Bay Area residents fighting a mysterious startup taking over their quiet street
sfgate.com
sfgate.com
The author brazenly quotes the word "create" in reference to jobs as if the entire operation somehow won't generate economic activity.
A quick look on Google maps at the former state of the building reveals not something cheery, as indicated by "covered in murals and cartoons", but instead blighted where artful murals are juxtaposed with random spray painting over windows and doors along with odd couches, tires and other trash strewn around the building.
The real litmus test is Zillow; surrounded by largely million dollar homes it becomes super apparent that NIMBY is indeed the right term for the author and those opposed to an all but abandoned building being used to create jobs.
The building is positioned between a standard street and significant thoroughfare, both of which have two full lanes, room for parking and painted center lines AND both of which have bike lanes or indicators. Adeline has substantial parking which presumably any business on that site would enjoy (although apparently those in the million dollar homes should be entitled to all of it?).
This piece is better for NextDoor (although unsurprisingly SFGate et al have become great mouth pieces to amplify NIMBYs like this).
In my personal exemple it takes 30 less driving around.
And I’m not even trying. I just go grocery shopping every other week.
Telling people who commute 45 miles to work (because they're priced out of any home or apartment closer to their job) that they should bicycle to work to help save the planet is futile.
Petitioning for an improvement in public transportation that could help take cars off of the road and increase availability of transportation for everyone is a step in the right direction.
LOL. It's like CloudKitchens is trying to be a parody of itself.
"Angela Gennino, the president of the Golden Gate Community Association, walked over from her home on 57th Street to ask questions. Like the rest of the community, she assumed they were simply cleaning out the space to sell it, so when the construction crew told her they were building a “cloud kitchen,” Gennino (who had never heard the term before) asked to have someone from the company call her immediately. "