Upper Haight

The ongoing fire is burning in the light well of the building, which contains seven apartments on three floors.

The new round of work, fixing a problem discovered during the last excavation of Haight Street, should take about three months to complete.

Some bright spots in this edition of Upper Haight business briefs: one expansion, one reopening, and more good news from the neighborhood.

Currently a safe sleeping site for the unhoused, the lot will eventually have over 100 housing units for low-income residents.

Fish plans to interview dozens of veterans of the '60s and '70s counterculture, creating an archive for future artists-in-residence.

One of the fallen trees crushed two cars at the DMV, trapping a passenger inside.

In this week's Upper Haight business brief, two longtime clothiers close permanently, and a new vintage store appears to have changed its plans about opening.

The Red Vic's front window is now hosting drag shows — and raising money to turn the space into housing for trans people of color.

Park Station is seeking the victim of a July assault at Waller and Belvedere to help build a case against the suspect, who police have identified.

The milliner's Haight Street store, one of several in San Francisco, is calling it quits.

Before the pandemic, the popular toy shop was considering a third location. Now, it's being forced to downsize to remain viable.

40 of the Haight's unhoused have found safe shelter at the Stanyan Street tent village. But there appears to be no plan for hundreds of others sleeping on the street.

"It’s happening," District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston wrote on Twitter.

Several tipsters have been curious about a slick of "green slime" that's been on the ground at Page and Shrader streets for months.

More than three dozen financial supporters of the popular sci-fi bookstore are asking owner Alan Beatts to step aside.

The Safe Sleeping Site at 730 Stanyan was the subject of both optimism and controversy when it opened six weeks ago. Hoodline followed up with residents and neighbors to see how it's going.

With the bike lane delayed, advocates say the Panhandle path is "crowded and unsafe," and makes social distancing impossible.

"It came to my awareness that it's a little bit like the Berlin Wall," said historian Nancy Gille of her work to preserve the iconic corner's sidewalk.

Already struggling with high commercial vacancy rates pre-pandemic, the Upper Haight is losing small businesses at an alarming clip.

Reduced area traffic gave crews the opportunity to accelerate work and push up the expected completion date on the long-running project.

Lyft, Bay Wheels' parent company, is currently running a neighborhood survey on where the three new bike docks should go.

The Haight's popular print shop and pinball arcade has filed for permits to open a spinoff cannabis dispensary.

Skates' storefront has quietly shuttered, and online customers say they've paid for orders that weren't fulfilled.

Officials say the cyclist was "doored" by a parked car, then struck by an oncoming vehicle.

The tent village will open to its first homeless clients today, and is expected to be full by the middle of next week.