- Another Noe retail casualty: Noe Valley Cyclery closing [@karlsf]
- The landlords at Pasta Gina (500 sq. ft.) want $6,000 a month. Not a typo. [@omnivorebooks]
- Omnivore is featuring books by writers from places Trump calls #ShitholeCountries [@omnivorebooks]
- A group wants to remove older trees on 24th St in the Mission to make it look more like 24th St in Noe Valley [Mission Local]
- Police investigating reports of a drunken party at the SF Fire station 11 on 26th St [NBC Bay Area]
- Noe Valley Whole Foods on path to zero net energy? [@BradleyMeister]
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RE: Ficus trees on 24th in the Mission. "Structurally unstable" is what is quoted at the end of the Mission Local article. The responsibility for trimming street trees was on the owner of the property for years after the City abdicated it's responsibility. Two big beautiful ficus that once graced the end of my block are gone now, victims of improper pruning by the building's owner. He cut all the lower branches off leaving a top heavy canopy. One of the trees was removed before it could fall and replaced with a new tree. The other blew down in a windstorm late summer a year ago upending sections of sidewalk, bending the corner stop sign to a 45 degree angle and crushing the car parked adjacent to it. The trees along 24th in the Mission seem to have been taken better care of. FYI - now that the City is trimming trees again our blocks street trees were trimmed late last summer. Before the crew could get to our Washington Thorn (which I have had professionally thinned out and trimmed several times), I asked one of the crew exactly what is their definition of "trimming". They do not thin the trees I was told. They only trim the lower branches so that people can walk under them and the street cleaner can clear the canopy.
People often jump to the conclusion that a business closes because of raising rent or a greedy landlord but in the case of the three businesses closing near 24th/Diamond that is not the case for any of them. Businesses close for a variety of reason, including lack of customers, slowdown in business, being ready/able to retire, health problems or the inability to sell a buisness. I hope we get some vibrant new young businesses and owners in these three spots soon!
I don't feel anyone is jumping to a conclusion of "greedy landlord" when another local business advises they pay $1,600 for a similar space in response to the new rent asked of $6,000 for a 500 square feet shop that is now vacant. Yes, we all want it rented verses vacant but such prices & the formula retail laws really limit what businesses can afford to locate here.
anon.....you got your square footage wrong......Pasta Gina has a basement where they used to prep their food......folks comment here with a half-assed knowledge of the facts.
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