Hayes Valley is currently known for having tons of new and hip boutiques, restaurants, bars and has been recently one of San Francisco’s hotspots for art installations. Situated about three blocks away from Civic Center and about four blocks from Market, Hayes Valley offers a quiet escape for local San Franciscans who want to splurge on fine dining and clothing in contrast to other commercial parts of San Francisco filled with tourist. By no means is Hayes Valley’s commercial neighborhood only for locals, it attracts tons of tourist day by day, but in comparison to most of the other neighborhoods in the city, Hayes Valley is a modest destination t that has gone through a drastic change in the last two decades. Believe it or not, the neighborhood was once vacation destination for San Franciscans, since the neighborhood was just outside the city limits (Schwartz). Colonel Thomas Hayes, a county clerk in a time when James Van Ness was Mayor of San Francisco, came to acquire a land grant of 160 acres west of Van Ness Avenue, starting in Divisadero, and bordering, Haight, Market and Turk streets. (Schwartz). If this were acquired during modern times,where value of the neighborhood is currently, Hayes would have been filthy rich. During the old days, San Francisco wasn 't as commuter friendly as we see it today. Getting across town or even a couple miles out of the city was dreadful. Even now it still takes awhile to get to one end of San Francisco to another, I cant imagine
Its population increased by 48% within few years. The expansion of cities resulted in destroying unbuilt and farm lands to further the constructions. Landowners with land interfering with “planned residential communities” were forced to give up their lands and see them destroyed. As the author states, families such as Warnes were forced to see their family lands bought and built. Even though such intact lands are rare in the area and beneficial to the population as somewhere to connect with nature, entrepreneurs prefer the economical profit. The suburbs expand and with every new family moving in the area, more cars are purchased adding to the gridlock.
Introduction- The East Bay area is an economically diverse community with many satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects. Each city had its differences and distinctions in people, settings, and cleanliness. As the bus left the station and went around the corner I could tell that we were in a low poverty city. With loose trash and debris in front of houses and apartment buildings, the area looked torn down and not very visual pleasing. Already familiar with the city of Emeryville I knew to expect a more upscale location. With plenty of name brand stores, and new apartment complexes, it was obvious this city was clean and very different from the previous location. As the bus
Contextualizing history is heavily intertwined with the development and shaping of Los Angeles as a whole. Los Angeles has always been deemed to be one of the hardest cities to develop in being one of the greatest cities in the world. This comes as a result of all of the history behind the buildings in the city. In addition, many of the buildings in the great city (both historical structures and regular buildings) are being renovated and reshaped to keep up with modern trends. Throughout the course of the growth of the city of Los Angeles, the city has seen a lot of growth in terms of infrastructure and population. There has been a recent growth in the popularity and demand for mixed use development. Mixed use development is a very hot
The rhetorical significance of the documentary San Francisco 2.0. shows that the tech gold rush in San Francisco is bringing wealth to the city so it’s seen as a positive contribution, but at the cost of the city losing its soul. Many residents of diverse backgrounds that made the city’s culture are being evicted due to landlords’ greed to capitalize on the new tech bros that are flocking to the city to make money. Many business and artists are affected due to rent being tripled to accommodate the new residents. Technology brings progress, but it also increases class segregation because the wage gage increases. The rich are getting richer, while the poor stay the same. The city officials say the city of San Francisco benefit from the tech gold
The Arc of Larimer County promotes and protects the civil rights and overall wellbeing of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through individual and systems advocacy and education to foster lifelong inclusion in every aspect of community life.
Relocating to the Charleston, SC area? Have you considered Goose Creek? Goose Creek has a hometown feel and you 'll quickly get to know your neighbors whether you choose an area with waterfront access or one of the recently upgraded units near public services and in proximity to local parks and recreational venues. You 'll find a family-oriented community where 76% of the population is married and more than a third of the couples have children. The median-income is more than $48,000 and 29% of the residents have advanced educational degrees at the Bachelor 's level or above. It 's a thriving community in Berkeley County, where both the personal crime rate and the property crime rate are lower than South Carolina 's state level, 26% and
Hoosick Falls water was found to have elevated levels of acid in August 2014. The town previously had several factories, and they still have a few of them left. PFOA, the acid in the water, affects babies that are born from pregnant mothers that ingest it and causes liver tumor. PFOA is the toxic chemical used in cleaning products. The water crisis in Hoosick Falls affected many people and they didn’t do a good job trying to fix the problem.
MILLERSBURG — Sharing their blessings with others, while hoping to bless even more, Jim and Jean Hostetler are joining with the Friends and Neighbors of OneEighty to welcome the public “Home for the Holidays.”
The most exciting city in development during the nineteenth century and the opening of the twentieth, San Francisco overcame a variety of conflicts throughout the years of construction. This time period marked a transition stage in the development of San Francisco, evolving a important time of the “Frontier Town” to a “Civilized Metropolis,” where the rise of San Franciscan identity retained qualities from both sides of these areas. Chinatown, existed as a city within a new developed city, shared a bond of extremes with San Francisco. Tourists who were visiting San Francisco, Chinatown was a necessary place to stop by. The writings in brochures were published during this period-described Chinatown through a mix of multi-mixed Chinese and curiosity. In short, within the developing the city of San Francisco, an expedition into Chinatown remained a visual exploration of an increased and exciting environment.
It is sadly apparent to those that live around me – when they see and experience the horrible attitude of my sister, my mother pretending she is a sweet little angel, and attending the same high school with her all day – that she is not only extremely annoying, but also a wonderful opportunity for our community because of her rudeness and the possibility of her attitude rubbing off on others, which is exactly what needs to happen to better Brantley County.
The district, 198 acres of pure love, has expanded over the decades attracting people of all types to it’s classic San Franciscan style homes. Thrift shops, restaurants, food
The Broadway Housing: Intimate Enclave is a great example of architects such as Daly designing housing for the masses with great inspiration. It is amazing to see and read how affordable housing can be so aesthetically pleasing and well designed while still taking advantage of the funds and be economical. Indeed having had moved to Los Angeles recently, it is hard to believe or even notice that Santa Monica was once a small cheap town and that compared to previous realities, it is now a very expensive area to live and work and is recognized as an elite place to inhabit. Projects like such make it possible to people from all kinds of economic status to live and work in great spots of Los Angeles County, such as Santa Monica. In fact, Daly’s
Napa, California is considered largely artificial in the eyes of the people who live there. The city itself, not just the valley, is clearly separated by class. Downtown is littered with remodeled Victorian houses turned into Inns, non-native plants decorating lawns, cookie-cutter townhouses suffocating each other on one corner piece of land and constant construction of a new hotel on Main street. It is hard to imagine if this patchwork of history and commercialism can form a nurturing community. Often at the heart of debates in town hall is the increasing amount of luxury and boutique businesses that are being introduced which push out anything affordable for people living in Napa. People who live in Napa either work in well-paying jobs, are
Scott McKenzie once said that “For those who come to San Francisco… Summertime will be a love-in there…In the streets of San Francisco, gentle people with flowers in their hair” ( ). San Francisco has been often called a unique and beautiful city to travel to, with a richly diverse group of people. However, uniqueness and beauty alone do not tell us much of the importance of this city. To comprehend the true uniqueness and beauty of a place we must also understand those characteristics it shares with other places. We need to understand why San Francisco is unique and beautiful by analyzing its rich and complex history and its geographic advantages and disadvantages. This
Orange County is a wealthy county in the state of California. The protagonist of the bankruptcy was the long time Treasurer-Tax Collector Robert Citron, who was in charge of the investment pool that was worth $7.5 billion dollars. In the 20 years before 1994, Citron made impressive achievements upon the management of investment management. The overall return of the investment pool, and the treasury Commingled Pool of Orange County was much greater than the performance that represented the national average funds’ rate of return. Citron’s strong record of accomplishment was the reason why he could be re-elected for seven consecutive elections. Due to keeping great performance in almost 8 years, everybody had confidence in his investing strategies and even the department of supervision of municipal funds did not need him to report at the annual funds review meeting. Since then, nobody queried him and his funds management; Citron’s investing strategy became more risky.