Mission Mistaken filled us in a couple of days ago about the latest in Mission gentrification:
I would like to take this opportunity (opportunity in this case taking the tepid form of yet another genuflecting photo-fest to wheat paste) to pass along my experience last night at what might be charitably referred to as the topsy-turvy Alice in Wonderland opening party for the former Bryan Square, then former Coach House lofts and Bryant Commons… now Union, at Bryant and 20th Streets.
7×7 certainly did their homework [7x7, oddly, co-hosted the opening party - Kevin], if by homework one is referring to attracting the most vapid, frazzled and unfriendly looking group of Marina moms one could imagine. There were two DJ’s forlornly spinning to an empty room, servers trying to convince the uuber-skinny to try uuber-tiny snack foods, and some of the most ghastly staging imaginable.
So in order to get approval to build what are certainly better-than-average and more expensive than average condo’s in the hallowed ground that birthed the howling mobs of MAC, the builders agreed to a family friendly approach, meaning little in terms of smaller units for gay couples, singles and hipsters. Instead there are lots of bathrooms and lots of (tiny) bedrooms.
But the units are nice.
But the upper floor with view units were not open for inspection.
But I only live a few blocks away so I plan on inspecting those shortly.
I came away with this sense of dread, that this corner of the Mission is about to go from being genuinely hip, to “Marina chick notions of hip” in short order.
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I blush. And cower in fear of my own snarky comments.
I met the servers at the Jay n Bee who had retired from an evening of slinging drinks and hors d’oeuvres and were taking it out on a few pitchers of beer. The event was for other real estate agents (which should explain the sour faces). I guess they divide up the units and divvy the sale of the units out to other realtors.
Call me a sell out but I’m hoping we get a cheap Thai or Indian restaurant in one of the commercial spaces. I can’t keep eating tacos like this. I’ll explode.
Media Gulch was kind of designed to be the Marina of the Mission anyway, don’t you think? Blowfish Sushi, Starbucks, etc. In some ways, it’s its own little mini-enclave.
As a long time resident of this neighborhood, this disgusts me. The neighborhood fought the good fight against the Bryant Square project, which displaced a community of artists in affordable spaces during the dot-com boom. The fight was lost due to some smooth lobbying for what was designated to be office space, and we wound up with an enormous hole in the ground for 6 or 7 years. Now this. There are so many units being added in this small neighborhood, many of them are not sold or rented yet, and the impact on traffic, parking, etc. is already huge.
It makes me so mad that these people had to get evicted for a proposed project that never happened, only to put in costly lofts. The minute the smell of money comes into a neighborhood it starts vomiting lofts, and they have really changed the neighborhood.
is mission mission trying to pretend they aren’t the leader of the gentrification brigade? i don’t understand, is this the new “i’m not a hipster”?
Of course “hipsters” are the shock troops of gentrification.
i blog about gentrification and other cultural stuff- stop by.
Uh, do you want us to just google “mr poopy pants?” Because I’m not gonna.
That is the funniest comment I’ve read in a while.
(referring to whir)
lol, but an AA on Valencia was the real enemy, right?