On May 19, city officials were taken on a walk-through of the Alexandria Theater property by building managers. We did not receive specific details about what was seen during the inspection, but based on the flurry of improvements that took… Continue Reading
Other media outlets in the city have covered the Alexandria Theater blight recently. On Tuesday night, KTVU News aired a segment on the theater’s ongoing decay, showing reporter Katie Utehs easily walking through an unsecured alley door onto the property.… Continue Reading
A police officer talks to one of the campers in the Alexandria parking lot on Tuesday. Photo by David H. On Tuesday, police were called to the Alexandria Theater parking lot on 18th Avenue after campers were spotted. Police talked… Continue Reading
The smashed front door of the Alexandria Theater on Tuesday morning. Photo by David H. Cub reporter David H. noticed one of the front doors was bashed in on the Alexandria Theater on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the… Continue Reading
Inside the art studio of Jay Mercado at 10th & California. Photo by Jay Mercado Lots of links to catch up on – enjoy! – Sarah B. This Wednesday night is the general membership meeting for the Planning Association for… Continue Reading
Rendering of the new Safeway entrance at La Playa and Fulton In case you haven’t heard the news, grocery chain Safeway is in the process of selling itself to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm, for $9.4 billion. The… Continue Reading
Kumquat’s storefront After 16 years at 147 Clement, Kumquat Art is closing. Word on the street is that their lease is up and their new rent is higher than they would like. Window signs indicate they’ll be relocating but we… Continue Reading
215 6th Avenue, 1951. Courtesy of Western Neighborhoods Project The history-minded folks at the Western Neighborhoods Project recently acquired a photo collection from a local historian; he had saved them from being discarded in the early 1980s. The photos are… Continue Reading