As we first revealed earlier this year, the single-story House of Brakes building/garage on the southeast corner of 24th Street and South Van Ness, a rather nondescript concrete structure above which the iconic Carnaval (a.k.a. Golden Dreams of the Mission) mural was painted and subsequently restored on the building... Read More »

While the single-story House of Brakes building/garage on the southeast corner of 24th Street and South Van Ness is a rather nondescript concrete structure, “with no discernable style,” the iconic Carnaval (a.k.a. Golden Dreams of the Mission) mural was painted above and behind the building by Daniel Galvez, along... Read More »

As we first reported back in 2015: “Two years ago, a fire damaged the home which shares the lot with the former Iglesia del Pacto Evangelico church at 856 Capp Street, between 23rd and 24th in the Mission. And in a move which could spark a few new flames,... Read More »

Founded by Gabriel Maldonado in 1951, back when the Mission District was primarily an Irish and Italian working-class neighborhood, La Victoria Bakery was the first Latino-owned business on the 24th Street corridor. The panaderia moved across the street to its current location at 2937 24th Street, a corner building... Read More »

While approved for the development of 117 apartments last year, including 23 units which are to be provided at below market rates (BMRs), the 2675 Folsom Street project has been waylaid by appeals championed by Calle 24 Latino Cultural District and the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA). But with... Read More »

In the works since 2008 and previously aiming to break ground by the end of 2014, an all-new set of plans for a contemporary five-story building to rise on the southwest corner of 24th and Harrison Street, in the heart of San Francisco’s Latino Cultural District, have been drawn... Read More »

Established in 2014 in an attempt to stem the displacement of Latino oriented businesses and residents from the area, the new rules to govern the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District – which is centered around the 24th Street commercial corridor from Potrero Avenue to Bartlett Street, and bounded by 22nd Street and... Read More »

Plans for a wedge-shaped building to rise up to five stories in height on the Mission District parking lot at the corner of Capp and 24th Streets have been drawn. As designed by Weisbach Architecture Design, the 3236 24th Street project would include 21 studio apartments over 2,100 square... Read More »

The Roosevelt Tamale Parlor is for sale.  And this time we mean the actual restaurant/business, not simply the Mission District building out of which it operates. As we first reported last year, the Tamale Parlor building at 2817 24th Street recently traded hands, the two flats above the restaurant... Read More »

Listed for $3.2 million in July, reduced to $3.0 million in August, and then withdrawn from the MLS in September, the Roosevelt Tamale Parlor building at 2817 24th Street in the Mission has just been relisted anew for $2.9 million. The building quietly traded hands for $1.85 million in... Read More »