboy, will be sold at Good News [SF Weekly]
• Stroller Valley? Maybe not. [@itsWanda]
• An astonishingly low price to rent a furnished 2bd at the Pritikin Mansion (check the photos even if you're not in the market) [Appfolio]
• Contigo was featured on Check Please! Bay Area this week [KQED]
• The new Sanchez mural project is complete [@levy_aa]
• What to do with the mushrooms at the Farmer’s Market (from a local) [Spoon University]
• The Cube House is the third most expensive home sale in Noe Valley [SocketSite]
• Restoring a Noe Valley Victorian façade with a modern twist [Houzz]
• Noe Valley restaurant bathroom reminds this guest of a Sochi hotel [2talign]

[Photo: roderick752]

Closing: Global Exchange Fair Trade

Citing rising rents and a desire to protect the artisans they support, Global Exchange announced this week that they will close this spring:

We have been in business at our San Francisco Noe Valley location (4018 24th Street) since 1989, constantly adjusting our footing in a changing marketplace. We are not immune to the forces changing the face of our San Francisco community, and the most recent wave of rent increases have also affected us, and we are taking action so that it does not affect our artisan partners around the world.

Also:

We want you to know your purchasing power: who, where, and how your purchases affect real change. We want you to be sure that your purchases go towards supporting economic justice through Fair Trade, NOT towards covering the violently inflated cost of rent in San Francisco.

Global Exchange will continue to operate out of Berkeley, and plans to reopen its online store this fall.

[GEFT: Choosing Fair Trade Over High Rent]
[Photo: Global Exchange]

This Week In Noe Valley: A New Perk For Google Bus Riders, Easter's Coming, And 24 Hours in San Francisco

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Want a high-tech job? Pretend you’re waiting for a Google Bus… [SF Gate]
• Local artist Josie Iselin explores the secret life of seaweed [SFGate]
• The going rate to rent a nice room in the neighborhood is $1500 and up [KQED]
• Details on the April 19 Easter egg hunt and concert at the NV rec center [FONVRCN]
• Meeting to discuss proposed changes on San Jose Ave and underground utility wiring [UNN]
• Inside a stylish Victorian on 25th St [Lonny]
• 24 Hours in SF with Noe Valley resident Victoria Smith aka SF Girl by the Bay [Design*Sponge]

[Photo: @UrbanHikerSF]

Closed: Mike's Shoe Repair

Today the signs in the window read "Out of Business" and there's a moving truck out front of Mike's Shoe Repair. We spoke to the two man crew inside who said Mike couldn't afford the large rent increase (we're looking at you, Joel Panzer), and that he won't open anywhere else. You're advised to pick up your shoes within 30 days, repaired or not.

No one on site knows what will become of the "Renewing" sign.

[NVSF: Closing? Mike's Of Noe Valley Shoe Repair]

NVV April 2014: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

April 2014

Front Page: April Fools.

Letters: Noe Valley used to have cable cars running over Castro; a neighbor urges Noe Valleyeans to protest bulb-outs planned for 24th St.; in praise of Word Week sponsors; a vegetarian complains that the new La Nebbia has no veggie options he likes.

Cost of Living in Noe: The average price of a single family home in Noe right now is $2.4 million.

Store Trek: Horner's Corner (1199 Church St at 24th)

Rumors: Mike's Shoe Repair is open month-to-month only and looking for a new space;  St. Paul's Market at Sanchez and 29th is closing for good at the end of the month (the owner is fighting cancer); Be Yoga is closed [Ed - and LOLA Pop-up has replaced it for now]; Incanto is closed and will be reborn as Porcellino in May; Fima Photography is once again NOT closing; the mystery restaurant at 25th and Church is still a mystery; Joshua Simon clothing store on 24th St is for sale for $239,000; Holy Kitchen Indian restaurant is open; The Valley Tavern won approval to reopen its beer garden in the back of the premises.

[The Noe Valley Voice]