This Week In Noe Valley: Gov At James Lick, More Shuttle Bus Nastiness, Bethany Is Back

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

• Governor Brown kicked off the James Lick school year [SF Appeal]
• DPW has made sidewalk landscaping permits easy [SFDPW]
• Another shuttle bus (driver) behaving badly [SFist]
• Noe Valley's official car? [@CarinaOst]
• There must be a video geek in Noe Valley who will appreciate this [pbump]
• July condo sales in Noe Valley average $1M plus [Downing & Co]
• Bethany returns to renovated church; open house is September 15th according to sign in windows [Bethany]
• At least we know why there may be another helicopter in the air for a while [NNSA]

[Photo: Whole Foods parking lot construction or just another day?]

This Week In Noe Valley: Public Porn, Condo Sales Still Up, Mill Opening In August

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

• Cafe Ponte owner on record for accessing online adult content in public [NYTimes]
• Notorius 24th St copper thief arrested again [Twitter]
• Six months of gains for Noe Valley condo sales [Dowing & Co]
• Mill to open in early August [Twitter]

[Photo: DAVIDsTEA construction]

This Week In Noe Valley

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

• Those Cirque du Cesar Chavez tents are protecting you from sewer lining sealant [SFDPW]
• "Cheap" Noe Valley Homes [Curbed SF]
• The Chronicle explores Upper Noe Valley [SFGate]
• "San Francisco is now among the cleanest counties in the country in terms of smog" [SFGate]
• It's a (condo) sellers market in Noe Valley [Downing CO]
• Vivid Floral vacates Church St space before opening [NVSF]

[Photo: Redfin]

Photos: Inside The Luxe

Eileen Bermingham toured the new condos at 28th and Church this morning and posted preview photos on her blog. She states a professional photographer was setting up when she left, and that theluxesf.com should have photos soon.

What's not explained is why the developer changed the building's marquis by adding an "e" since the name was chosen for historical significance:

The name "The Lux" for those of you who do not know, was one of the several names of the building when it operated as a movie theater back in the early 1900's.

Whatever. Still classier than "blue church."

[ISSFRE: First Look: The Luxe Condos in Noe Valley]
[NVSF: The Lux Condos Come To Life]
[NVSF: Announced: The Lux Condos On Outer Church]