This Week in Noe Valley: High End Homes Languish, More Bar Robberies & Fires, Gentrification 1977 Style

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• 24th Street Luxe townhouses not selling [Curbed]
• More SF homes sit unsold as inventory grows [SFGate]
• Revamped and modern Little Chihuahua reopens [Hoodline]
• More bar robberies in the Mission - which sound a lot like the recent Noe Valley incidents [Mission Local]
• The helicopters you heard this week were for a fire at 24th and Valencia [Hoodline]
• Don't let the inactivity fool you: New beverage director named at Uma Casa (in the former Incanto space) [Eater]
• By 1977, Mission gentrification was framed as middle class spillover from Castro & Noe Valley [@enf]
• A good start: 60 news-rack pedestals will be removed from San Francisco sidewalks within the next month [SFGate]
• Cool old maps of SF [Curbed]

[Photo: Bougainvillea doorway via Beyond Ordinary]

This Week In Noe Valley: High Hopes for Hamlet, Patxi's Parklet Commentary & Dining Out With Kids In The Hood

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

• Hamlet will modernize an intriguing corner of Noe Valley [SF Weekly]
• Fire on Castro at 29th destroys a house under construction, damages a building - no one hurt but cause still unknown [KTVU]
• Scott Wiener’s legislation legalizing new in-law units in District 8 passes [Bay City News]
• Patxi’s is applying for a parklet on 24th Street – lots of neighbors weigh in [NVSF]
• Bitter signs of anti-gentrification in Noe Valley [blitzpop]
• For $7,500 a month you can rent this Noe Valley 3 bedroom ... with a pool! [Craigslist]
• Former owners of Carroll’s Books in Noe Valley now run the San Francisco Book Co. in Paris [SF Gate]
• Restaurant etiquette for parents dining out with kids in San Francisco (esp Noe Valley) [The Mommy Files]

[Photo: Gorgeous day, no left turn via muspillius]

Meeting: What Should Happen To The Real Foods Building?

It’s true: There are plans underway to develop the empty storefront across from Whole Foods on 24th St – the space formerly known as Real Foods. So what will it be: A Trader Joe’s? A climbing gym? A brew pub? Condos? Nails/Waxing? Now is your chance to find out – and more importantly to weigh in.

At 7pm Thursday (that's tomorrow) at St. Philips Parish Hall the developers will be offering a preview of what’s in the works. There will be plans displayed and architects on hand to describe the drawings and answer questions. Stakes are high for such a central location in Noe Valley – this should be worth attending.

What: Real Foods Building Plans Presentation
When: Thursday, January 22nd at 7pm
Where: St. Philips Parish Hall, 725 Diamond St

[NVSF: Real Foods: I Wish This Was...]

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]