The McDonald’s at Third and Townsend, from within which Clint Eastwood uttered, “Go ahead, make my day,” has been shuttered and its grills and fryers are being loaded onto a truck as we type. The paperwork to secure a demolition permit has been filed. And the plans for an... Read More »

The lease for the McDonald’s at Third and Townsend, the building for which acted as the diner from which Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry character would order his daily coffee, and from inside which he uttered his infamous line, “Go ahead, make my day,” expires in January 2017. San Francisco’s... Read More »

With the lease for the SoMa McDonald’s at Third and Townsend expiring in January 2017, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is now slated to approve the plans for an eleven-story hotel to rise on the 701 3rd Street site early next month. As proposed by Stonebridge Companies, a Colorado-based hotel... Read More »

As a number of readers quickly noted, the McDonald’s building on the corner of Third and Townsend which is on the market and primed for development was once transformed into the “Acorn Cafe,” the cafe from which Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry character would order his daily coffee and from... Read More »