NVV April 2018: 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 2018

Front Page: There's new sand in the giant sandbox and new gravel at the dog run at Upper Noe Rec Center, among other improvements; The owner of a local pre-school lost her Sonoma home in the wildfires and the community has rallied to help; Interview with Jennifer Katz, a local child speech therapist; Group drumming and dancing is on deck for the Town Square every second and fourth Sunday from 3-5pm.

Letters: An ActionSF member loved last month's ActionSF profile; Word Week was a success; An odd note from neighbor Sharon who wants another overly solicitous neighbor to leave her alone.

Feature: Two remodels, one at 79 28th Street [Ed.--permit application withdrawn 3/9/18] and another at 505 Grand View face hurdles from the city and planning commission.

Cost of Living in Noe Valley: Four super luxury homes sold in February, all between $4.9 and $5.5 million which pushed the average value of a Noe Valley home close to $3.6 million. Condo sales averaged $1.6 million.

Short takes: The Noe Valley Garden Tour is looking for volunteers [Ed.--website not updated]; Curry Without Worry is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a free party on April 14 in the Town Square from 3-5pm; Candidates for the mayor's race and the District 8 supervisor seat will speak on April 28 from 2-4pm at St. Aidan's Church.

Store Trek: Azil Boutique, 4010 24th St. at Noe

Rumors and Tidbits: Roughly 200 people showed up for the first Noe Valley Town Square movie night (The Princess Bride) - the next movie night will be July 7 at 7:30pm for a showing of Tortoro. Subscription artisan box company Globe In is moving into the former Cliche Noe space and hopes to open their showroom in May. Upscale Vive La Tarte bakery and cafe is moving into the former Bliss Bar space and will serve lunch including a tacro (a taco crossed with a croissant) in a few months. Sultan's Kebab moved into the former Lazeez space and the owner reports 70 percent of their business is pick-up and take away. Douglas Fir is a new market opening soon in the former Bom Dia space soon (possibly by the end of the month). Pete's Laundry and Cleaners is closed after 30 years on 24th St. after being priced out. Rabat on 24th at Noe is closing by this summer after 47 years and retrenching to their Berkeley store. The Podolls at 3985 24th St. is closing soon, perhaps as early as this summer. The Harry Aleo parking lot on 24th near Castro will soon be getting a collection box for recycling shoes, clothes, bedding and textiles.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

NVV Feb 2018: 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.

February 2018

Front Page: LA-based chain pet store Healthy Spot wants to open in the old Radio Shack space - and local merchants aren't having it; local a profile of local resident and longtime Rolling Stone writer Ben Fong-Torres (a documentary about him is coming out this spring); Noe Valley's solid voter turnout could be a force in this June's special mayoral election.

Letters: A neighbor writes to remind his fellow Noe Valley residents that there is Thursday morning meditation on the Noe Valley Town Square from 8-9am.

Features: Large turnout this year for Neighborhood Emergency Response Training (NERT) after the Jan. 4 earthquake (more at sf-fire.org); the house at 79 28th St. is at the center of a housing battle that encapsulates the housing crisis and gentrification struggles of Noe Valley. A profile of Noe Valley Cyclery owner David Kline who's had a good long run since 1976 and who plans to retire in April - and Dani Sheehan Myer's struggle to make a go of it with Cliche Noe Gifts + Home before it closed in January. RIP Barbara Ann May, Fair Oaks resident, artist and community activist.

Cost of Living in Noe Valley: Real estate sales were brisker than they've been in 10 years in the last few months of 2017 including for multi-unit buildings. The average cost to buy a house here: $2.7 million.

Store Trek: Ardiana, 1781 Church St. at 30th

Rumors and Tidbits: The Noe Valley Merchants & Professionals Association (NVMPA) is presiding over a commercial corridor on 24th St. that is losing retailers (14 vacant store fronts) and mostly gaining professional services (think realtors, title companies, health offices and banks). Commercial rents range from $4,000 to $12,000. Navarette's Black Belt Academy has moved out of the old See Jane Run space and back to Church St - and the See Jane Run space needs a seismic retrofit. The Mill is moving to 18th and Hartford in the Castro on February 13. Rachel Swann, the NVMPA president and a realtor, tried to pull a fast one on her fellow merchants by converting a former retail space into a realtor office that also sold swag - more than a few retailers on 24th St. are not amused. The S.F. History Association, which held monthly meetings at St. Philips is moving to Newman Hall in Sherith Israel at California and Webster. Noe Valley Democratic Club president Todd David says he is supporting Noe Valley resident Mark Leno, not London Breed, in the upcoming mayoral election. Le Cupboard is still closed. A new Japanese restaurant called Seokyo is opening in at 1740 Church at Day St. (formerly Taku Sushi, Noe Sushi, Tataki South, Deep and Deep Sushi). Hamlet is closing and will become a Japanese eatery. Nothing is happening at Real Foods. Noe Valley is rumored to be the most popular destination in SF for Airbnb rentals. James Lick Middle School is the beneficiary of a $265,000 garden grant which will have 60 species of plants and an organic vegetable garden - it opens February 10. The Diamond Heights Shopping Center has been bought by new investors. A new group called Swing Left is signing up residents at the Farmer's Market to "take back the house in 2018."

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Ellis Act Defeat, Mountain Lion Capture and a Meth Bust

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

• Noe Valley woman is first-ever to beat Ellis Act eviction SFGate]
• Mountain lion spotted on streets of Noe Valley is safely captured and relocated [KTVU]
• Noe Valley Town Square on the eve of Trump’s election anniversary [@SlappyKeller]
• 70 pounds of methamphetamine seized in house on Sanchez at 25th [SFGate]
• Pasta Gina has been closed for the last few weeks [Hoodline]
• Is Glen Park the new Noe Valley? A $10 million home hits the market on Laidley St [SFGate]
• Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and Noe resident Debra Chasnoff dies [SFGate]

[Photo: Noe at the border of Castro via mauisam19]

NVV Nov 2017: 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.

November 2017

Front Page: Harvey Milk used to write a column for the Voice; Grand View resident of 41 years could be displaced when landlord does seismic upgrades; a profile of local fashion illustrator Lynn Rosenzweig.

Letters: A neighbor writes of those who want to change 24th St. by adding new high-density housing: "...for the people who don't live here now, and don't have any interest in the old-world charm, can't they just move someplace else?"

Features: The steps at 20th and Sanchez are among several "Green Gardens" tended by neighbors; profile of a 13 year old Noe Valley Day Trader and budding capitalist.

Cost of Living in Noe Valley: Just six single family homes changed hands in September for an average cost of $1.8 million; average rent for a 2 bedroom is $4393 per month.

Store Trek: Le Cupboard Cafe, 1298 Church St. at 25th

Rumors and Tidbits: First Republic is moving into 1354 Castro at Jersey in the former American Title Company space. Two restaurants are rumored to be for sale in Noe Valley (ed. Lazeez? Noe sushi? Fattoush?); meanwhile, three more that are zoned for restaurant use are for rent: the former Bliss Bar, La PanotiQ and Caskhouse. The new owners of Savor have remodeled the patio. Le Cupboard is open and also has vegan vending machines. There will be a gathering at the Town Square on Nov. 8 to bemoan the "sad one-year anniversary" of the election of Donald Trump. On Nov. 17 there will be a Fight Fire with Love benefit concert at the Town Square. The post box at 22nd and Church has been restored. Artist and interior designer Ian Stallings at 3848 24th St has left after less than a year. The Real Foods building is officially for sale and being shown to prospective buyers - no details on a buyer yet.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Weird Week in Noe Valley: Equinox Drumming, Hipster Street Saunas and Burning Man Flamingo Bike

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

• Overhead in Noe Valley: “Both my nannies are in Iceland” [@susanwolff]
• This week's Town Square activity: equinox drumming [jeffsheehysf]
• Getzwell covers up the iconic Star Bakery sign (the neighborhood is not amused) [@peephole and @NoeValleySF]
• SF parking meters could get surge pricing [SF Examiner]
• SF school areas are the fourth worst for distracted driving [SFGate]
• Burning Man flamingo bike comes home to Noe [daijaaana]
• Germans having a laugh at Hipster street saunas [laura.la.reina]

[Photo: El Greengo via drivingwhileawesome]

This Week in Noe Valley: Dolores Park Is a Mess, Eviction at Old Fattoush Space and Other Midsummer News

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

• Eviction notice on the old Fattoush space [@ingerhogstrom]
• Triple shooting in broad daylight at Dolores Park [NBC]
• Neighbors worry that Dolores Park is now just cesspool of drugs and violence [SFGate]
• Noe Valley’s newest Wishing Tree at 24th and Fair Oaks [Hoodline]
• St. Paul’s dates back to the 1800s [National Catholic Register]
• Lots of Noe Valley rental buildings still aren’t seismic [SFist]
• Sheehy is in the lead for District 8 supes race fundraising [SF Chronicle]
• Or maybe Mandelman is? [48Hills]
• Cliché Noe gift shop adds a Made in SF corner [Hoodline]
• Noe Valley Wine Walk Returns August 17 [Eventbrite]
• Noe Valley has one of the best burritos and one of the best sushi spots in SF [SFist]
• The Town Square sauna pop-up returns [leftcoastsauna]

[Photo: Summer in the Town Square via Frankedsonsf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Another Coyote Sighting, Wildfire Sunsets and Virtue Signaling

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

• Today: BBQ and music at the Town Square with Barron’s Quality Meats [NVMPA]
• Smoke from the wildfires = gorgeous, gorgeous red sunsets [yaymarshamack and @jeremy_daggett and damoport and tomllamb]
• Virtue signaling [@NeverSassyLaura]
• Coming next from LeCupboard: Vegan vending machines [Eater]
• New stops for the Google buses/tech shuttles [Together SF]
• Inside The Henning Thode House at 1083 Dolores [SFGate]
• A pristine restored Noe Valley Victorian [Curbed]
• Another coyote sighting [@FromSF]
• The city takes over street tree maintenance [KTVU]
• Zen [kristyung]
• Street art [thegirlwiththepurplebike]

[Photo: Noe cottage sanfranciscoture]

NVV May 2017: 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.

May 2017

Front Page: Local family commemorates their family in a mural on Comerford Alley; local stylist organizes free services for hospitalized kids; rat poison kills coyote in Douglass Park.

Letters: Letter from a Trump supporter from New York about the "arrogant residents of San Franny."

Features: Noe Valley's lone indie newsstand, Good News, is closing after 22 years; the reasons are the Internet and a key magazine distributor shut down.

Cost of Living in Noe: The average cost of a Noe Valley home in March was $3.1 million; the most expensive home sold that month was a $6.2 million home on a double lot on Fair Oaks.

Store Trek: Baron's Quality Meats, 1706 Church St at 29th; Mabuhay, 1195 Church St at 24th 

Rumors and Tidbits: The Town Square finally has power - look for more events like the Square Dance soon. The Noe Valley Association got a grant for parklet furniture and new benches on 24th St. and sun umbrellas for the Town Square. The Farmer's Market's Happy Boy Farms vendor has a GoFundMe campaign for flood damage from this year's rains. The plant-based food service and restaurant Le Cupboard is opening soon. A pizza oven was moved into the soon-to-be Sasa's Pizzeria (nee Fattoush). Radio Shack will be gone by the end of May. The shops next to St. Clair's have been demolished to make way for new retail and housing; construction should take 14 months. Noe Valley activists created a project that spurred 1 million calls to Congress on issues people are concerned about - while they were also facing an owner move-in eviction (!).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Pizza Progress and Why the Town Square Is in the Dark

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

• The pizza oven is delivered to Sassi’s in the old Fattoush space [@NoeValleySF]
• A look inside a rare “sister” Victorian on Elizabeth St. [Curbed]
• A whimsical illustration of night time in Noe Valley by a local artist/stylist [oliviakaneley]
• Oh hai [suki_the_regal_shiba]
• Noe Valley couple uses technology to enable 1 million calls to Congress (and counting)[Hoodline]
• Here’s why PG&E won’t turn on the lights in the Noe Valley Town Square [SFChronicle]

[Photo: Noe Valley cherry blossonms via vpiombo]

This Week In Noe Valley: Town Square Opens and Halloween Noe Valley Style

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

• Just in time for Halloween – the Noe Valley Town Square is here [CBS Local]
• Photo: From a gas station to a parking lot to a park [@SFParksAlliance]
• Peak Noe Valley [@johnsharkman]
• Halloween, Noe Valley style [@Spitter17]
• Noe Valley is still tops for trick-or-treating [SFGate]
• Odd: Cherry blossoms blooming in October [@StevePaulsonKTVU]
• Bom Dia Market is scheduled for final inspection on Halloween – will it come back to life? [NVSF] 
• Closed: Le Zinc [@rosewinegrl]
• Shocker: Cow Hollow’s Real Food Co closes abruptly [Hoodline]
• Noe Valley Bakery opens a 2nd location in West Portal [@noevalleybakery]
• Hamlet adds oysters [hamlet_sf]

[Photo: Town Square via @colazioneAroma]

This Week in Noe Valley: Orange October and Blue Angels

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

• Scott Wiener and Jane Kim in a dead heat for Senate race [SF Chronicle]
• Noe Valley “wildlife” [emichbe]
• Town Square will open Oct 29 at 10AM [@noevalleytownsq]
• Hello, Blue Angels [awelfle]
• Believen #gogiants
• A love letter to the always awesome Omnivore Books [Hoodline]
• A Noe Valley story circa 1974 [@MrsWen]

[Photo: Orange Oct via gregor701]

This Week in Noe Valley: Bikeshare Coming, Walkershaw Leaving and Other Signs of September

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

• Walkershaw Man is closing at the end of the month [Walkershaw Man]
• A touching story about a Noe Valley family, the Giants and Alzheimer’s [NY Times]
• Free days for city residents by neighborhood at Cal Academy of Sciences [SF Station]
• SF’s cheapest and most expensive neighborhoods for renters – Noe Valley is in the middle [SF Business Journal]
• Noe Valley people are boujie – and like to call tow trucks (says the person who tweets she constantly gets parking tickets) [@HanneFrank]
• Noe Valley gala to support local arts on Oct 27 [Noe Valley Gala]
• Free adult color night on Oct 18 at Folio– with wine [FunCheapSF]
• Bay Area homes sell twice as fast as U.S. average [SF Business Journal]
• Bay Area Bikeshare stations coming to Noe Valley [Hoodline]
• Noe Valley – where schools have valet parking? [@MikeLewis]
• Photo of 22nd and Fair Oaks, 1988 [@DavidGallagher]
• Photo of 94131 in the 1970s [@RedLips769]
• Town Square progress in a photo [lizatblackrose]

[Photo: Cloud drama via artbyamanda33]

This Week in Noe Valley: Labor Day = Real Foods Day, Town Square Update and Noe Valley’s Google Bus Activist

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

• It’s Labor Day in Noe Valley [@BMWalter]
• My Real Foods story [@mysticflavor]
• Permeable pavers arrive at the Town Square site – with photos [SF Rec & park]
• Car delivery bottoms out on Noe St. [@nickoneill]
• Biting local satire in the old Cradle of the Sun [@coreywilkerson]
• Top 5 neighborhoods in SF with a view – Noe Valley makes the list, natch [SF Hotlist]
• ICYMI: See Jane Run is closing for real [NVSF]
• Noe Valley resident Edward Mason has filed 69 of the 296 comments about the tech shuttle buses – from the Noe Valley library [The Guardian]
• The ongoing California wildfires make for some amazing summer sunsets [hotzntotz, mitali and ozyoztboy]

[Photo: Cotton candy skies via mayapburne]

NVV Sept 2016: 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.

September 2016

Front Page: Noe Valley Girls Film Fest is coming Sept 10; Lovejoy's owners sold their tea shop to three new proprietors who will keep the tradition alive; James Lick Middle School is renting its parking lot to the Noe Valley Farmer's Market starting Sept. 10 to attract more shoppers to local businesses.

Letters: Former NV resident Vivian Murray reminisces about living in the same building as Janis Joplin at 892 Noe St. and says she'll be back for the Summer of Love 50th Anniversary Concert next October.

Features: James Lick renovations should be done by the end of September.

Cost of Living in Noe: The home market is cooling slightly - most home sales are only 3 percent over asking, not 22 percent. The average cost of a home: $2.3 million.

Store Trek: BistroSF Grill, 1305 Castro St. near 24th

Rumors and Tidbits: The Noe Valley Town Square is on track to open by Halloween; there will be no Harvest Fest this year; this Labor Day marks the 13th year since Real Foods closed; construction at the old Bliss Bar space is underway, but don't expect a noodle bar to fill it after all - the space is actively for rent for $9500 a month; the old Cradle of the Sun space is still vacant and the rent is now $7000 per month; just 3 years in, Buttons Candy Bar will close after Halloween - and Video Wave which shares the space is hoping to work out a deal to stay; Spring Pilates has relocated (no agreement on rent) to the EHS Pilates space on Valencia; See Jane Run is closing; GoHealth Urgent Care hopes to open in the new space on 24th St near Shoe Biz; La PanotiQ is open; Hamlet has rebooted; Drewe's Meats has been evicted; Tacolicious had to move out of it's office space on Church St. (Ed note: and Little Artistas has moved in); Uma Casa is slated to open at the end of October in the former Incanto space. The movie The Royal Road (available at Video Wave) features lots of shots of the hood. The 30th St Senior has received a $50,000 grant and Cliche Noe Gifts has been selected for the 2016 Best Businesses of San Francisco Award.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

NVV June 2016: 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.

June 2016

Front Page: A profile of Audrey Cooper, Noe Valley resident and editor -in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle; Some 24th Street retailers are feeling the squeeze from online shopping; The 35 Eureka bus runs more often; A profile of Kim Nguyen-Ehrenreich, the founder of the Noe Valley branch of Bricks 4 Kidz; A peek inside three Noe Valley Victorians.

Letters: Thanks to the team that put on the Noe Valley Garden Tour; A plea to vote no on Prop B.

Features: The proposed Town Square owl sculptures may finally be approved - with a more literal than abstract design; Local businesses are split on whether the Farmer's Market on 24th St helps or hurts business on Saturdays; SummerFEST is coming on Saturday June 18.

Cost of Living in Noe: Home sales are hot with 15 single family homes selling in April for an average of $2.4 million.

Store Trek: Songbird Studios, 3823 24th St. and VOILA, 1431 Castro St.

Rumors and Tidbits: Still no movement in the former Real Foods space. The former site of The Ark toy store is now a pop-up called The Curious Object which sells luxury items that Noe Valley resident and realtor Stephen Moore procured on a trip to London (including a penny-farthing, a stuffed swan and other curios). Once the pop-up pops down, Moore will turn the space into a more permanent shop called The Mercantile which will sell new and vintage gift items, housewares and antiques (basically, the same stuff). When Modern Was is offering Chalk Paint classes to "give new life to tired furniture"  and owner Donna Taylor is selling her other shop Buttons Bar, which is potentially very bad news for the recently relocated Video Wave. Walkershaw Man sublet its shop to Azil jewelry boutique for the month of May, and Azil is now looking for a new place to pop-up in Noe again. Heroine is leaving Noe Valley and moving to L.A. - Charlie's Corner bookstore will now expand into that space for more room for kids storytime, parties and theater classes (Ed.--Very Noe Valley for a prime corner location to become a child's reading space). Bom Dia is still closed and the owner is not responding to requests for information. The deal that would have put Golden Gate Urgent Care in the space vacated by In-House fell apart (Ed.-- Good) so the storefront is once again for lease. Instead, GoHealth Urgent Care is opening in the brand new commercial space on 24th at Church (Ed.-- Boo). Hahn's Hibachi has closed and is being replaced by Bistro SF Grill.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Town Square in Phase 2, Uma Casa's Opening Moves to Fall + Fun Photos

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

• VoilaSF is open in the old Video Wave space on Castro St. [cindyloughridge]
• Phase 2 of construction for the Noe Valley Town Square is underway [SF Rec & Park]
• Uma Casa (a new modern Portuguese restaurant) now plans to open this Fall in the old Incanto space [SF Chronicle]
• Overhead shot of one of the Noe Valley Garden tour yards [adbonifacio]
• The Podolls and Rare Device get a stylish shout out in the June issue of In Style magazine #shoplocal [In Style]
• The current state of the Mission in one photo [@NoeValleySF ]

[Photo: Pretty in Pink via jaytay]

NVV May 2016: 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.

May 2016

Front Page: Bingo night at St. Paul's is a six decade tradition; The Noe Valley Town Square is on track (and maybe even under budget) - plus the new choices for the owl sculptures are open for comment; The Folio Books book club is a hit.

Letters: A neighbor asks Noe Valley residents to do their part to keep the neighborhood clean and litter free; A resident since 1985 suggests the new Town Square should be an eco-playground (while past the planning stage); A poem about Noe Courts.

Features: Noe Valley Garden Tour is back on May 21st; neighbors are lobbying force neighbor notification when "major changes are made to a project midway through the design process.".

Cost of Living in Noe: Only six single-family homes sold this March - half the number that sold in the same time last year - because of low inventory. Meanwhile, a 1904 Edwardian on Fair Oaks sold for $5 million.

Store Trek: TMI Colonics, 1478A Church St.

Rumors and Tidbits: The  NVV canvassed people on 24th St on April 21/22 and discovered that among 50 Noe Valleyeons that 56% were for Hilary, 34% were for Bernie, 6% were undecided between the two and 2% (aka one person) was voting for Trump; Again, the Noe Valley Town Square is on track; The Luxe on 24th Street condos now have sales pending. VIP Scrub Club opened in the former K9 Scrub Club spot on Church (no remodel necessary); Robin Shered of Blue Ova Health was rated a top acupuncturist by Bay Area A-List; Noe Valley comedian Mike Capozzola is selling hand-painted drawings of kid's names for gifts; Congrats to NV resident Felicia Lowe for the success of her film Chinese Couplets.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

NVV April 2016: 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 2016

Front Page: A profile of Jesse Walkershaw, owner of WalkershawMan clothting store on 24th; six bike share locations are coming to Noe Valley; a profile of Noe Valley hand surgeon and artist-entrepreneur Robert Markison; the proposed Town Square owl art is considered too "skull-like" and is back on the drawing board.

Letters: A vote for a Janis Joplin historic marker to commemorate her stay in Noe Valley at 22nd and Noe (ed note - she lived in a lot of places in the city); a complaint that the San Jose Ave road diet has increase congestion and carbon emissions; a rebuttal to a letter last month about the languishing Real Foods spot asserting that downtown Noe Valley is "alive, well and thriving." Bob Roddick wants you to know that Elle magazine and Trulia have named Noe Valley as the neighborhood with the best family amenities (ed note - we weren't able to find a link or confirm) thanks to the efforts of the NVMPA to create things like the hayride, Easter Egg Hunt, Garden Tour and more. The board of the Noe Valley Farmers Market encourages you to support local businesses near the Farmer's Market on Saturday. And one neighbor decries the use of commercial sidewalk scrubbing in a drought.

Cost of Living in Noe: Home sales average $2.9 million - the most expensive house that  sold was a $4 million home on Valley St.

Store Trek: Yoga Mayu, 4159B 24th St. at Diamond; Hamlet, 1199 Church St. at 24th

Rumors and Tidbits: Patxi's is riling up it's neighbors again by using the public parking lot as the pit stop for pizza delivery vehicles; the space vacated by In-House will soon become a Golden Gate Urgent Care outlet; Go Health Urgent Care is also looking to rent in down town Noe Valley but no space has been confirmed (ed note - ugh, Union St. here we come). The Lotus Method (yoga for expecting moms) is taking over the old Ambiance space; and the surely a hoax butler listing for $175,000 gets a mention. See Jane Run is sticking around for at least another 6 months; next door to SJR, the pop-up art store has had a good run - and Jan Van Swearingen, formerly of Common Scents is looking to pop-up in the additonal space next door at 3904 24th St. The former Video Wave space on Castro is becoming a women's clothing store called Aline's Closet which is relocating from Lower Haight. Zephyr is rennovating it's offices and expects to reopen on 24th St in 3-4 months. Hahn's Hibachi on Castro will soon become Bistro SF Grill which will serve lunch, dinner and lots, and lots of burgers. Noe Valleyeon Ben Fong-Torres (a founding father of Rolling Stone) launched a radio show in late 2015.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

NVV March 2016: 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.

March 2016

Front Page: Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche that she drove while living in Noe Valley sold for $1.76 million in December; A profile of Todd David, president of the Friends of Noe Valley and political director of Scott Wiener's Senate campaign; The proposed Town Square animal sculptures are criticized for being unsafe to climb and for looking like "lumps;" Word Week is back March 20-26.

Letters: A plea for Noe Valleyeons to consider the Affordable Housing Density Bonus Program; A long rambling letter from someone who misses Real Foods and hates what's happening on 24th St; No love for Whole Foods' loud holiday trucks and parking grab; A complaint about Haystack Pizza adding $2.25 to the bill for whole wheat crust; An appreciation for Wilkes Bashford (RIP).

Features: Alex Louh of the old St. Paul's Market died of cancer in January. RIP Father Tom Seagrave a former Noe Valley priest at St. Paul's parish. In memory of writer and teacher Jane Underwood.

Cost of Living in Noe: The most expensive home sold for $4.5 million on Cesar Chavez at Noe. Rents are cooling off slightly (but not much).

Short Takes: The Peaks, Valley Tavern and The Dubliner will all be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in style on March 17; The Noe Valley Easter Egg Hunt is back, on Saturday March 26 (10 to noon) at Douglass Park thanks to sponsorship from the Droubi and Roddick families.

Store Trek: Lazeez Mediterranean Grill, 3915 24th St. (reviews here)

Rumors and Tidbits: A For Lease sign has appeared in the window of 1298 Church St. - the completed but unused restaurant is seeking a new tenant; Mylene's beauty Shop has transformed into Moe's Barber and Beauty Parlor on 24th St.; chef Paul Svensson was at the Noe Valley Farmer's Market with a film crew for a possible documentary about food (maybe); The bathrooms are now open at Noe Courts; BJ Droubi is retiring and moving to Sacramento - the real estate business is going to her daughter Lamisse; SFPD beat officer Lorraine Lombardo has retired; The restored Noe Valley firehouse at 3816 22nd St. is for rent on Airbnb for $1500 per night; Smash and grab car break-ins are on the rise (moral: don't leave anything in your car); Shoe Biz is no longer a small local shop; The Rabbit Hole Children's Theater is moving into the corner of Diamond and 24th (a former laundromat).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Daylight Savings, Pop-ups Popping Up and Rainy Day Politics

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

• Noe Valley’s Dorian Clair will reset San Francisco’s grandest clock for daylight savings time [SF Gate]
• A tribute to former NV resident and LGBT activist Charlotte Coleman [SF Bay Times]
• ICYMI: Art proposal for the Noe Valley Town Square [SFAC]
• Guggenheimish at the edge of Noe [kristynaarcher]
• Word Week, Noe Valley’s annual lit festival starts March 20 [Word Week]
• The stories behind SF neighborhood names [SF Gate]
• Spotted all around Noe Valley #IDKNotTrumpTho [merrij]
• The top 10 (!) brunches in Noe Valley [The Culture Trip]
• A massive price cut on a completely remodeled home for sale [SocketSite]
• Fair Oaks Halloween is a selling point for this new home? [7x7]
• Surprise! Study finds the Bay Area housing crisis is fueled by greed [SF Chronicle]
• Spin City Coffee hosts a cute pop-up dinner [spincitycoffee]
• A community pop-up at The Root on March 13 includes food, palm reading and shopping [millielottietotes]
• Hamlet adds Happy Hour weekdays from 4-5:30 [hamlet_sf]

[Photo: Rainy days via larsenpro]