mid market

This is mostly just to show the kind of shit these guys have to go through sometimes, and I believe the pay is minimum wage too

This video is only part of it. Homeless guy has just attacked the garbage can the CBD guide was rolling down the alley as part of his job as cleanup. Homeless guy thought CBD guy stole something, which wasn't true since they came from opposite directions. Cop was already down the street. Homeless guy is pissed about losing something and steals CBD guides broom. CBD guy is like 'wtf'..Cop is like 'wtf' (seconds after this video, cop detained homeless guy for a few minutes, then let him go)

Yes, it's the San Francisco Central Market Community Benefit District guides. It's not just a job, it's an adventure!

The shooting happened at 7th and market and 4 people were taken to the hospital (so far)

update... five people shot. and it was gang related. This is also just three days after Little Joes restaurant moved to Mid Market (Livesoma). Also, the video that was embedded previously here has been removed due to legal threats from SF pride officials

There is a gunshot detector at the corner of 7th and Market

Nine assaults in one day for the first two blocks of 6th Street, and that is WITH the mobile command police unit parked on 6th. Someday we will get a hockey gear store here

Crime Date Address Link
A Other 06/24/11 01:48 PM XX 6TH ST Details
B Assault 06/24/11 09:22 AM XX 6TH ST Details
C Assault 06/24/11 11:18 PM XX 6TH ST Details
D Assault 06/24/11 04:42 PM XX 6TH ST Details
E Burglary 06/24/11 11:18 PM XX 6TH ST Details
F Other 06/24/11 12:45 PM MARKET ST/6TH ST Details
G Other 06/24/11 03:40 PM 10XX MARKET ST Details
H Other 06/24/11 08:32 AM 10XX MARKET ST Details
I Arrest 06/24/11 03:48 PM 10XX MISSION ST Details
J Assault 06/24/11 05:45 AM 1XX 6TH ST Details
K Arrest 06/24/11 12:08 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
L Other 06/24/11 07:54 AM 1XX 6TH ST Details
M Assault 06/24/11 02:13 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
N Other 06/24/11 06:06 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
O Assault 06/24/11 10:27 AM 1XX 6TH ST Details
P Assault 06/24/11 09:30 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
Q Other 06/24/11 06:13 AM 1XX 6TH ST Details
R Assault 06/24/11 01:14 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
S Other 06/24/11 08:20 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
T Other 06/24/11 10:08 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
U Assault 06/24/11 04:39 AM 6TH ST/MISSION ST Details

A slight disagreement on Stevenson alley, San Francisco, in the mid-Market neighborhood


Watch live video from 6th and Stevenson, San Francisco on Justin.tv

Got word that police brass were going around to all the merchants on 6th asking how to improve 6th Street

All the scrutiny recently seems to be working, so far. This is now going on almost a month with the police mobile command parked on 6th Street, off an on

Mobile police command one and three, plus foot patrols, at least 4 of them stationed on the first block of 6th street today, plus Jessie alley blocked off. Another shooting? Somebody got robbed again?. CW Nevius articles having an effect?

Nope........it's a private event at Mint Plaza tonight

this is one of the most extensive reports yet by the Central Market CBD. Hundreds of incidents recorded. Everything from illegal trash dumping, including by two SRO's near 6th and Minna, drugs, drunkenness, discarded needles, grafitti, crime incidents, including Passion Cafe, now described as a break in by five people who climbed in through the roof skylight to get the big screen TV and one of them came back to get rid of evidence and that's when owner Steve Barton was attacked. The Mobile Police Command unit is described as being on 6th Street because of the Pow Wow tourist convention (as opposed to any crimes that actually happened on 6th)

Anyway, congrats to the Central Market CBD on this May 2011 report. It's a long one and a big read and the original PDF is here and here. These community guides are out there all day long around the Mid Market area so they see quite a bit, and document it, with cameras

there are two reports. One for the Central market CBD and one for 6th Street. The both work for the CBD with the Central Market guides in brown shirts and the 6th street guides in blue shirts. They often cross paths and work together on the street

6th street report

may2011sixthstreetcommunityguidesreport



Central Market report

may2011cmcbdreport

Passion Cafe near 6th and Market is selling after all, despite denials from their own staff. The confusion was the result of being delisted at Urban Realty and the initial 'available' sign being taken down. Now there's a new sign and a new new website. Photo from SF Citizen and more history about this with links here



Across the street, also near 6th and Market, and hardly noticed, Anu Bar has closed and like Passion Cafe, is also for lease

However, at the corner of 6th and Market, the first large tech company, Zendesk is moving in. Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane describes 6th and Market as colorful

6th and market is indeed "colorful". Purple for drugs, red for assault, blue for robbery and weapons and theft, etc




Meanwhile and little known is the brand new trees planted by the Friends of the Urban Forest over the weekend on Stevenson between 6th and 7th



These trees help 'reduce stress' and could actually make crackheads and criminals more docile!

Al fresco dining with creamed pigeon at Fleur de Rooftop, South of Market in the central Market corridor, San Francisco

Are you new to the Twitterloin?. Feeling bewildered? Here's a handy guide to living with your new neighbors.

update. On the same day this was posted, June 5th, 2011 another Central Market resident caught a spark plug crackhead thief on video in the middle of the night up near Gough and Market which is 3 blocks to the west on Market near where Twitter is going. The story below takes place at UN Plaza which is 3 blocks to the east on Market, so Twitter is now surrounded by crackheads. Original video from Photorikki here. There's also new comments here from people who have had the exact same thing happen to them

from Photorikki
I'm trying to close a hole in a fence which leads directly to "Crack Alley" outside the Civic Center Hotel.
The fence hole is used by drug dealers, drug users, car thieves,robbers, etc.
Very unsavory activity takes place 24 hours a day but the police aren't interested in closing the hole.

From 2004 Craigslist

Yes, you. You sick fucker. On Wednesday morning I emerged from my girlfriend's building by U.N. Plaza to find that you had sawed the tops off both the sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no idea why anyone would do that. Other than the sparkplugs, the bike was untouched. Some kind of bizarre vandalism? A fraternity prank gone awry? I had no idea. All I knew is that I looked like a huge douchebag riding the Muni to work in a padded motorcycle jacket and helmet.

Because the bike was immobilized I got a $35 street sweeping ticket that night. Thursday I had it towed to the shop ($45) where they replaced the sparkplugs and the boots ($50 including labor). They explained to me that "people" - I use the term loosely here - like you break off the tops of spark plugs and use the porcelain tubes to smoke crack. As an engineer and former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again.

Crackhead, it was really good to have my bike back though. I rode home from the shop with a couple of spare sparkplugs and a smile on my face. I figured the next time I parked at my girlfriend's place overnight I would have to buy some crackpipes and tape them to my bike as a peace offering. Overall, I wasn't that upset. Despite having to ride the bus for three days and dropping a hundred bones at the shop, I had gained some fascinating knowledge, a new set of sparkplugs, and a pretty funny anecdote about how fucked up you are, and how our paths once crossed briefly in the night.

But you couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie, could you Crackhead. You couldn't just stay in on Friday, watch Letterman through the window of a home electronics store and then call it a night. You couldn't rest on your laurels. Two porcelain sparkplug crackpipes just wasn't enough for you, was it Crackhead? You just had to come back for more.

This morning, a scant fifteen hours after I rode it out of the shop, I found my motorcycle violated once again. This time you only took the right one - maybe you were having an off night. At least this time I had a spare sparkplug and the tools to fix it - or so I thought - having ordered a 73-piece toolset from SEARS.com last week. But no, the sparkplug socket in my new toolset was for American sparkplugs. So I had to go down to the neighborhood Ace hardware. They had an 18mm socket that would fit over my sparkplug, but it was for a 1/2" drive ratchet. My toolkit only has 1/4" and 3/8" ratchets. So I had to buy a 1/2" ratchet along with the socket. Even though the clerk took pity on me and gave me the senior citizen discount (I'm 25) it still cost me $22 all told. Now, you might say that I should have just gotten a 3/8"-to-1/2" drive adaptor instead of springing for the whole ratchet. And to that I say "Shut the hell up, Crackhead, I'm not finished. And besides, I was eventually going to buy a 1/2" ratchet anyway so it's probably not worth it to take it back now."

OK, now I'm rambling. But the point is, Crackhead, that you have done me wrong. Now, I get that you love crack. That is totally understandable. I've heard it is really fun, at first, and quite addictive. What I don't understand is,

YOU ARE A CRACKHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CRACKPIPE?

I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums in the Loin for a calculator and sliderule? No, you don't. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing you do is crack. How do you get by without a crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you non-stop. I mean, the fucking saw you used to saw off my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really haven't put much thought into this, have you?

Please, Crackhead, please don't tell me you sold your crackpipe to buy crack. Even a stupid crackhead such as yourself couldn't possibly be that stupid.

I've decided that taping crackpipes to my motorcycle would be tantamount to appeasement. You have crossed a line, Crackhead - specifically California Street. You have come onto my own street and you have desecrated that which I hold dear. You have stolen from me, and you have caused me to spend the last half hour writing this post instead of engineering shit, and it is concievable, if not likely, that my boss could find out about this and fire me. I am hella pissed at you dude.

Here are my options as I see them:

1. Write a note saying that I have coated both of my sparkplugs in rat poison and tape it to my bike at night. You can thank Tim for that one, it was his idea.

2. Don't write a note, but just coat both sparkplugs in rat poison. This is probably closer to a punishment that would fit your despicable crime. I'm sure this is super illegal and shit, but it's not like anyone is going to miss you, Crackhead. Don't fool yourself.

3. Wait in an alley near my bike armed with my new stainless steel mirror-finish Ace Professional brand 1/2" drive socket wrench, my 18mm sparkplug socket, and my searing rage. It's pretty heavy and well balanced. I am not a large man, but I am angry.

In conclusion, Crackhead, why don't you just do both of us a favor and buy yourself a crackpipe? It will both enhance your crack smoking experience and save me a lot of time and felony assault charges. Think about it.

Sincerely,
Matt

*** If you are not the Crackhead that took my sparkplugs, please disregard this posting ***

Jonesin all day on Stevenson in mid Market. lookin in every single crack in the sidewalk for that little white rock

We live with crackheads in Mid Market, San Francisco, so you don't have to! We know you pay good money, Nob Hill and Marina, to keep this shit contained down here. We understand, and that's what we're here for

catering tables would help greatly though

The for sale sign is expected to be taken down shortly and the employees of Passion Cafe would like everyone to know they are staying open. It could be due to the huge support from the community, after some recent incidents and not sure yet about exactly why this change of plans, but Passion Cafe is definitely staying open

http://passioncafesf.wordpress.com/

In other words, it appears Steve Barton has decided to stick it out!

we're # 1, we're # 1, gooooo, 6th Street

Crime in San Francisco peaks at midnight, whereas the safest time is 5 a.m. Assault and theft are the most common crimes in the city. South of Market, the Tenderloin, the Mission and Civic Center are the most dangerous neighborhoods.

And the city's most crime-ridden intersection? No surprise here. It's Sixth and Mission.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=90159#ixzz1O8YYiua6

We'd like to thank the Department of Human Services, Trent Rohr, Randy Shaw, The Patel SRO landlord mafia, The Mayors Office, and the Board of Supervisors for a long term concerted effort to make 6th Street # 1!

last two days from Spotcrime
Crime Date Address Link
A Assault 05/30/11 09:19 AM XX 6TH ST Details
B Other 05/30/11 06:08 AM XX 6TH ST Details
C Theft 06/01/11 08:50 PM XX 6TH ST Details
D Assault 05/30/11 12:39 PM XX 6TH ST Details
E Arrest 06/01/11 10:36 AM XX 6TH ST Details
F Other 05/30/11 07:57 AM XX 6TH ST Details
G Assault 06/01/11 04:25 AM 10XX MARKET ST Details
H Arrest 05/31/11 05:52 PM 2ND ST/JESSIE ST Details
I Other 05/31/11 12:35 PM 10XX MISSION ST Details
J Other 05/31/11 08:25 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
K Arrest 05/30/11 12:47 PM 1XX 6TH ST Details
L Arrest 05/31/11 08:54 AM TURK ST/TAYLOR ST Details
M Arrest 05/30/11 11:58 AM TURK ST/TAYLOR ST Details
N Other 05/31/11 12:25 AM XX TURK ST Details
O Other 05/30/11 09:12 PM XX TURK ST Details
P Assault 05/31/11 07:41 PM XX TURK ST Details
Q Other 05/30/11 08:03 PM XX TURK ST Details
R Assault 06/01/11 05:50 PM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
S Other 05/31/11 03:51 AM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
T Robbery 05/30/11 01:12 PM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
U Robbery 05/31/11 09:48 AM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
V Other 05/30/11 05:34 PM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
W Robbery 05/30/11 07:40 AM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
X Theft 05/31/11 11:03 AM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
Y Robbery 05/30/11 06:04 AM 1XX TAYLOR ST Details
Z Assault 05/30/11 12:11 AM 1XX TURK ST Details
Other 05/30/11 04:34 PM 1XX TURK ST Details
Robbery 05/30/11 04:00 PM 1XX TURK ST Details
Other 05/31/11 12:07 AM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Assault 05/31/11 11:58 PM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Other 06/01/11 12:57 AM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Assault 05/31/11 09:43 AM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Theft 05/31/11 08:06 AM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Assault 06/01/11 06:15 PM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Other 06/01/11 12:58 AM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Other 05/31/11 02:16 PM 5XX MINNA ST Details
Other 05/31/11 06:34 PM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Assault 06/01/11 03:00 PM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Other 05/31/11 09:29 PM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Arrest 05/31/11 01:23 PM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Assault 06/01/11 09:29 AM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Assault 06/01/11 10:55 AM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Other 05/31/11 09:45 AM 11XX MARKET ST Details
Other 05/30/11 10:16 AM 6TH ST/MINNA ST Details
Arrest 05/31/11 09:01 AM 6TH ST/MINNA ST Details
Other 06/01/11 01:10 PM XX JONES ST Details
Other 06/01/11 11:11 PM 5XX NATOMA ST Details
Other 06/01/11 10:56 PM 5XX NATOMA ST Details
Other 06/01/11 09:28 PM RUSS ST/NATOMA ST Details
Arrest 06/01/11 07:31 PM 6TH ST/NATOMA ST Details

Please avoid the area around 7th & Mission Street due to police activity. Thank you, Alert SF....update, a suspicious package was found in the mailroom of the federal courthouse

Stevenson alley is closed between 6th and 7th right now

update - 4:30pm and all clear story on SF Appeal





that is not a food truck! They do not have waffles or burritos!