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THE NOE VALLEY VOICE Petit Cine Now Sale News Showing on Sparks Hope for Cesar Chavez Real Food Site Sidewalk Cinema Invites a Steve Young’s Company Offers Closer Look To Buy Nutraceutical By Matthew S. Bajko By Corrie M. Anders elcome to Petit Cine, a sidewalk he saga of the empty Real Food Com- Wcinema that offers Lilliputian- Tpany, a forlorn presence on 24th Street sized visual delights to passersby. for nearly 14 years, finally may be com- Ensconced behind a small, glass win- ing to an end. dow recessed into the foundation of a A Palo Alto firm backed by former San home on the 3800 block of Cesar Chavez Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young Street, this minuscule movie house sports has reached “a definitive agreement” to red velvet curtains around a small video buy Nutraceutical Corporation, the com- screen. A film only minutes long plays on pany that owns the vacant building at a continuous loop, with the offerings up- Backstage Peek. Scott Kravitz reveals the inner workings of his latest project, which puts a 3935-39 24th St. dated each week. big emphasis on the small and silent. Photo by Beverly Tharp HGGC, a private equity firm, an- The selection running one week in late nounced May 22 a planned $446 million May was titled Family Portrait. The new detail that had previously flashed by Street. At the urging of his neighbors, purchase of Nutraceutical, an interna- three-minute film depicted a family—the unnoticed. Kravitz approached the paper this spring tional maker and retailer of nutritional parents seated on a couch, their three chil- The short film was the work of home- about writing a story about what he supplements. The deal should close es- dren standing behind them—being ma- owner Scott Kravitz, who shot it years termed his “sort of attraction” in an email. crow by fall, assuming no other interests nipulated in dress and posed by a mystery ago on 16mm film with the assistance of “I don't know if this is the kind of cu- come forward with better proposals. maestro decked out in all-black clothing his brother, the masked person seen stag- riosity that is of interest to you, but I’d be In 2007, Young and CEO Rich Lawson and wearing yellow gloves. As the ing the actors. Petit Cine, which debuted happy to talk to you about it and give you co-founded HGGC in order to invest in strange figure does his work, the children a year ago, is also his brainchild. a ‘behind the scenes’ look,” he offered. one by one gradually move out of frame To maintain an air of mystery about Kravitz installed his jury-rigged cin- CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 and then a small, white-haired dog ap- Petit Cine, whose existence is meant to ema, created out of an old iPhone plugged pears in the lap of the mother. be a pleasant surprise to unsuspecting into the ceiling of his garage via electrical It was avant-garde and amusing at passersby, the Voice is electing not to dis- the same time. Each viewing revealed a close its exact location on Cesar Chavez CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Farmers’ Market Families Bring the Goods The Stories Behind These the 24th Street market, now in its 14th peppers. Bright red pomegranate and Delectable Enterprises year, and he’s beaming over his healthy multi-colored corn are coming on this summer crop of Twin Girls Farms’ stone summer, as are deep purple eggplant and By Tim Simmers fruit and citrus from the Central Valley. fragrant fresh melons. The season’s rains soaked the soil of “We bring only the best stuff we grow,” he sweet aroma of ripe peaches and farms in the region, and the eye-popping said the friendly Egoian, who has made Tplums wafts through the air as Jimmy bounty of colorful fruits and vegetables at the three-hour trip from the Reedley area Egoian carefully slices tasting samples the market is more pronounced each week. for years to get to the local market. for people at the Noe Valley Farmers A huge variety of tomatoes, from heir- Like many farmers selling their wares Market. looms to early girls, is ripening, as well Egoian’s working another Saturday at as brilliant red, orange, and yellow bell CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 Photo by Jack Tipple Noe Valley Voice Flees the Scene What Would We Do Without Our Summer Vacation?

By Sally Smith and Jack Tipple, Eds.

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icy work,” said Sheehy, who is a member dressing youth homelessness and is now District 8 of the board overseeing California’s pushing to see the city open a navigation Supervisor Race stem-cell research institute. center dedicated to homeless youth. “It is a real problem and getting East Bay and Personal Experience Kicks Into Gear worse,” said Sheehy, promising that he Mandelman is an urban development “can move the needle for these kids.” Sheehy and Mandelman Main attorney who currently works in Oakland He is also a proponent of housing that Rivals So Far as a deputy city attorney. Throughout his is affordable for people making moderate By Matthew S. Bajko legal career, he has helped cities across incomes, such as teachers, firefighters, the East Bay build housing, he noted. and police officers. ext year, the even-numbered super- “No one on the Board of Supervisors “We have to build housing for all lev- Nvisor seats will be up for grabs on the has my background in building housing els,” Sheehy said at his fundraiser, later November ballot, and the races in Dis- and working to revitalize neighbor- adding, “We are not going to be able to tricts 2, 6, and 10 are sure to be compet- hoods,” said Mandelman. “I want to bring keep teachers if we don’t build housing.” itive, as all three of the incumbents are that practical, real world experience to the Education is also a part of Mandel- term-limited from running again. The board, cut through the ideology and pes- man’s platform. As a member of the col- city’s moderates will be fighting to pro- simism, and get affordable housing built lege board, he fought to make City Col- tect their six-member majority on the 11- here in San Francisco.” lege free for San Francisco residents to person Board of Supervisors. Mandelman has made solving the attend, a policy that will go into effect this Key to doing so will be the contest for city’s homelessness issue and creating fall. the board’s District 8 seat, which covers more affordable housing key aims of his He is now calling on San Francisco to Noe Valley, the Castro, Diamond Heights, To keep his seat beyond 2018, District 8 campaign, saying the city can build more offer universal preschool. And if he’s and Glen Park. Supervisor Jeff Sheehy is Supervisor Jeff Sheehy must run in two housing without sacrificing the character elected supervisor, he has pledged to ad- running to maintain the seat he was ap- elections, the June 5 primary and the Nov. of its neighborhoods. dress the city’s teacher housing shortage pointed to by Mayor Ed Lee in January. 6 general election. Photo by Rick Gerharter The issue hits close to home for Man- and to solve the local school district’s The vacancy was due to the election of delman. When he was 11 years old, his hated lottery system that determines former District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener Jesmonth, who has lived in Noe Valley mother, struggling with mental illness, which schools students will attend. to the state Senate. for two years. In June, she succeeded ended up homeless. Mandelman had to “Often we hear from supervisors that Because of an electoral quirk, voters in Mandelman as board chair of the LGBT fend for himself, and in high school, lived schools aren’t their problem. They’ll tell the heart of the city will twice cast ballots Community Center, which reopened this with Bernard Burke and his wife, you to call the Board of Education if you next year to decide who they want repre- spring after a $10.3 million renovation. Eleanor, in the city’s Richmond District. have any concerns about local schools,” senting them at City Hall. Sheehy, who is “I have served with him on the board “I’ve experienced firsthand how peo- said Mandelman. “I’ll tell you this: chil- aligned with the moderate majority, must for the past year and been really im- ple can fall into homelessness and what dren and their families are every elected first run in next June’s primary to remain pressed with his leadership and ability to it takes to get them off the streets,” said official’s responsibility, from dog-catcher on the board through 2018. He then must manage complex issues,” said Jesmonth. Mandelman, who as an adult secured to the president of the United States.” Ⅲ run again in November for a full term. guardianship over his mother in order to A Parent for Public Schools In both elections, he will be running get her the care she needed. “We just can’t against progressive Rafael Mandelman, The night after Mandelman’s event, continue to spend this much money and Both Favor Housing at 43, a gay man who led City College of Sheehy attended a fundraiser for his cam- have so little to show for it. But that San Francisco through its accreditation paign at the home of Todd David, the cur- means bold new leadership in City Hall Real Food Space crisis as president of the community col- rent Noe Valley Democratic Club presi- that will demand better results—I’m n terms of what to do with the vacant lege’s board. A land-use attorney, Man- dent. David, who helped elect Wiener to ready to do that work.” IReal Food Company site, both Jeff delman grew up in San Francisco and has the state Senate in November, has known He also distanced himself from poli- Sheehy and Rafael Mandelman told the lived in District 8 the past 18 years. Sheehy for a decade. They co-founded a cies championed in the past several years Voice they would like to see the property Sheehy told the Voice he plans to hold political group for parents with children by progressives, such as the moratorium redeveloped with housing over retail a campaign kickoff event at some point, in the city’s public schools. on building new housing in the Mission space. but for now he is focused on being a su- “He is one of the most committed and District that former District 9 Supervisor Nutraceutical, which had shuttered the pervisor. Over the last few months, he has hardworking people I know,” said David, David Campos had proposed but was re- former grocery store due to a unionization been attending campaign fundraisers as executive director of the San Francisco jected by voters. effort by the staff 14 years ago, an- he sought to amass a sizeable war chest Housing Action Coalition. “He is focused “Bans, moratoriums, and boycotts are nounced in May the corporation was by the June 30 filing deadline in order to on issues I care about, like public educa- easy to come up with, and both sides of being sold to a private-equity firm co- qualify for $100,000 in public campaign tion, recreation and parks, and housing.” founded by former 49er quarterback financing. Another backer of Sheehy’s among the Steve Young. (See story, page 1.) “I am focused on my job right now. I 40 people in attendance was Debra Nie- “The sale creates opportunities,” said campaign, but it really has to be second- mann, the executive director of the Noe Mandelman in a brief interview prior to ary,” said Sheehy, 60, a gay married fa- Valley Association. the start of his campaign kickoff. ther who is the first HIV-positive person “What I like about him is he has a part- Building a mixed-use development to serve on the board. ner and a child, so families matter to there, “conceptually I like that,” added Mandelman officially kicked off his him,” she told the Voice at the fundraiser. Mandelman, “but the devil is in the de- campaign June 14 outside the entrance to “He has been very helpful in getting the tails. I want to make sure it fits into the James Lick Middle School on Noe Street, Town Square launched.” neighborhood.” where he once taught summer school. Sheehy told the Voice in a brief inter- ‘Why Is He Running?’ “It will not be easy, nothing ever is,” view at his campaign house party that he Mandelman said of his seeking the super- Sheehy and his husband, Bill Berry, believes “affordable housing there would visor seat. “I offer our neighbors a vision have a 12-year-old daughter, Michelle be good. It just depends on what people they can believe in. When we win, I will Berry, who attends public school in the Rafael Mandelman kicked off his campaign want to do.” bring that vision of yes to City Hall.” city. The couple have lived together in the for District 8 supervisor June 14 on the He noted that his office had been work- In a not-so-subtle dig at Sheehy having district for 18 years, first in Noe Valley steps of James Lick Middle School, where ing on the issue since his appointment in been named to the seat by the mayor, and now in Glen Park, where they bought he once taught. Photo by Rick Gerharter January and was “optimistic we can get Mandelman said the district needed a su- a home in 2004. something to happen.” pervisor who was not beholden to special Describing himself as a political “inde- the aisle are guilty of doing it. But when Asked about the long-vacant building interests. pendent” on the board, Sheehy ques- you go to these ‘politicians of no’ with a by a constituent during the fundraiser, “We need an independent voice in City tioned the rationale behind Mandelman’s vision or a plan, too often you hear ex- Sheehy reiterated he was “very opti- Hall who will go beyond the rhetoric and decision to run against him. He noted that cuses like: ‘it’s complicated’ or ‘that’s not mistic” about seeing progress at the site. won’t be afraid to hold our elected offi- having two gay men run for the same the way things are done’ – they like the But when asked if the city had looked at cials accountable,” he said. board seat does nothing to increase LGBT status quo because, frankly, it’s easier,” using eminent domain to acquire the representation on the board, on which said Mandelman as Campos was standing property, Sheehy raised his hands in the Leadership Qualities Sheehy is now the only LGBT member. behind him on the front steps of James air and declined to directly answer the More than 300 people turned out for “Why is he running?” asked Sheehy of Lick School. question. the start of Mandelman’s second bid for his opponent, answering the question “Now I’m not saying these politicians “It is not appropriate for me to talk the seat. (He ran unsuccessfully against with partly because of “ambition” and are bad people,” Mandelman said. “Cre- about it,” said Sheehy. “All I know is we Wiener for the job in 2010.) Among Man- claiming that “Rafael has never done any- ating change, especially around big en- have a change in ownership. We were do- delman’s backers on hand was Dee An- thing for the community.” trenched issues, takes a lot of hard work. ing other stuff that was moving along.” drews, a former president of the Noe Val- Sheehy noted how he co-led the fight It takes leadership and a supervisor who’s Should he be elected supervisor, Man- ley Democratic Club. to secure domestic partner benefits for willing to stand up for his constituents.” delman pledged to use the bully pulpit of “I have known Rafael for many years. same-sex couples in the 1990s and the office to pressure landlords to rent out Housing, Schools Top Their Lists He is an incredibly stable person with un- launched a national boycott against their vacant retail spaces, which is an is- wavering support for social justice issues, United Airlines when it sued the city over Since becoming the district supervisor, sue district-wide. especially public education,” said An- its policy. He also pointed to his time Sheehy has sought to be a vocal advocate “I think it takes persistent, diligent ha- drews, a Noe Valley resident since 1988 serving former Mayor Gavin Newsom as for parents with children in the city’s pub- rassment of folks who are not renting out who is a professor of American history at his unpaid HIV policy adviser and as a co- lic schools and for homeless youth, espe- their spaces,” he said. “As supervisor, I Cal State East Bay. “He is very pulled to- founder of the city’s Getting to Zero ini- cially those who are LGBT and account will be working with the property own- gether, efficient, and very smart.” tiative, aimed at reducing new HIV trans- for a majority of those living on the city’s ers, cajoling them, threatening them, do- Also supporting Mandelman in the missions by 90 percent by 2020. streets. He recently secured $1.5 million ing whatever it takes.” race is Google program manager Sally “Rafael goes to a lot of parties; I do pol- in the mayor’s proposed budget for ad- —Matthew S. Bajko 8 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

We have met twice with the developer per chased by garden guests. This year, a dona- planning department guidelines, but he has tion will be made to the Noe Valley Town refused to make any modifications to his ex- Square for additional greenery and move- LETTERS isting plans to stop the eviction of Michael able planters. and Connie, limit the shadowing and block- The Friends of Noe Valley would like to Grateful for Trees ing of direct light, or preserve the trees on thank all of the homeowners who graciously Editor: the property, which provide habitat for our opened their gardens to guests this I wanted to extend a public thank you to neighborhood birds and squirrels. year. Well done! all of the hardworking folks at Friends of the Neighbors, we have to take a stand to stop We want to thank the merchants who, Urban Forest (FUF), who over the course of evictions of our longtime senior renters. We year after year, volunteer to sell tickets to the last few months worked with multiple have to stand against the destruction of our the Garden Tour. Bravo! Cliché Noe Gifts + Noe Valley residents (including myself) to midblock greenbelt open spaces. What can Home, Folio Books, Olive This Olive That, coordinate, design, and install multiple new you do? Sign our petition of support to the Omnivore Books, and Just for Fun. sidewalk gardens at a few different neigh- Planning Commission and Rent Board at We would also like to thank the many vol- borhood locations, with the largest new gar- Chuck’s Grocery at 28th and Church, whom unteers who manned the tables and wel- den at the corner of 25th and Sanchez. we thank for his support. Call or email Su- comed visitors to the gardens. Take a bow! For folks who don’t know, FUF is a re- pervisor Sheehy ([email protected]) to And finally, we absolutely could not have markable nonprofit organization that lever- ask that he seek a compromise with the de- done it without the generous support of ages volunteer support, grant money from veloper that will stop the Juarez family these big-hearted Noe Valley friends and organizations like the San Francisco Public eviction and protect our mid-block green- businesses: The Swann Group (Lead Spon- A crop of sidewalk gardens has sprouted at belts. sor 2017), BJ Droubi Team, Cliché Noe, Utilities Commission, and the efforts of the corner of 25th and Sanchez, thanks to the Tom Ruiz, Jan Goben, Michael and Dennis Otto at Compass, Dirty Hoe Land- dedicated employees to plant trees and in- efforts of many neighbors and Friends of the Connie Juarez, Ken and Kathy Hoegger, scaping, Flora Grubb, McGuire Real Estate, stall sidewalk gardens all over San Fran- Urban Forest. Photo courtesy Rob Garnett cisco with the aim of beautifying neighbor- Paul Bernier, Dennis Kujawa Noe Valley Merchants & Professionals As- hoods and making them stronger and sociation, Regent Thai, Sloat Garden Cen- healthier from an ecological standpoint. atmosphere of peace and love for everyone. Plus Belle Tour de Fleur ters, Stephanie Johnson at Pacific Union, It was a pleasure dealing with FUF in the Noe Valley needs harmony, and the con- Editor: Umpqua Bank, Urban Farmer Store, Valley creation of the new gardens. And through cert creates and promotes it. We need more The weather was spectacular and the gar- Tavern, and Zephyr Real Estate. their volunteer process that encourages pedestrian traffic in the area to support the dens were lush on Saturday, June 3, for the So when you are out and about in the neighbor participation, it was a pleasure to hardworking merchants who give their best 12th annual Noe Valley Garden Tour. More neighborhood, please stop by and thank get to know more of our neighbors as we efforts and time to serve the local people. than 200 people visited the nine beautiful these folks for helping to keep Noe Valley worked side by side to build the gardens. We need to support them and help them. neighborhood gardens. great. And green! I hope more folks in Noe Valley reach out Although most of us think we created While viewing the gardens, many visitors P.S. If you know of a garden that you to FUF to support their efforts and to plant Noe Valley, all newcomers discover the were inspired to create their own eye-catch- would like to nominate for the 2018 Garden more trees and build more sidewalk gardens most mellow place where people feel part ing landscapes. To help them in this en- Tour, or if you would like to get involved in in our beautiful neighborhood! of a wonderful place to live and raise their deavor, raffle tickets for a garden makeover, the planning of the 2018 Garden Tour, or if Rob Garnett children. I must tell you that I also fell in donated by Noe Valley neighbor Stephanie you have some good ideas for the 2018 Gar- Sanchez Street love with the place, and we owe our ances- Johnson of Pacific Union Real Estate, and den Tour, do not hesitate. Send an email to: tors for creating such a paradise on earth. several gift certificates donated by Flora [email protected] right away! A Paradise on Earth Best wishes. Grubb Gardens were enthusiastically pur- Peggy Cling for Friends of Noe Valley Editor’s Note: This letter was addressed to Max M. Selva the Noe Valley Voice and to Leslie Craw- Windsor, California ford, event coordinator of the new Noe Val- ley Town Square, on 24th Street at Vicksburg. Stop Evictions of Senior Renters Editor: Editor: What a wonderful idea you had to have a Thanks for your recent story that touched great concert in the park in May with a per- on the issue of seniors being forced out of son that sings the old and all-time music. His Noe Valley by developments that are out of music brings the best people and creates an character with the community (“End of the Line for House and Tenant on 26th Street,” April 2017). Our neighbors of over 28 years, Michael and Connie Juarez of 79 28th St., are being THE NOE VALLEY VOICE displaced by a developer who has utilized P.O. Box 460249 the Ellis Act to evict them after they refused San Francisco, CA 94146 www.noevalleyvoice.com his owner move-in offer. The developer has claimed he wants to he Noe Valley Voice is an independent news - Tpaper published monthly except in January build a new home for himself but has bought and August. It is distributed free in Noe Valley the property through a commercial LLC, and vicinity during the first week of the month. Subscriptions are available at $40 per year ($35 which means it could be turned over and for seniors) by writing to the above address. sold again. Even though his plans call for The Voice welcomes your letters, photos, and the construction of a ground-floor rental stories, particularly on topics relating to Noe Valley. All items should include your name, ad- unit, he has refused to offer the Juarez fam- dress, and phone number, and may be edited for ily the right of first refusal to live in the brevity or clarity. (Unsigned letters will not be rental unit at a mutually agreeable rent that Condolences for “Big Mike” Lefiti: At the end of June, a memorial at the Dia- considered for publication.) Unsolicited contri- mond Heights Shopping Center was still growing for Michael Lefiti, the neighbor- butions will be returned only if accompanied by we proposed be set by the San Francisco a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Rent Board. The residence currently has two hood’s UPS driver, who was killed in a workplace shooting in Potrero Hill on June 14 The Noe Valley Voice is a member of the San units of affordable housing which will be along with three other UPS employees, including the gunman. Residents of Diamond Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association. permanently lost by this new construction. Heights and Upper Noe Valley brought flowers, candles, and notes to remember the Email: [email protected] The developer also claims his building is 46-year-old father of five. Many saw Lefiti, also known as “Mikey,” as more than a Website: www.noevalleyvoice.com Distribution: Call Jack, 415-385-4569 a remodel not subject to the city’s demoli- delivery person—he was a unique individual with a larger-than-life personality who Display Advertising: Call Pat, 415-608-7634, tion and new construction requirements. In brightened their days with his warm smile and friendly greetings. Noe Valley resident or email [email protected] fact, only two parts of two outside walls re- Jes Lam wrote, “He was a father of beautiful children and one of the sweetest men I Class Ads: See Page 22 main in the plans with an entirely new struc- knew.” A GoFundMe account has been set up by Lefiti’s wife, Danielle Lefiti, of Display Advertising Deadline for the Hercules, Calif.: https://www.gofundme.com/in-honor-of-mike-lefiti-big-mike. By September Issue: Aug. 20, 2017 ture going up and back into the rear yard de- Editorial/Class Ad Deadline: Aug. 15, 2017 stroying a significant part of the mid-block June 28, contributions had reached $51,600. Funds for the families of the two other CO-PUBLISHERS/EDITORS greenbelt with the removal of seven mature employees who died—Wayne Chan, 56, and Benson Louie, 50, both of San Fran- Sally Smith, Jack Tipple trees, including two avocado trees over 30 cisco—can also be found at GoFundMe.com. In addition, the Teamsters Union has CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND EDITORS feet high. This intrusion into the open space launched a campaign for the families of all of the victims. Donations may be sent to Corrie M. Anders, Associate Editor All Charities Teamsters, Memorial for W. Chan/M. Lefiti/B. Louie c/o Teamsters Joint Olivia Boler, Other Voices Editor greenbelt was raised as an overall concern Heidi Anderson, Matthew S. Bajko, Owen at a recent meeting of Upper Noe Neighbors Council #7, 250 Executive Park Blvd., Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA 94134. Baker-Flynn, Karol Barske, Helen Colgan, attended by Supervisor Jeff Sheehy. Liz Highleyman, Laura McHale Holland, Suzanne Herel, Florence Holub, Tim Innes, Jeff Kaliss, Nick Kaliss, Doug Konecky, Richard May, Joe O’Connor, Roger Rubin, Olivia Starr, Steve Steinberg, Tim Simmers, Heather World CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Pamela Gerard, Beverly Tharp, Rick Gerharter, Najib Joe Hakim, Art Bodner ACCOUNTING Jennifer O. Viereck PRODUCTION Jack Tipple, André Thélémaque DISTRIBUTION Jack Tipple WEB DESIGN Jon Elkin, Elliot Poger ADVERTISING SALES Pat Rose, Jack Tipple PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Contents ᭧2017 The Noe Valley Voice The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017 9

black-and-white films from the early days Peephole Cinema of cinema to old Tonight Show skits from when Johnny Carson was the host. A main Has Quiet Opening criterion is that any clip he chooses works On Cesar Chavez silently, as his sidewalk silver screen doesn’t project sound. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Most of the films I made myself,” said Kravitz, an animator who worked on the cords, where the gas and electric com- movies Elysium (2013) and Chappie pany’s meter reader used to be located. (2015) as well as the Oscar-nominated PG&E removed it years ago when it in- animated short Pearl (2016), part of the troduced its smart meters, leaving a va- Google Spotlight Story series and the first cant space looking into the garage. As a film using virtual reality to be up for an precaution against someone breaking in, Academy Award. Kravitz and his wife, photographer Currently working as a freelancer, Natasha Saravanja, had been using a Kravitz also teaches a stop-motion ani- piece of cardboard to cover up the win- mation class at the California College of dow. It is about three feet above the side- the Arts. He has yet to direct a film specif- walk, so most viewers will need to sit or ically made for screening in his Petit crouch down in order to view the films. Cine. The couple, who seven months ago “That is not a bad idea,” he said. The silent films shown at Petit Cine range from animation shorts to 100-year-old classics. welcomed the birth of their first child, Miniature Movies a Model have lived in their Noe Valley home since are screened 24/7 through a dime-sized ken publicly about it, deciding to alert the 1998. Kravitz drew inspiration for his side- peephole installed in a public location.” Voice of the entertaining diversion since, Before the mini theater, “you could walk cinema from his friend Laurie “I really liked her idea, mostly of find- until now, it has been a secret too well easily see in if we left the light on by ac- O’Brien, who founded the “miniature ing art in random places,” said Kravitz. kept. Rarely has the couple ever seen any- cident in the garage,” said Saravanja. cinema” collective Peephole Cinema in O’Brien’s peephole can be found on one watching the sidewalk cinema, de- In addition to short films he made in his San Francisco’s Mission District and later the side of the Victorian cottage at 280 spite the foot traffic on their street from youth, Kravitz finds short clips online to expanded it to include sites in Brooklyn Orange Alley, between Valencia and 26th dog walkers and joggers to pedestrians add to his Petit Cine lineup. Selections and Los Angeles. As the project’s website streets, near the restaurant Al’s Place. The happening by. have ranged from animated shorts and explains, “In each city, silent film shorts films screened are routinely swapped out, “I turned it on one night last year and with the new offerings listed online at ran up to our front window to see if any- http://www.peepholecinema.com/peep- one would watch it. No one did,” said Company Offers to Buy Nutraceutical hole-cinema-san-francisco/. Kravitz. “Hers is more of a fine arts approach,” It was only in late May that Saravanja CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 said Kravitz. “She drilled a hole in her noticed a man had “finally stopped and midsize companies. The firm did not re- employees lost their jobs. house and installed a peephole with an saw it.” turn calls from the Noe Valley Voice seek- The employees claimed they were optical glass and created an LCD moni- “We have enough traffic on our street ing comment. fired for attempting to unionize, and filed tor. It is quite complicated.” we should have seen people watching it,” When news of the Nutraceutical deal a complaint with the National Labor Re- added Kravitz. “Our neighbors have all Good Use for Old iPhones hit 24th Street in late May, merchants lations Board. The federal agency ruled noticed it. They just never talked to me were gleeful. for the workers and ordered back pay— In contrast, the technology he used for about it before.” Many hope a sale will lead to develop- though a final settlement was not reached his peewee picture show is quite simple, Another reason Kravitz decided to ment of the empty health food store. The until 2009. noted Kravitz, and anyone can easily building’s windows have been papered Former District 8 Supervisors Bevan replicate it. He took his old iPhone 4, over since Nutraceutical abruptly closed Dufty and Scott Wiener were both which he was going to recycle, discon- the grocery before Labor Day 2003. Mer- stymied in their efforts to return the site nected its phone service, and repurposed chants claim the vacancy has resulted in to productivity. They repeatedly held its screen as a mini-computer. a severe loss of foot traffic on the com- talks with Nutraceutical executives, seek- Using a wi-fi connection, Kravitz ac- mercial strip. ing either a new tenant for the building or cesses a Dropbox folder, where he up- “I couldn’t believe it,” Rachel Swann, the sale of the site to a new owner. loads his movie files. Then he downloads president of the Noe Valley Merchants In 2013, Wiener and Carol Yenne, then them onto the cellphone. He uses the free and Professionals Association (NVMPA), NVMPA president, flew to Nutraceuti- app Loopideo, which he added to the said last month about HGGC’s announce- cal’s Park City, Utah, headquarters, hop- iPhone, to play whichever video he se- ment. “I thought it was absolutely fantas- ing to iron out a resolution. The com- lects in a constant loop. tic. It was a great step forward.” pany’s rosy plans to tear down the He does check on the sidewalk cinema The pending sale is “extremely excit- structure and build a new retail space nightly, as after a certain amount of time, ing,” added Veronica Ruedrich, who never materialized. the app will automatically shut off and re- manages Astrid’s Rabat Shoes a few “Why would you sit on a piece of prop- quire him to log back in to it. doors from the Real Food storefront. erty worth four or five million bucks and “The cost was virtually nothing,” “There has been a hole in the center of not do something with it?” asked Yenne, Kravitz noted. Noe Valley for 13 years,” Ruedrich said. who owns Small Frys, a children’s cloth- Added Saravanja, “We had to buy the “That’s a huge block of real estate right ing store. ”We’ve been asking that ques- Projected through a former utility meter velvet for the curtains.” window, Kravitz’s sidewalk cinema would be in the middle of our commercial district, tion for 13 years.” The cellphone is encased in a wood and it’s such a blight.” easy to miss, were it not for the red velvet A Shopping Bag of Ideas box Kravitz assembled, and he applied curtains. Photos by Beverly Tharp Merchants were upbeat because busi- black tape to obscure its iPhone appear- nesses in mergers or acquisitions often Now more optimistic, Yenne would ance. He attached it to a hinge thinking it sell off unproductive assets or those that like to see condominiums with retail on would allow him to easily swing the come forward about his installation is to don’t fit their core purpose. The Real the ground floor built at the site. phone out when he needed to access it. inspire other homeowners left with va- Food site could easily be sold off to a de- “I hope that somebody will buy it and But pipes that run behind the window cant utility meter windows to hook up veloper, as it is zoned for mixed-use com- build something,” she said. block him from doing so. their own sidewalk cinemas. mercial and residential projects in one of A number of potential uses have been “I made it much more complicated “I thought that there are so many the city’s most desirable neighborhoods. floated for the storefront, which sits than it needs to be,” he acknowledged. houses in the neighborhood that have Swann, who has been in touch with across the street from Whole Foods Mar- those windows and they are just being left Tiny Audience at First HGGC executives, said the company had ket. One suggestion calls for an artisanal unused,” he said. “They are wonderful not divulged its plans for the Real Food food bazaar like that inside the Ferry Unlike Peephole Cinema, Petit Cine exhibition spaces.” site but was aware of the impasse Noe Building. does not have its own website, nor does Anyone interested in learning more Valley and Nutraceutical had reached Others want Cole Hardware to move Kravitz advertise its existence. A Google about how to install their own sidewalk years ago. in, or to see it used for a shared work- search brought up no mention of it. cinema is invited to email Kravitz at “It’s been challenging for a very, very space. Some would like residential hous- This is the first time Kravitz has spo- [email protected]. Ⅲ long time, so they are very aware of that,” ing above commercial space, especially said Swann, principal at The Swann housing that would be below market rate. Group SF Real Estate. “Affordable housing there would be good. It just depends on what people Checkered History want to do,” said District 8 Supervisor The original owners of Real Food, Jane Jeff Sheehy. and Kimball Allen of Marin County, He said he has been working “to break Quit Smoking in One Session opened in 1970 and stocked the shelves the logjam” over Real Food since he took with organic foods and natural prod- office in January and remains “optimistic DR. JONATHON D. GRAY • HYPNOSIS • SAN FRANCISCO • 415-563-2333 ucts. The couple sold the 24th Street store we can get something to happen.” to Nutraceutical in 2002 and trouble But Sheehy noted “there is no there Addictions • Stress Reduction • Pain Control • Weight Control erupted the next year. there yet,” since Nutraceutical has until Phobias • Optimum Performance On Aug. 28, 2003, without warning to late July to entertain any other offers. He workers, Nutraceutical shut down the stressed that “it’s very important to have http://drjonathongray.com store, purportedly for remodeling. Thirty something happen with that space.” Ⅲ 10 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

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Kuo Herr of Herr Family Farms sells Persian and Japanese cucumbers, Chinese broccoli and “Our strawberries are bred for flavor,” says Forrest Cook, who along with interns Mikaela and bok choy, and Italian basil and parsley. In July, he’ll also have mounds of zebra tomatoes. Khianna represents Swanton Berry Farm, among the first organic berry farms in the country. Photos by Beverly Tharp over a special variety of heirloom toma- at the market includes basmati rice, The farm is certified organic and leases The Bounty of the toes due at the market soon. She also crowed mixed vegetable curry, dal soup, and kale. half a dozen small plots of land to grow over a new crop of cucumbers, multi-col- “Our mission is to bring pleasing, de- its crops. “There are micro-climates Farmers Market ored corn, green beans, and eggplant. licious food to our homeless brothers and down here,” said Silva. “We’re kind of CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 One thing the farmers all have in com- sisters,” said the humble Nepali. The mar- spread out.” Silva started the farm with mon is pride in showing off their crops. ket provides his space for free. her partner when she was 21, and re- here, Egoian depends on his family to They also love the people and coziness of Next door is El Buen Comer, which of- ceived a lot of help and support from the help make it happen. That includes two the Noe Valley market. fers tacos, tamales, and some special Pajaro Valley community to get it going. daughters, a son, and various nieces and “We look forward to coming here be- dishes. It’s a business owned by Isabel There’s always the sound of music at nephews. And it means rising in the wee cause it’s so romantic, and like another Caudillo and Juan-Carlos Caudillo Guti - the market, too. Richard Hildreth books hours of the morning for the long drive home to us,” said Twin Girls’ Egoian. errez and family. They have been selling the bands, and presents a range of genres, that gets them to Noe Valley at 6 a.m. No wonder Egoian sees the market as at the Noe Valley market for nine years. from Americana, country, bluegrass, and Depending on the weather, the market another home. He lost his 17-year-old son blues to classical and international music. Summer Brings Tomatoes draws 1,200 to 2,000 people on any given Blake to an auto accident in 2008, and “We try to present a variety and give Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Its home market volunteers and friends helped run Among the vendors, many specialize more people an opportunity to play,” Hil- is the new Noe Valley Town Square, on his slot for months after his son’s death. in certified organic fruit and produce. dreth said. 24th Street between Sanchez and Vicks- “They held our hand,” he said. “They Adriana Silva and Chris Tuohig started To see the latest news on the Noe Val- burg. The plaza has become a weekly helped unload the truck and sell fruit. It’s Tomatero Organic Farms in 2005 in Pa- ley Farmers Market, visit its Facebook meeting place to not only buy fresh fruits a great community.‘’ jaro Valley, east of Watsonville. They too page. Also, the Noe Valley Library will and vegetables, but greet neighbors, see Egoian grew up farming in Reedley. expect a big harvest of special tomatoes host a presentation for children (and friends, and hear music. Now he works farmers’ markets for Igna- in July and August, as well as beets, car- adults) on Thursday, July 29, 2 to 3 p.m. cio and Casamira Sanchez, who own cer- rots, and greens. They’ve come to the The free event will feature vendor stories, Farming Is Life tified organic Twin Girls Farms. The market for 11 years, and love its passion samples of fruits and vegetables, and in- “We’re about to bring a ton of toma- Sanchez family works many plots of land and feeling of community. side tips on the local market. Ⅲ toes, and four kinds of eggplants, “ said in the fields of Selma, Dinuba, Sultana, Kuo Herr, who runs Herr Family Farms Kingsburg, and Parlier. With the summer in Sanger, east of Fresno. When he talks heat kicking in, Egoian foresees a new about the harvest of heirlooms, beefsteak, harvest of colorful pomegranates, grapes, and cherry tomatoes, Herr’s already wide guava, peaches, plums, and nectarines. smile gets wider. A Social Mission His brilliant yellow squash, dark green zucchini, and purple eggplant resemble a The market was founded in 2003, and classic painting. Herr comes from a its mission is more than providing healthy Hmong family that always worked the land. food to local residents. “We’re a farmers “My mother and father started the market with a social justice, progressive farm,” he said. They still help, but so do vision of society,” said Peter Gabel, one his three brothers and three sisters. The of the market’s co-founders. heavy planting, cultivating, and tractor One of the shining stars of that progres- work goes to Herr. In his world, farming sive vision is Swanton Berry Farm of is life. “Many Hmong people feel if you Davenport. It was among the first organic don’t farm, you don’t eat,” he said. Herr’s strawberry farms in the country, and is the parents came to the Central Valley in first to have a union labor force. 1989 with a big wave of Hmong farmers. “We wanted Swanton,” said Gabel. Herr, 33, works a long stretch of land Swanton owner Jim Cochran has a in Sanger that’s dedicated to the Noe Val- consciousness for fair and reasonable ley Farmers Market. conditions for field workers. His crew has He’s been worried his well would run health insurance and can earn a stake in dry, but the rains helped. His well is the company through the employee stock- fuller, and the water pressure is up so it’s option program. Swanton also offers easier to irrigate. “If the well goes dry, all housing for workers, and injured field my crops would dry up in three or four workers can get workers’ compensation. days,” he said. “I have less worry now.” “Our strawberries are bred for flavor,” From his market perch, Herr gently said Forrest Cook, who sells crops at the urges people to try his herbs: basil, Noe Valley market for Swanton, and cilantro, green onions, mint, and Chinese loves the local community. broccoli. He doesn’t spray his crops with Besides mouth-watering strawberries, chemicals, which earns him kudos from Cook will soon bring broccoli and cauli- Noe Valley customers. flower known for their flavor from the salt spray of the ocean just north of Santa Rain Both Good and Bad Cruz on Highway 1. The winter rains weren’t so good to Another example of the market’s social everyone. After rainstorms flooded fields justice bent is Curry Without Worry, one outside Hollister and other plots of land of the food concessions. it cultivates in that area, Happy Boy Shrawan Nepali founded Curry With- Farms lost more than $150,000. The har- out Worry, which offers a plate of vege- vest between mid-February and June was tarian Indian food for a donation of $5 to more than three-quarters wiped out. $10. Nepali takes the donations and pre- “We’re working hard to plant new pares 250 Indian meals for the homeless crops,” said Jennifer Lynne, a manager at each week. The meals are cooked at a Noe the farm’s base near Watsonville. “We’re Valley church and served from 1:30 to 5 starting to feel stronger again.” So strong p.m. on Tuesdays at the Civic Center at that Lynne can’t control her enthusiasm Hyde and Market streets. A typical meal 12 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

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James Lick Middle School. James Lick, Time-Travel we learned, had nothing to do with education, but he is the reason we don’t have By Foot to import Ghirardelli chocolate from SF City Guides Show You How Peru. He came to San Francisco from Lima in 1848 and brought along 600 By Richard May pounds of his neighbor’s chocolate. It sold really well, so Lick advised his ou can time-travel through Noe Val- neighbor, an Italian immigrant named Yley, thanks to the San Francisco City Ghirardelli, to hotfoot it north. Guides. The guides conduct free walking At the northeast corner of the middle tours of the neighborhood twice a month, school site, Stevens asked us to look at the and on the way, walkers visit decades sidewalk. Ever wonder why street names from the 1840s to the 1930s. are pressed into wet sidewalk cement at Each two-hour walk begins outside the San Francisco intersections? It’s because Noe Valley Library on Jersey Street. most of the street signs burned in the Judy Stevens conducted the tour on Great Fire after the 1906 Earthquake, and Sunday, June 18. In 88-degree heat, she the Fire Department had trouble finding stopped under shade trees and offered his- the addresses of burning buildings. torical tidbits to her five touristas. One Thereafter, the sidewalks were marked. was that San Francisco city government Spelling was a little shaky in the early at first refused 19th-century steel mag- days, but Stevens says DPW gets it right nate Andrew Carnegie’s offer of money Several houses in the 1600 block of Castro Street, built from 1890 to 1900 by Fernando most of the time now. for libraries, because Carnegie was anti- Nelson & Sons, still bear the wood adornments that gave them the name “Stick” Victorians. We hiked up Noe Street in the home union and San Francisco was a big union Photo by Sally Smith stretch of the tour, with Stevens noting town in 1901. After much shillyshallying, lake, and Queen Anne—in rows of three, John Albert Meyer, who built the first car there used to be a pond and a bridge at Jer- the politicos put it to a vote of the people. five, or seven houses. One of the most in California in a machine shop next to his sey and Noe. There still sort of is, if you The people said take the money; hence we prolific developers was Fernando Nelson. house on 24th Street. His descendants count the cistern at Noe and 24th, which have the Beaux Arts library at 451 Jersey. According to our guide Stevens, Nelson still live in the house, and the Meyer car Stevens used to discuss how San Fran- Fifty-five years before that vote, the “felt very strongly that every working sits in the Oakland Museum. cisco has prepared for a repeat of 1906 land we live on was given to Mexican man should have a home,” and he let the Around the corner on Castro Street, we with fire hydrants, cisterns across the founding father Jose de Jesus Noe, the buyers pay in monthly installments, sort passed by the former car barn for the Cas- city, three reservoirs, and fireboats. last alcalde (mayor) of Yerba Buena (San of like rent-to-own. tro Street cable car, now known as Wal- Stevens wrapped up with a two-ques- Francisco). Noe named his property Ran- Corner lots were more expensive, so green’s and its parking lot. The cable-car tion quiz at Elizabeth Street (which, inci- cho San Miguel, after his son. Unlike the middles of blocks were developed turnaround was up the street at 26th dentally, was named after John Meirs many other Mexican citizens, Noe saw his first, Stevens said. By the time corner Street, near where the 24-Divisadero bus Horner’s wife). Not all of us won a prize, land grant validated after statehood. He buildings were built, Queen Victoria was rolls by now. Stevens mentioned that the but we had learned a lot of interesting, en- sold his rancho to John Meirs Horner in dead (1901) and Edward VII was on the 24, running from the Bayview to Pacific lightening, and just plain weird stuff 1853, and we became Horner’s Addition throne, so we have corner Edwardians, Heights, traverses more neighborhoods about local history. —maybe not the best of names for resale not Victorians. The Edwardians had more than any other bus line in San Francisco. There were too many tidbits to tell all value. In 1916, the good people of Hor- domes and parapets, and were mainly We stopped further south on Castro to here, but you can take a City Guides tour ner’s Addition voted to become Noe Valley. apartment houses, Stevens informed us, admire a Fernando Nelson house (1608 and hear the stories yourself. Go to In the late 19th century, farmland in the because of changes in San Francisco eco- Castro), a Victorian with the developer’s sfcityguides.org to see the year-round valley was gradually changed to residen- nomics and demographics. distinctive drips, donuts, and button schedule for the walk “Noe Valley—A tial housing by “cluster builders,” devel- The tour meandered from the library boards. We also learned that the little Village Within the City” and for dozens opers who built houses in one of three up Jersey Street to Diamond, then down metal plates with holes in them in peo- of other tours, including a new Fairmont Victorian styles—Italianate, Stick/East- 24th, stopping at the former residence of ple’s driveways are sewer vents. The first Hotel tour. Upcoming dates for Noe Val- vendor on a building site usually got their ley are Sundays, July 2 and 16 and Aug. THE CROSSWORD BY MICHAEL BLAKE name on the vent cover, sometimes with 6 and 20, at 1:30 p.m. There’s also a spe- their profession noted. cial tour focusing on Noe’s working-class One from Col. A, We turned east on Clipper, heading for roots on Saturday, July 8, 2 to 4 p.m. Ⅲ One from Col. B ACROSS 1. Shoulder-raising move Church Street Launderette Changes Hands 6. Yalie Eva Skoufis Retires From the clothes and distribute the laundry soap. 9. Big rig Clothes-Washing Business “Some people wash their clothes but 13. “Common Sense” cannot afford it,” she said. “Some are author By Olivia Boler 14. Boy-child washing baby clothes or kids’ clothes. If 15. What one uses to fter 29 years in Upper Noe, Peter they only do one rinse, not all the soap scribble doodles? Skoufis Launderette is under new comes out and they end up with itching. 16. ___ Pinel Realtors A It breaks my heart.” 17. Anthropologists’ ownership. Run by Peter’s wife, Eva focuses Skoufis—he’s a retired professional Sometimes Skoufis would offer these 19. The sag in wires waiter—the coin-op laundry at 1732 customers the use of a second washer free strung between Church St. now belongs to Leanne Yu and of charge. “Maybe the city can provide a poles? public wash for those who can’t afford to 21. Pt. of CBS An Truong. “My last day was May 31,” 22. Stuff that might said Eva Skoufis. “The new owners took do their laundry.” hide a needle? over the next day.” In July, Skoufis and her husband will 23. Nimes negative The Skoufises live in Daly City, but have visit Greece with their grandchildren for 24. “Ich bin ___ a two-month vacation. “For the first time, Berliner” been a part of the Noe Valley community 25. Matches, as a poker since 1988, when Eva Skoufis opened the they will see where Yiayiá—that’s what bet laundry. Before becoming a small busi- we call Grandma in Greece—where she 27. Caesar’s eggs ness owner, Skoufis worked as an ac- comes from.” 30. Sound made by a known for its 12. 1040 reviewer, 38. Arrive like fog After she returns home in September, Muscovite bird? counting clerk for a defense contractor. columns briefly 39. Like the water Skoufis will devote time to the Hellenistic 34. Convenience at 57. Heavenly hunter 15. SF’s congressperson basin at Crissy Field The office politics caused her much “psy- Whole Foods 58. 7-7, for example 18. “So, what else 40. Franc replacer chological stress,” however. The native of women’s organization Daughters of Pene- 35. Capt. Jean-___ 59. “___ this time” ___?” 41. Target for Elly Mae’s Greece, who came to the United States in lope, where she has served as president. Picard of the USS (“maybe later”) 20. Rajah’s mate rifle “It’s time to give back to the community.” Enterprise 1968, joked, “I had left a military dicta- 60. Red-ink item 24. 90 degrees from 45. “Stand and Deliver” Skoufis will miss her customers, and 36. Elevator inventor norte actor Edward James torship for a capitalistic dictatorship.” Elisha 61. Finish hopes to throw a party at the laundromat 62. Bible-snippet 25. ___ up on (moved ___ As for leaving the laundry business, 37. Shoulder insignia stealthily toward) 46. Blemished, in a way when she returns. “I think [the new own- for a freedom handout Skoufis said, “I need to retire. Everyone fighter? 26. Carve into, as a 47. Orange soda brand was telling me to keep it open, so I stayed ers] will let me. If I can, I’ll put up a sign plaque 42. Low-ranking U.S.N. DOWN 48. Early computer that until I found a buyer. Having a laundry— there to let everyone know when it will officer 1. Dustups 27. “Beetle Bailey” weighed 30 tons barker it’s a service to the community.” take place.” She’ll also miss her neighbors. 43. Pig sound 2. “Roots” writer Alex 49. Lawman Earp 28. Blood carrier “I will miss the kindness,” she said, re- 44. Dubai’s land: Abbr. 3. Iranian currency 50. Sandwich eaten Between water bills and rent payments, units 29. Beginning of MGM’s two-handed Skoufis found running a laundromat “a calling several times her customers and 45. __ Republic Title Latin motto Co. 4. Together as one, in 51. 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Noe Valley Home Sales* The Cost of Low High Average Avg. Days Sale Price as Total Sales No. Price ($) Price ($) Price ($) on Market % of List Price

Living in Noe Single-family homes May 2017 13 $1,550,000 $5,325,000 $3,134,080 38 103% April 2017 16 $1,450,000 $4,000,000 $2,445,375 28 104% Former Firehouse May 2016 10 $1,470,000 $4,100,000 $2,104,000 25 110% Among May Sales Condominiums/TICs May 2017 15 $535,000 $2,445,000 $1,364,467 30 108% By Corrie M. Anders April 2017 8 $930,000 $2,160,000 $1,484,750 17 116% he spring home-buying season con- May 2016 4 $820,000 $2,100,000 $1,487,500 25 106% Ttinued to roll along in Noe Valley as 2- to 4-unit buildings buyers in May purchased 13 single- May 2017 5 $1,650,000 $4,420,000 $2,395,000 34 106% family detached homes. The robust residential activity fol- April 2017 2 $2,300,000 $2,695,000 $2,497,500 23 103% lowed the 16 sales recorded in April, ac- May 2016 2 $2,250,000 $3,025,000 $2,637,500 17 114% A former firehouse on 22nd Street, the one- cording to data supplied to the Voice by time home of artists Mark Adams and Beth 5+-unit buildings Zephyr Real Estate. (There were 10 sales Van Hoesen, sold in May for $5,325,000. May 2017 1 $3,040,000 $3,040,000 $3,040,000 21 95% in May of last year.) Though the interior has been updated, the April 2017 0 — — —— — This year’s May transactions included façade still retains features of the Mission May 2016 0 — — —— — the $5.3 million sale of the renovated Revival style popular in the early 1900s. Engine No. 44 firehouse on 22nd Street, * Survey includes all Noe Valley home sales completed during the month. Noe Valley for purposes once the residence of noted artists Mark of this survey is loosely defined as the area bordered by Grand View, 22nd, Guerrero, and 30th streets. The Voice thanks Zephyr Real Estate (zephyrre.com) for providing sales data. NVV7/2017 Adams and Beth Van Hoesen. to two each in April and in May 2016. Condominium buyers also were active Zephyr President Randall Kostick in May. Zephyr reported 15 condo sales noted that buyers appeared to keep their during the month, compared to eight in wits about them while bargaining for April and four in May of last year. homes. Successful shoppers on average Small apartment buildings also were paid just 3 percent more than the asking Noe Valley Rents** popular. There were five such deals in price, unlike last year, when overbids hit No. in Range Average Average Average May, a relatively high number, compared 10 percent. Unit Sample June 2017 June 2017 May 2017 June 2016 Kostick said one reason for the calmer Studio 6 $2,100 - $2,850 $2,367 / mo. $2,475 / mo. $2,409 / mo. atmosphere might have been that there 1-bdrm 32 $2,240 - $4,900 $3,166 / mo. $3,113 / mo. $3,143 / mo. were more homes for sale, taking pres- Google House Sets sure off buyers to boost offers. 2-bdrm 36 $2,875 - $7,500 $4,443 / mo. $4,057 / mo. $4,464 / mo. Record Price Fears of higher mortgage interest rates, 3-bdrm 19 $3,695 - $10,500 $6,531 / mo. $6,750 / mo. $6,502 / mo. which can limit the pool of potential buy- 4+-bdrm 3 $9,500 - $22,000 $16,333 / mo. $10,138 / mo. $9,753 / mo. n eye-popping price paid for a ers, may have prompted some homeown- ** This survey is based on a sample of 96 Noe Valley apartment listings appearing on Craigslist.org Noe Valley home has put the A ers to list their properties for sale, Kostick from June 1-7, 2017. NVV7/2017 neighborhood on par with housing said. costs in the city’s well-heeled Pacific The Zephyr executive said he noted an Heights and Sea Cliff districts. interesting tidbit in Noe Valley’s May Perched atop a hill with stunning sales: there was a correlation between views of downtown and the East Bay, prices and the number of bedrooms in a the home at 526 Duncan St. sold in residential property. June for $12 million, according to Two detached homes sold for under $2 city records. It is now the most ex- million and both had two bedrooms, he pensive home ever sold in Noe Val- said. Five sold for under $3 million and ley, far surpassing the previous all had three bedrooms. The properties record of $7 million set in 2014. that sold above $3 million all contained The Duncan Street property first four bedrooms. set a neighborhood record in 2005 The most expensive house sold in May when it sold for $5.3 million. The was the converted fire station, located in brand new dwelling was variously the 3800 block of 22nd Street between known as the Google House—due to Noe and Castro streets. The property sold its purchase by a retired engineer for for $5,325,000, 7.4 percent below the list the tech giant—and as the T-House price ($5,750,000). because of its unusual architectural Built in 1909, the Mission Revival- lines, created by Ogrydziak Prillin - style fire station was remodeled in 2007 ger Architects. to showcase four bedrooms (and five The secluded 5,371-square-foot bathrooms) within its 6,045 square feet of residence is at the end of a cul-de-sac living space. The makeover included a and sits on a precipice that offers gourmet kitchen, a fourth-floor terrace, panoramic views. The house has four and a media room and wine cellar. bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two Adams and Van Hoesen purchased the half baths, three terraces, a three-car firehouse from the city in 1959 and lived garage, an elevator, 12-foot ceilings, there for nearly five decades. After and floor-to-ceiling glass walls in Adams died in 2006, Van Hoesen sold the many of the rooms. property that same year. The building also The first owner gave numerous changed hands in 2011 and 2013. political and fundraising parties in The most expensive “attached” home the home. He sold it in 2011 for $6.1 sold in May was a tenancy in common million. (TIC) located in the 600 block of Al- The new homeowner is a mystery, varado Street between Castro and Dia- however. mond streets. Two limited-liability corporations Buyers paid $2,445,000, 6.9 percent shrouded the identities of the buyer above the asking price, for the two-level and seller. The deed listed the seller unit in the renovated building, originally as 526 LLC and the buyer as Zembla constructed in 1914. The four-bedroom, LLC. The registered agent for Zem- three-bath dwelling, with 2,139 square bla is Kim Schoknecht, a Palo Alto feet of living space, featured radiant heat, attorney and estate planner who rep- a luxury kitchen, and panoramic city resents ultra-high-net-worth clients views. in Silicon Valley. While condos were popular, buyers The actual sales price of the prop- Buckner Painting Company Gavin Buckner, Owner & Operator also snapped up less expensive small Interior / Exterior / Commercial / Residential 415.264.2694 erty also was not disclosed. How- apartment buildings. The five buildings Recipient of the Better Business Bureau Honor Roll Award Lic. #738848 ever, the price was determined based sold in May were all two-unit ones. Those on the $330,000 transfer tax listed on are often the preferred choices for buyers city records. of TIC properties, in which a resident —Corrie M. Anders owns shares in the entire project but oc- cupies their own unit. Ⅲ 16 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

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Film Fest Action! SHORT f you’re a girl going into the eighth Igrade or below this fall and you’re into filmmaking, then the Second Annual Noe TAKES Valley Girls Film Festival might just be your Toy Story 5. But you’ll have to Barbecue and Bingo hurry. Submissions of five-minute, G- rated films are due Aug. 1. he Noe Valley Town Square on 24th Street They can be about any topic, as long Tnear Vicksburg has been busy coming up as they are “interesting,” according to the with events to keep everyone—adults and NVGFF producers. There is no fee to en- children—busy this summer. ter. Professional filmmakers will judge First up is “Shakespeare or Space Wars” the films, and the top contenders will be Sunday, July 9, 1 p.m. This one-hour free screened at the festival itself. The three show by Samuel Peaches’ Peripatetic Players best in two age-group categories—sixth is a mashup of Romeo and Juliet and Star to eighth grade, and fifth grade and be- Wars, full of “feats of theatricality, marvelous low—will win cash prizes of $50, $150, moralities, and catchy sing-songs.” Bring your and $250. own blanket, snacks, sun protection, and sense The festival will take place Saturday, of humor. Sept. 9, 4 p.m., at the Noe Valley Min- “Get your bingo on,” the Town Square folks istry, 1021 Sanchez St. In addition to the say, for Sunday, July 16, 4 to 7 p.m. A suggest- screenings, there will be a raffle, souvenir ed donation of 25 cents per bingo card The Peripatetic Players, shown here at the Berkeley Marina, will perform their romp Shakespeare or T-shirt sales, and refreshments to buy. (cheap!) will be used toward improvements to Space Wars in the Noe Valley Town Square July 9 at 1 p.m. Photo by Rebecca Longworth Admission is free, but RSVP’ing via our newest open space. Bring a picnic dinner, Eventbrite is highly recommended, since your own seating, and a loud voice to yell events, go to noevalleytownsquare.com. If worms book club event with Kristen Henry last year’s inaugural event was packed. “Bingo!” you’d like to help out, contact Leslie Craw- Friday, July 21, at 7 p.m. There will be pizza! For more information on submitting a Sunday, July 23, also 4 to 7 p.m., is “Blan- ford at [email protected]. For adults, the quarterly reading series film or attending the festival, or to be- kets & BBQ.” There will be free barbecue Queer Words offers “In Conversation With Comedy at the Valley Tavern come a film fest sponsor, visit nvgff.com. cooked up by Baron’s Meats on Church and Ajuan Mance,” Tuesday, July 18, 7 p.m. Se- —Olivia Boler free ice cream (while they both last). Bring ou’ll hear guffaws and chuckles at least ries curator Wayne Goodman interviews Prof. your own beverages and a blanket to lie on Yonce a month in Noe Valley, thanks to Mance about her scholarly studies of 19th- while you listen to live music from the string Comedy Gold at the Valley Tavern. Local co- century African-American literature, her zine band Skillet Licorice. Little Artistas, the bilin- medians and special guests tell jokes and sto- works Gender Studies, and her portrait series gual art school on Church Street, will super- ries the first Thursday of each month at 9:30 1,001 Black Men. Mance’s zines and her in- vise kids’ art projects. p.m. There is no cover for the show. depth study Before Harlem will be available In August, there’s just one event (so far), the The regular performers are Ruby Gill, Drew for sale and signing. second Town Square Dance, with music by the Harmon, Yuri Kagan, and Liz Stone. Stone, Goodman also emcees the July rendition of versatile Skillet Licorice ensemble. The first neighborhood funny person, attorney, and Folio Live!, the bookstore’s open mic, on square dance, held last November, was a big shoe fashionista, says the “Valley Tavern has Tuesday, July 25. Neighborhood journalist success, according to event coordinator Leslie been a great venue.” The series started back and author Mary Jo McConahay is the fea- Crawford. Just as popular was the pie-eating in February. tured reader. McConahay’s Maya Roads won contest, which will also be reprised, for tasty You can follow Comedy Gold on Facebook the Northern California Book Award for Cre- munching. Pies will be coconut crème and (facebook.com/comedygoldsf) or Stone at ative Nonfiction in 2012. Her books will be chocolate crème, the messy kinds. Dance and lizstonecomedy.com. Stroll over to the Valley available for purchase and signing. gorge from 4 to 7 p.m. Tavern at 4054 24th St., or search online at Sign-up to read during the open mic begins Say bye (or is it hello?) to summer at the valleytavern.com. at 6:30 p.m. on the day. The event starts at 7 first-ever Noe Valley County Fair 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have a book to read from, bring p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. Promised activities For People Big and Small copies to consign, sell, and sign. include a baby-stroller relay race, kale toss, olio Books at 3957 24th St. offers some- Goodman also appears with his partner and quinoa-eating and pie-baking contests. Fthing for everyone this month. Rick May for the launch of his new novel Bet- “It’s about games, music, and food,” says Younger kids will enjoy the Pajama Party ter Angels and the paperback edition of May’s Mary Jo McConahay, author of Maya Roads, Crawford. Storytime with Elizabeth Crane Thursday, short-story collection Inhuman Beings: Mon- visits the Folio Live! reading series July 25. For more information on Town Square July 6, at 6 p.m., and tweeners have the Book- sters, Myths, and Science Fiction Monday, July 17, 7 p.m. Champagne, chocolates, and party favors provided. Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2, and Odd Mondays is off in July. For more info Klughardt’s Wind Quintet in C Major. There on all events at Folio, see foliosf.com. is a suggested donation of $10 at the door. Both events will be held at the Noe Valley A Summons to Juri Commons Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. uri Commons is a neighborhood park just Joutside Noe Valley. It follows the old San ‘Food for People, Not for Profit’ Francisco–San Jose Railroad right-of-way di- he Summer of Love was just a memory by agonally between San Jose Avenue and Guer- Tthe 1970s but good things did follow, like rero Street. After the 1906 Earthquake, the the rise of the San Francisco People’s Food tracks were re-routed. The resulting 25-foot- System, a social movement that challenged wide, 120-foot-long open space became a city agribusiness and supermarket control over park in 1986. Today, it’s full of trees, plants, what we ate and what we paid for it. The Peo- grassy areas, and a playground. ple’s Food System’s motto was “Food for Peo- The park is maintained by the volunteer ple, Not for Profit,” a radical idea 40 years ago group Juri Commoners the last Saturday of the and now. An enduring outgrowth was food co- month, from 9 a.m. to noon. Work can range ops like Rainbow Grocery in the Mission and Left to right:Alec Bash of Democracy Action, Paul Silverman of Stand Up San Francisco, Melisa Kaye from vigorous to easy, so everyone is wel- Other Avenues in the Outer Sunset. of Action SF, and Beatrice von Schulthess of Swing Left talked about their political activities at a May come, says Dave Schweisguth, organizer of San Francisco author and co-op member 23 panel hosted by the Noe Valley Democratic Club. Photo courtesy Haney Armstrong the work party. All work is supervised by a Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff is the author of Recreation and Park crew. They bring the Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the Political Action in First Person tools, equipment, and work gloves. Coffee and People’s Food System of the San Francisco Local resident Haney Armstrong emailed this dispatch from the political front: pastries are provided by the volunteers. Bay Area, part history, part memoir. She works our residents of Noe Valley and leaders and help us prepare for 2018! Schweisguth reports, happily, that the park at Other Avenues. Nimbark Sacharoff appears Fof grassroots groups in opposition to the • Stand Up San Francisco is a group of will receive a $650,000 renovation, thanks to at Omnivore Books on Food Sunday, July 30, Trump agenda were on a panel hosted by the neighbors with a mission to block Trump’s neighbor Mary Szczepanik, who wrote a at 3 p.m. to discuss her book. The event is free. Noe Valley Democratic Club May 23 at the agenda, which we believe is taking America Community Opportunity Grant for $324,000 For more Omnivore Books events this sum- Noe Valley Ministry. Each group offered a backwards. We do this with coordinated ac- to improve the park, and to Rec and Park, mer, go to omnivorebooks.com. The book- unique way to participate in their activities. tions that pressure our Members of Congress which came up with a similar amount to reha- shop is located at 3885A Cesar Chavez St. Here’s how they describe themselves: to represent us as we wish to be represented. bilitate the playground. • Action SF is a grassroots organization Following the IndivisibleGuide strategy, we The playground design process should be- More Trees on Church Street focused on resistance to the Trump govern- meet regularly with our Members of Con- gin this summer with community meetings. pper Noe Neighbors will host a represen- ment. We empower community members to gress and their staff—Senators Feinstein and The COG grant included a community-ap- Utative from the Friends of the Urban For- take direct action to address both current and Harris, and Congresswoman Pelosi—to de- proved design, so it is ready to go. However, est at its next meeting, Wednesday, July 19, 7 longer-range concerns. Our work includes mand that they block Trump’s policies, con- work won’t begin until the playground design p.m., at Upper Noe Recreation Center, 295 letter and phone campaigns, fundraising, sistently and loudly. We also provide scripts is done. For more information or to sign up to Day St. Madalyn Farquhar, FUF’s sidewalk live protest, community education, coalition for our members to call their Members of work, go to meetup.com/Juri-Commoners. landscape planting manager, will present a with other organizations, supporting our Congress. We meet monthly at the Noe Val- Look for scheduling and how to rsvp. proposal for streetscape plantings along members to engage in sustainable resistance ley Library. Join us! www.standupsf.net. If Church Street between 28th and 30th streets and ethical financial decision-making, and you have angst about Trump’s agenda, the Lieder and Chamber Music in July this November. Farquhar will also review how efforts to impact the politics of swing dis- best cure is to take action! ive classical music continues in July in Noe the city and FUF okay projects, so “anyone tricts and states. Join us the second and • Swing Left is a national organization LValley, although August will be quiet. who wants to consider a sidewalk garden can fourth Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Noe that started with a simple idea: take back the Lieder Alive concludes its 2016–17 Lieder- apply to have one,” says UNN President Olga Valley Library. Everyone is welcome. House in 2018 by channeling the energy of abend (evening of songs) season July 9, and Milan-Howells. Email [email protected] or find volunteers into targeted, competitive local San Francisco Civic Music presents its final City funding is available for this planting, us on Facebook at actionsfsolidarity. races. Swing Left Bay Area is a group of Afternoon of Music for the season July 22. according to Milan-Howells. She says UNN • Democracy Action is a group of volun- over 2,000 volunteers focused on our closest Bass Anthony Reed and pianist John Parr is hosting the talk to get feedback and to dis- teers dedicated to combating the dangerous swing district, the 10th Congressional Dis- will perform Shubert’s Schwanengesang cuss how to publicize the idea. Everyone is in- Republican agenda and advancing Democ- trict, where Jeff Denham (R) is currently in (swan song) Sunday, July 9, 5 to 7 p.m. The vited. rats nationally through local action. Since office. The most effective way to win this piece is a collection of lieder composed by UNN is also sponsoring a mural painting at the 2016 election, we have held weekly race is to talk to the folks who live in CA 10. Schubert near the end of his life. The songs the rec center. If you’d like to help (kids too), phone banks throughout San Francisco and We are involved with voter registration and were published after his death. Tickets at gather at the Day Street outer wall Saturday, the Bay Area to save the Affordable Care canvassing, both in high traffic areas and in Eventbrite.com are $75 reserved, $35 open July 22, anytime from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Act, as well as for special elections in door-to-door conversations. Email us at seating, and $15 for students. materials will be provided. The mural painting Louisiana, Virginia, Delaware, Iowa, and [email protected] or Judith at The Afternoon of Chamber Music perform- will be supervised by staff from Little Artis- more. Visit our website at demaction.us to [email protected] or find us on Facebook ance is Saturday, July 22, 3 to 4:30 p.m. The tas. For more info, see uppernoeneighbors.com find events and sign up for our newsletter, at swing left san francisco (CA-10). Ⅲ program is Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 9, or littleartistas.com. Ⅲ 20 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

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A sticky resin on the leaves of the coast The seaside daisy is a perennial resident of good year for picking. An hour or two larger clusters (up to 20 flowers) at the tarweed may fend off insects—and some- dry, wind-blown terrain, such as that on times humans. should yield enough for jam or jelly. top of the 1- to 6-foot-long stem. The Twin Peaks. Photos by Joe O’Connor My featured flowers for July are the whole plant is covered with glands that t’s been dry. The hills have turned coast tarweed (Madia sativa) and the exude a sticky, tar-like resin. The resin petals and yellow or brown centers. golden. You might think wildflowers seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus). may function as an insect repellent, an It’s easy to remember this plant’s Iwould start to wither and die in the Coast madia, or coast tarweed, is a insect trap, or to reduce water loss. Latin name, Erigeron glaucus, because dryness, or at least slow down. Not so! tall slender annual that grows in fields Touch one. You’ll understand how eas- it translates directly as “daisy, purple.” That’s because the flowers that survive and meadows in Glen Canyon and ily it could trap an insect—perma- Seaside daisy can be found either as two in our parks, whether they be California McLaren Park, on the north slope of nently! or three plants together, or as large native or naturalized non-native plants, Bernal Heights, and on the east slope of Seaside daisy is a hardy, drought- patches. This delicate-looking daisy are well adapted to dry conditions.. Mt. Davidson. Tarweed is dark green in resistant perennial abundant on Twin often covers wind-blown, dry, rocky In July you’ll see holdovers from color, with lance-shaped leaves that Peaks and in smaller numbers on Bernal soil where conditions seem just awful June, including ruby chalice clarkia, point upward. The leaves are larger at Heights and Tank Hill. You’ll see low- for any flowers. Yet … there they are. bush lupines, bristly oxtongue, and the plant base and smaller at the top. lying (1 to 4 inches) clusters of dark Enjoy your July flowers. Watch out hairy cat’s ear. Recent arrivals include Coast tarweed produces yellow, green leaves alongside the trail from for poison oak. Leaves of three (and sticky monkey flowers, dune goldenrod, daisy-like flowers on the upper third of which emerge numerous fine-petalled smooth stems), let it be! Want to join coyote mint, gumplants, and fringed the stem. Each flower is about an inch daisy-like flowers, up to 2 inches me on a flower walk? willowherbs. Look them up on across. They appear in clusters, with the across. The flowers have light purple Want help with an ID? Email me at Calflora.org. Learning to navigate the [email protected]. Ⅲ Calflora site will open up a whole world of color for you. Your first chore in July is to find a good blackberry patch and see how oe O’Connor is a retired professor many berries you’ll get come August. Look for Himalayan blackberries Jof ecology with an avid interest in (Rubus armeniacus). They have white local plants, mushrooms, and natural or pinkish flowers, with three to five history. He’s also a docent at the Cali- leaflets per leaf and nasty thorns. Our fornia Academy of Sciences. A long- native blackberry (Rubus ursinus) has time resident of 26th Street, O’Connor white flowers, three leaflets per leaf, is working on a guide to San Francisco and very small thorns. It produces fewer wildflowers. and smaller berries than the non-native Coast Tarweed (Madia sativa). Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus). Himalayan blackberry. This should be a

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Store Trek is a regular feature of the Noe Valley Voice, introducing new stores and businesses in the neighborhood. This month, we profile a shop on 24th Street named after a movie star.

SHOP MONROE 3920A 24th St. at Sanchez Street 415-872-9990 aking full advantage of her clothing Tboutique’s petite floor plan, Shop Monroe owner Joanne Kim has curated a unique fashion collection at affordable prices. The layout resembles an extended walk-in closet, with a dressing room in the back tucked under the staircase to the apartments above the storefront. The shop’s wood floor has a warm tone, while the walls are painted a dark sky blue. Kim opened the business last August following the shuttering of bath products purveyor Common Scents. Its name pays homage to one of her favorite movie stars. “I really adore Marilyn Monroe, and she was a big fashion icon back in the Employee Min Park shows off some of the summery styles at Shop Monroe, 24th Street’s new clothing addition. Photo by Pamela Gerard ’60s. I was inspired by her and her fashion sense, and that’s why my store was named after her,” Kim explained. and lingerie, “as well as chic clothing.” A Los Angeles ($34). “On weekdays, the flow of customers The Voice caught up with Kim via She carries a variety of rings ($10-$13) A line of comical tank tops by Bear is pretty average,” she noted, “but on Facebook in mid-June while she was vis- and bracelets ($9) as well as a smaller se- Dance ($18) features cats seen playing weekends, it can be very busy and have iting family in Canada’s Niagara region, lection of bras and underwear (most beer pong and small dog breeds like pugs many walkers due to the [Saturday farm- where she grew up. She moved to San priced $18). and Chihuahuas doing yoga poses or ers] market.” Francisco about 10 years ago and lived in The majority of the items she carries warning others not to mess with them. The store is open Monday and Wednes- the Castro but now resides in Noe Valley are priced less than $60. Jackets range in The store often runs special promo- day through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; on Elizabeth Street not far from her store. styles from a trench coat ($42) to a leather tions and sales. In June, most of the cloth- and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. It is The owner of Top Dog Boutique & bomber jacket ($46). There are a variety ing was 40 percent off. Business is par- closed on Tuesday. Grooming on Geary Street, Kim felt Noe of cocktail dresses ($32-$36) and ticularly brisk on weekends, wrote Kim. —Matthew S. Bajko Valley was the right location to open sweaters ($26 and under). a women’s clothing store as her second “The clothing that we sell is not the business. typical thing in style, but a selection of “I fell in love with the attraction of this clothing that is basic that fits everyone’s little town. It is a friendly neighborhood needs,” wrote Kim, who is in her mid- Invisalign Premier where the people are very genuine,” 40s. Preferred Provider wrote Kim, adding of the environs in Noe Shop Monroe offers a range of head- Valley and the Castro, “it’s so amazing to wear, from straw sunhats ($22) to base- see the differences between the two, even ball caps ($22). Also among the items are though they are right beside each other.” different brands of denim jeans, includ- [email protected] She has found that her clothing store’s ing Monkey Ride ($45) and Sneak Peek best-selling items are jewelry, scarves, ($39), or ripped jean shorts from Special www.aestheticsmiles.com

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Kids, Help Paint a Mural at the Rec Center CreaƟve Artsf pper Noe Recreation Center is bustling with activity this summer. UExpanded hours means the park is open Monday through Sunday and Readiness AcƟviƟesf visitors can play outdoors or in the auditorium or gym every afternoon of the week. Basketball day camps rule the courts on weekday mornings. Tot classes f take a break during summer, but kids still have a lot to do. Music & GymnasƟcs For one thing, they’re invited to help paint a mural at the center on Saturday, July 22. The event, which is co-sponsored by Upper Noe Neighbors and Little Artistas, will run all day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call for information or tour 415-282-0143 Upcoming projects for Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Center include efforts to repave the tennis and basketball courts next year and a movie night this fall. To check out the FNVRC newsletter and get updates on the schedule of classes and events, visit www.noevalleyreccenter.com. If you’d like to get involved in landscaping or other projects, call 415-970-8061 or drop by the rec center office at 295 Day St. Ladybug Gardeners hold work parties on the second Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon. —Chris Faust Chair, Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Center ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION

UPPER NOE REC CENTER SUMMER SESSION, MAY 30 - AUG. 5, 2017 Check www.noevalleyreccenter.com for updates MONDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Open Gym 1:30-4:30 p.m. * Auditorium Free Play 10 a.m.-4 p.m.* TUESDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Open Gym 3:30-8:30 p.m. * Auditorium Free Play 10 a.m.-4 p.m.* Petite Bakers (age 3-6) Drop in or register 10-11 a.m. Pickleball (all ages) 1:30-3:30 p.m. FREE QuickStart Tennis (age 8-13) 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tennis Intermediate/Advanced (18+) 6-7 p.m. Yoga-Vinyasa (18+ all levels) 6:30-7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Open Gym 1:30-5 p.m.* Auditorium Free Play 3-4 p.m.* Pilates intermediate (18+) 9:30-10:30 a.m. Pilates all levels (18+) 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Qi Gong for Seniors (55+) 1-3 p.m. Little Kickers (ages 4-7) 4:30-5:30 p.m. Karate Kids (ages 6-12) 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tennis beg/intermediate (18+) 6-7 p.m. Drop-in Volleyball (18+) 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE THURSDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Open Gym 4-8:30 p.m.* No “Summer Slump” Auditorium Free Play 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.* Petite Bakers (age 3-6) Drop in or register 10:15-11:15 a.m. Pickleball (all ages) 1:30-3:30 p.m. FREE at St. Paul’s! Argentine Tango, advanced (55+) 1-4 p.m. Drop-ins welcome. FREE Zumba (family) 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Drop-in only. FREE With our summer program in full swing, we are also preparing for the fall. If you’re Yoga-Gentle Hatha (18+) 6:45-7:45 p.m. still considering a Kindergarten placement, we have spots available in K-8, and FRIDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) would love to welcome your family to our diverse and vibrant community. Open Gym 1:30-5 p.m.* Auditorium Free Play 1-4 p.m.* This year's graduates were accepted to the following high schools: Pilates intermediate (18+) 9:30-10:30 a.m. Archbishop Riordan, Bay School, Drew, Immaculate Conception Academy, Pilates all levels (18+) 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lick-Wilmerding, Lowell, Mercy Burlingame, Mercy SF, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jiu-Jitsu (formerly Combat Athletics) (age 8-16) 4:30-6 p.m. Saint Ignatius, SOTA, University and Waldorf. Karaoke for Adults (18+) 6:30-8:30 p.m. Drop-in Volleyball (18+) 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE To learn more or arrange a tour, we invite you to give us a call. SATURDAY (Center open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Open Gym 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.* Auditorium Free Play 12-4:30 p.m.* Yoga-Vinyasa (18+ all levels) 9:15-10:15 a.m. Zumba (family) Drop-in only 10:30-11:30 a.m. FREE QuickStart Tennis (age 7-9) 1-2 p.m. 1690 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 415.648.2055 SUNDAY (Center closed; outside activities only.) *Hours are subject to change. www.stpaulschoolsf.org 26 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

July 1-Aug. 1: Elementary and middle July 9 & 23; Aug. 13 & 27: Noe school girls can submit short films to Valley political action group ACTION the second annual Noe Valley GIRLS SF meets from 3 to 5 pm at the Noe FILM FESTIVAL, scheduled for Sept. 9. • J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 7 • Valley Library, 451 Jersey. For info: nvgff.com. [email protected]. July 1-29 & Aug. 5-26: Each Saturday, July 11:The Noe Valley Library offers the Noe Valley FARMERS MARKET an eREADER drop-in from 10:30 to brings you fresh produce and live at 4:30 pm. Noe Valley Town Square, July 7 & Aug. 4: Ian Stallings Design 11:30 am. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; music from 8 am to 1 pm. 3861 24th. 24th & Vicksburg. GALLERY features a new artist sfpl.org. 248-1332; opening on the first Friday of the July 4-Aug. 5: SF WOMEN ARTISTS July 11: CHARITY KAHN leads songs noevalleyfarmersmarket.com. month, with a 6 to 8 pm reception. present “Abstracted,” a juried all- and dance for all ages at the Noe 3848 24th. ianstallings.com. July 1-29 & Aug. 5-26: Upper Noe media exhibit. Reception July 6, 5:30-8 Valley Library. 2-3 pm. 451 Jersey. 355- Rec Center offers free YOGA pm; Tues.-Sat., 10 am-6 pm, Sun., noon- July 7-28 & Aug. 4-25: The Friday- 5707; sfpl.org. CLASSES Saturdays 9:15-10:15 am. Day 4 pm. 647 Irving. 566-8550. night JAZZ series continues at Bird & July 11: The Noe Valley Library hosts & Sanchez. 970-8061; Beckett bookstore. 5:30-8 pm. 653 July 4 & Sept. 3 & 4: The SF MIME a workshop by Rachel Fleischman, noevalleyreccenter.com. Chenery. 586-3733; birdbeckett.com. TROUPE opens its 58th season with “SELF-HEALING through Creativity, July 1-29 & Aug. 5-26: Saturday night the musical “Walls.” 1:30 pm. Dolores July 7-28 & Aug. 4-25: Chris Mindfulness, and Motion.” 6:30-8 pm. JAZZ at Bird & Beckett features local Park. sfmt.org. Sequeira leads a free Friday 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. performers from 7:30 to 10 pm; KARAOKE for adults gathering at July 4-25 & Aug. 1-29: John McClean July 11 & Aug. 8: PFLAG meets at the refreshments available. 653 Chenery. Upper Noe Rec Center. 6:30-8:30 pm. Wolf leads SACRED YOGA at Holy Women’s Building, 3543 18th, on the birdbeckett.com. 295 Day. 970-8061. Innocents. 7-8:15 pm. 455 Fair Oaks. second Tuesday of the month, 7 to 9 July 1-30 & Aug. 1-29: Meet under holyinsf.org. July 8: City Guides offers a WALK pm. 921-8850; pflagsf.org. the rainbow flag at Harvey Milk Plaza focusing on Noe Valley’s working-class July 5 & 19: Children 4 and up can July 11-25 & Aug. 1-29: The Eureka (Castro and Market) for a City Guides Look for the chicken, and something to roots. 2-4 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 read to a dog named Oliver at PUPPY Valley Library tells TODDLER TALES walking tour of the CASTRO. Sat., Sun. read, on Cesar Chavez Street. Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. DOG TALES. 6:30-7:30 pm. Eureka on Tuesdays, 10:30 am. 1 Jose Sarria & Tues., 11 am. 557-4266; Photo by Jack Tipple Valley Library, 1 Jose Sarria Court July 8: James Lee Stanley and Wishing Court (16th & Market). 355-5616; sfcityguides.org. (16th & Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. & Bone perform at 8 pm. SF LIVE sfpl.org. History JJuly 1-31 & Aug. 1-31: Noe Valley July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: ARTS at St. Cyprian’s, 2097 Turk. July 5 & Aug. 2: The GLBT HISTORY July 13: Kirsten Shockey discusses OVEREATERS Anonymous meets group Shaping San Francisco offers noevalleymusicseries.com. Museum has a free day on first Fiery Ferments: 70 Stimulating Recipes Monday through Saturday, 7 am, at St. free PUBLIC TALKS on Wednesdays Wednesdays. 11 am-7 pm. 4127 18th. July 8 & Aug. 12: LADYBUG for HOT SAUCES.... 6:30-7:30 pm. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine. from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. 518 Valencia. 621-1107; GLBThistory.org. GARDENERS work on the Upper Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar oasf.org. foundsf.org. Noe Rec Center park grounds on Chavez. 282-4712; July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: Folio Books Charlie’s July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: AL-ANON second Saturdays. 9 am-noon. Day & omnivorebooks.com. July 1-31 & Aug. 1-31: hosts STORYTIME for toddlers Corner offers children’s STORY TIMES meets Wednesdays 8 to 9:30 pm at St. Sanchez. Wednesdays at 10 am. 3957 24th. 821- July 13 & Aug. 10: The LGBT every day. Mon.-Fri., 10 am, noon, 3 & 5 Philip’s Church. 725 Diamond. 834- [email protected]. 3477; foliosf.com. SENIOR discussion group meets at pm; Sat. & Sun., 10:30 am, 12:30 & 3:30 9940; al-anonsf.org. July 8 & Aug. 12: Green Mann and 30th Street Senior Center. 10-11:30 pm. 4102 24th; 641-1104. July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: Chris July 6: Folio Books hosts a PAJAMA Lisa Erdos conduct a free PLANT am. 225 30th. 296-8995, ext. 5. Sequeira leads free senior QIGONG PARTY and story time with Elizabeth July 1-31 & Aug. 1-31: The On Lok CLINIC on the second Saturday of the classes Wednesdays 1 to 3 pm, at July 14: The Noe Valley Library 30th Street SENIOR CENTER serves Crane. 6 pm. 3957 24th. foliosf.com. month. 10 am-noon. 30th Street Senior Upper Noe Rec Center, Day & screens the 1949 FILM Heiress. 2-4 lunches for people over 60, weekdays Center, 225 30th. [email protected]. Sanchez. 773-8185; July 6 & Aug. 3: Liz Stone, Drew pm. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. and Saturdays. Noon & 1 pm. 225 30th. Harmon, Ruby Gill, and Yuri Kagan [email protected] July 8 & Aug. 12: Natural Resources 550-2211. July 15: The Garden for the perform COMEDY GOLD on the first offers an ongoing opportunity to meet July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: The Eureka Thursday of the month. 9:30 pm. Valley Environment offers a workshop, “The July 2 & 16; Aug. 6 & 20: SF City doulas (2-4 pm) and home-birth Valley Library offers BABY RHYME EDIBLE GARDEN.” 10 am-noon. 7th Guides leads a free WALKING TOUR Tavern, 4054 24th. 285-0674; MIDWIVES (4-6 pm). 1367 Valencia. and play time on Wednesdays, 1:30 to at Lawton. Register at of Noe Valley on first and third [email protected]. 550-2611; naturalresources-sf.com. 2:15. 1 Jose Sarria Court (16th & bit.ly/GFEediblejuly. 558-8246; Sundays at 1:30-3:30 pm. Meet at the Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. July 6, 13 & 20; Aug. 3, 10, 17 & 31: July 9: Samuel Peaches’ Perapatetic gardenfortheenvironment.org. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 557- Miss Catherine tells TODDLER TALES Players performs “SHAKESPEARE, or 4266; sfcityguides.org. July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: The Castro July 15 2017 FILM NIGHT in the Park with books, rhymes, music, and Space Wars,” at the Noe Valley Town FARMERS MARKET is open every movement. 10:15 & 11 am. Noe Valley shows Beauty and the Beast (1991). July 2-30 & Aug. 6-27: Meet at the Square; bring your own seating and Wednesdays, 4 to 7 pm, through Dusk, Union Square. gold fire hydrant at 20th and Church Library, 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. snacks. 1-3 pm. 3862 24th. November. Noe at Market. pcfma.com. sfntf.squarespace.com. at 11 am Sundays for a City Guides July 6-27 & Aug. 3-31: Bring your noevalleytownsquare.com. walking tour of the area around July 5-26 & Aug. 2-30: Holy storehouse of knowledge to TRIVIA July 15 The Literary DEATH MATCH July 9: LIEDER ALIVE! hosts a concert MISSION DOLORES. 557-4266; Innocents Episcopal Church hosts at Elbo Room begins at 7:15 pm. 647 NIGHT on Thursdays at the Dubliner, by Anthony Reed and John Parr, in sfcityguides.org. Candlesong, a TAIZE-style service Valencia. 552-7788; elbo.com. 3838 24th. 8 pm. 285-0674; their Liederabend Series. 5 pm. Noe followed by a potluck on Wednesdays CJ Blackman brainstormer.com. Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez. 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July 16: Charlie’s Corner Bookstore Aug. 11: The Noe Valley Library hosts an all-day Brain Freeze ICE screens the 2008 FILM Iron Man. 2-4 CREAM LAB with stories and science pm. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. experiments. 4102 24th. 641-1104; • CALENDAR • Aug. 12: The SF MIME TROUPE charliescorner.com. performs “Walls” at 1:30 pm. Glen July 16: BINGO games at the Noe July 21:Kristin Henry, founder of July 29: A rep from the Noe Valley Park, Elk & Chenery. sfmt.org. Valley Town Square run from 4 to 7 GalaxyGoo, brings the Cell Project to FARMERS MARKET discusses vendors Aug. 12: The Noe Valley Library hosts pm; bring your own seating and the BOOKWORMS Club. 6 pm. Folio and produce. 2-3 pm. Noe Valley an introduction to LEARNING snacks. 3862 24th. Books, 3957 24th. RSVP required: 821- Library, 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. 3477, eventbrite.com/e/bookworms- EXPRESS, a resource offering online noevalleytownsquare.com. July 29: Brittany Wood Nickerson club-tickets-25485102628. classes. 2:30-3:30 pm. 451 Jersey. 355- July 17: RICHARD MAY introduces introduces Recipes from the 5707; sfpl.org. Inhuman Beings, and Wayne Goodman July 21 & Aug. 18: The Randall HERBALIST’s Kitchen. 3-4 pm. Aug. 16: The Noe Valley BOOK discusses Better Angels at a launch Museum offers a walk around Corona Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar DISCUSSION Group reads God’s party at Folio Books. 7 pm. 3957 24th. Heights Park, “BIRDING the Hill.” 8 Chavez. 282-4712; Hotel by Victoria Sweet. 7-8:30 pm. foliosf.com. am. Meet in the parking lot, 199 omnivorebooks.com. Museum Way. 554-9605. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- July 18: Celebrate International July 29 & Aug. 26:Volunteer at JURI 5707; sfpl.org. Mandela Day at Folio Books with a July 22: The Older Women’s League COMMONS 9 am to noon, with Aug. 17: The Noe Valley WINE WALK conversation with Mills College (OWL) hosts a Summer of Love coffee and pastries. The park cuts runs from 4 to 8 pm along 24th from Professor Ajuan Mance. 7 pm. 3957 GARDEN PARTY; bring a dish to through the block bounded by Church to Diamond. For tickets and 24th. foliosf.com. share and a story from the 1960s. 11 Guerrero, San Jose Avenue, 25th, and am. 555 Ellis Street Family Apartments 26th. RSVP to meetup.com/juri- info: sresproductions.com. July 19: The Flying Angels perform garden. 712-1695; owlsf.org. commoners. Aug 19: Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff CHINESE DANCE at the Noe Valley discusses early FOOD CO-OPs in her Library. 11 am-noon. 451 Jersey. 355- July 22: The SF Civic Music July 30: Historian Evelyn Rose leads a Association performs “An Afternoon walk, “Cowbells in the Spring, a book Other Avenues Are Possible. 5707; sfpl.org. The San Francisco Mime Troupe presents of CHAMBER MUSIC” at the Noe HISTORY of Fairmount Heights.” 10 2:30-4:30 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 July 19: Miss Catherine leads a Valley Ministry. 3-4:30 pm. 1021 performances of WALLS on July 4th at am-12:30 pm. Meet at the Walter Haas Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. BUTTON-MAKING workshop for 2:00 p.m. in Dolores Park and August 12 Sanchez. sfcivicmusic.org. Playground, Addison Street. Reserve at Aug. 26: ASF Tenants Union Attorney ages 5 and up. 3-4 pm. Noe Valley at 2:00 p.m. in Glen Park. [email protected]. J. Scott Weaver leads an EVICTION Library, 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. July 22: Merle “Ian Shoals” Kessler hosts An Evening of Song on the topic July 30: The Main Library hosts a free WORKSHOP. 1-2 pm. Noe Valley July 19:: Julia Sherman introduces “The Recent Unpleasantness.” 8 pm. screening of the documentary Library, 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. SALAD for President: A Cookbook July 26 & Aug. 23: The RESILIENT SF LIVE ARTS at St. Cyprian’s, 2097 HEALTHCARE for Everyone, prior to Aug. 26: A NEON WALKING TOUR, Inspired by Artists. 6:30-7:30 pm. Diamond Heights work group meets Turk. 454-5238; a panel discussion. 1-4 pm. Koret “Market-Mission-Castro,” runs from 5 Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar the fourth Wednesday of the month noevalleymusicseries.com. Auditorium, 100 Larkin. 557-4460; to 7 pm; start location is given with Chavez. 282-4712; from 3:30 to 5 pm. St. Aidan’s Church, sfpl.org. reservation at neonbook.xyz. omnivorebooks.com. July 23: The Noe Valley Town Square 101 Gold Mine. 867-5774. offers free barbeque and ice cream, Aug. 1: Alison Faith Levy’s Big Time Aug. 27: The second annual SQUARE July 19: The Noe Valley BOOK July 27: Patricia Tanumihardja plus music by Skillet Licorice. 4-7 pm. TOT ROCK performs at the Noe DANCE and pie-eating contest at the DISCUSSION Group reads The discusses Farm to Table ASIAN 3862 24th. noevalleytownsquare.com. Valley Library. 2-3 pm. 451 Jersey. 355- Noe Valley Town Square runs from 4 Humbling by Philip Roth. 7-8:30 pm. SECRETS, featuring vegan and 5707; sfpl.org. to 7 pm. 3862 24th. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- July 24-28: HARRY POTTER WEEK vegetarian recipes. 6:30-7:30 pm. noevalleytownsquare.com. 5707; sfpl.org. at Charlie’s Corner includes activities, Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar Aug. 2: The Noe Valley Library hosts stories, and snacks. 4102 24th. 641- Chavez. 282-4712; a CRAFT WORKSHOP for adults to Aug. 29: Paul Drexler discusses “Con July 19: The group Upper Noe 1104; charliescorner.com. omnivorebooks.com. make a notebook from vintage Artists of San Francisco” at the SF Neighbors hosts reps from Friends of postcards. 7-8:30 pm. 451 Jersey. Sign HISTORY Association. 7 pm. St. Philip’s the Urban Forest at their 7 pm July 25: MISSION POLICE STATION July 27 & Aug. 24: Reel-to-reel up at 355-5707 or sfpl.org. Church, 24th & Diamond. 750-9986; meeting. Upper Noe Rec Center, 295 holds its community meeting the last FILMS for preschoolers are shown at sanfranciscohistory.org. Day. 756-4455; Tuesday of every other month. 6 pm. the Noe Valley Library at 10:15 and 11 Aug. 3: CREATIVITY EXPLORED uppernoeneighbors.com. 630 Valencia. 558-5400. am. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. hosts an six-person exhibit, “Exposed.” Reception Aug. 3, 7-9 pm; Mon.-Fri., 10 uly 25: Lynn Downey discusses “Levi July 28 & Aug. 25: HERCHURCH July 20 & Aug. 17: Ingleside POLICE am-6 pm; Sat. & Sun., noon-5 pm. 3245 Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans offers a Women’s Drumming Circle STATION holds a community meeting 16th. 863-2108; creativityexplored.org. on third Tuesdays. 5 pm. SF Police to the World” at the SF HISTORY the fourth Friday of the month. 6-7:30 Academy Community Room, 350 Association. 7 pm. St. Philip’s Church, pm. 678 Portola. 731-2953; Aug. 5: 2017 FILM NIGHT in the September Remember Amber. 404-4000; 24th & Diamond. 750-9986; herchurch.org. Park shows Footloose (1984). Dusk, The next Noe Valley Voice will inglesidepolicestation.com. sanfranciscohistory.org. July 29: Children 4 to 8 can build a Dolores Park. sfntf.squarespace.com. be the September 2017 issue, July 25 & Aug. 22: Noe Valley fort using BIG BUILDER sets at the Aug. 8: The Noe Valley Library hosts July 21: Community Music Center distributed the first week of hosts a Summer of Love 50th DEMOCRATIC Club meets on the Noe Valley Library. 10-11:30 am. 451 a workshop to craft and launch PAPER Anniversary SING-ALONG at the SF fourth Tuesday of the month. Social Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. AIRPLANES, for ages 5 and up. 3-4 pm. September. The deadline for Botanical Garden. 4 pm. 1199 9th Ave. hour 6 pm; program 6:30 pm. 1021 451 Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. items is August 15. Email 647-6015; sfcmc.org. Sanchez. [email protected] [email protected].

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Noe Valley Knitting Circle: Learn how MORE BOOKS TO READ Miss Catherine presents Toddler Tales to knit or crochet or bring your latest with books, rhymes, music and movement project on the first Saturday of every for children ages 16 months through 2 month; the library has supplies to practice Plenty of Summer years and their caregivers. Thursdays, July on. Saturdays, July 1 and Aug. 5, 10:30 a.m. ur neighborhood librarians would like to remind you it’s not too late to sign up for 6, 13 & 20 and Aug. 3, 10, 17 & 31, at 10:15 to 12:30 p.m. Othe SFPL’s all-ages Summer Reading event, which runs through Aug. 20. Using the to 10:45 a.m., and 11 to 11:30 a.m. AAC Conversation Club: Users of library’s nifty tracking guide, you can record how much you read (20 hours total—for Join Charity Kahn of the award-winning Alternative and Augmentative children, teens, or adults). Once you’ve reached your goal, come into the branch to pick family music group Charity and the Communication devices, such as Dynavox, up a book bag designed by Vermont-based artist/author Lizi Boyd. To sign up, or to get JAMband for an afternoon of song and QuickTalker, Tobii Sono Flex, and Talk Bar, more details including news about the weekly raffle, go to sfpl.org/summerread. Pop by dance with themes of peace, celebration as well as smartphone and tablet any branch, up to one time per day per location, to enter the raffle. of all life, mindfulness, and care for the applications, meet to practice on Mondays, earth. Tuesday, July 11, 2 to 3 p.m. All ages Meanwhile, take a look at the summer reading selections below, offered by Branch 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. welcome. Manager Denise Sanderson and Children’s Librarian Catherine Starr of the Noe City Guides Noe Valley Walking Tour: Valley/Sally Brunn Library. Highlights include a novel about a present-day neurosur- Flying Angels Chinese Dance: Enjoy a In this “Summer Stride Special Edition” geon sent back in time to medieval Italy, a guide to Europe’s national parks, and a story- performance of traditional and walking tour, find out about the valley’s contemporary Chinese dance by the working-class roots and historic secrets. book about a princess who made friends with an alligator. Flying Angels Dance Company. Saturday, Saturday, July 8, 2 to 4 p.m. To check on their availability—or on the library’s collection of CDs, DVDs, and gar- July 15, 11 a.m. to noon. For all ages. den bounty—call 415-355-5707 or stroll over to the Noe Valley branch, at 451 Jersey St. Join Miss Catherine for eReader and Online Resource Also, don’t forget: the library will be closed on Tuesday, July 4. Button-Making “Drop-In”: Bring your mobile device or using the library’s button machine; cut out laptop, your library card and PIN, and any images from magazines or draw your own Adult Fiction • In Miss Burma, a novel based on stories passwords you might need for picture. Wednesday, July 19, 3 to 4 p.m. For passed down from her mother and downloading apps, to an informal • A narcissistic matriarch pits her children ages 5 and up. workshop on using the SFPL’s digital grandparents, Charmaine Craig reveals against one another in the “darkly Reel-to-Reel Preschool Films is a resources, including the library catalog and the history of Burma. hilarious” Mother Land, by Paul showing of short vintage films for children databases, Flipster and Zinio for 3 to 5 years. Thursdays, July 27 and Aug. magazines, OverDrive and Axis360 for Theroux. Children’s Fiction 24, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. and from 11 eBooks, and hoopla for movies, music, and • In What My Body Remembers, a thriller • Each neighbor in a tall city building to 11:30 a.m. audiobooks. Tuesday, July 11, 10:30 to by Danish writer Agnete Friis, a woman 11:30 a.m. wonders what’s going on in the apartment Ages 4 to 8 can Build a Fort using cool confronts her troubled past. Big Builder sets. No construction Self-Healing Through Creativity, above, in Noisy Night, written by Mac experience needed, just your imagination. Mindfulness, and Motion: Rachel • A modern neurosurgeon is mysteriously Barnett and illustrated by Brian Biggs. Saturday, July 29, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Fleischman leads an experiential workshop transported to medieval Italy in The Ages 2 to 6. to help you reduce stress and promote Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer. Playing guitar and accordion, Alison Faith • If Jameson wants to be in his cousin’s calm, joy, and balance. Tuesday, July 11, 6:30 Levy’s Big Time Tot Rock engages to 8 p.m. • In Every Wild Heart by Meg Donohue, wedding, he won’t be able to wear his audiences in all kinds of dancing, spinning, a mother and daughter search for favorite green pants, in Green Pants, singing, and silliness. Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2 to 3 The Great Books Discussion Group, harmony and understanding in the face of written and illustrated by Kenneth p.m. All ages. sponsored by the Great Books Council of danger. Kraegel. Ages 4 to 7. San Francisco, meets to talk about Paper Airplane Crafting and outstanding works of writing. For • Fantastic Flowers, written in rhyme by Launching: Make different types of Adult Nonfiction information, contact Elena at Susan Stockdale, includes the author’s planes, test them outdoors, and learn [email protected]. Wednesdays, July 12 about the laws of aerodynamics. Tuesday, • Hugh Johnson on Wine: Good Bits paintings of the things certain flowers and Aug. 9, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Aug. 8, 3 to 4 p.m. Ages 5 and up. From 55 Years of Scribbling includes resemble, next to their photos. Ages 4 to Friday Matinee: The library screens the selections from the author’s books and 8. All events take place at the Noe 1949 film Heiress, about a wealthy girl articles. (Olivia de Havilland) who falls in love with • A new Wilcox and Griswold mystery, Valley/Sally Brunn Library, 451 Jersey a penniless man (Montgomery Clift). • Lonely Planet’s National Parks of The Case of the Poached Egg, was St. between Castro and Diamond streets. For information, call 415-355-5707 or Friday, July 14, 2-4 p.m. Europe by Abigail Blasi gives the written by Robin Newman and illustrated visit www.sfpl.org. Noe Valley Book Discussion Group: essentials for visits to 60 parks. by Deborah Zemke. Ages 4 to 8. This month’s selection is The Humbling by Philip Roth. Find copies of the book at the • Judith Miller describes the design styles • A castle-bound princess goes on outdoor library’s circulation desk. Wednesday, July of the 1920s and ’30s and includes adventures with an amphibian in Princess 19, 7 to 8:30 p.m. biographies of the most popular makers, Cora and the Crocodile, written by in Miller’s Art Deco: Living With the Art Newbery medalist Laura Amy Schlitz and Noe Valley Farmers Market Presentation: A rep from the popular Deco Style. illustrated by Caldecott medalist Brian Floca. Ages 6 to 9. Saturday morning market discusses its • Where on Earth: A Guide to Specialty vendors, gives shopping suggestions, and Nurseries and Gardens in California, by • In Ms. Bixby’s Last Day, by John David tells what’s in season. There will also be samples of seasonal fruits and vegetables Nancy Conner, is organized by 12 Anderson, students show their for you to try. Saturday, July 29, 2 to 3 p.m. geographic regions, each with its own appreciation for a special teacher. Ages 8 distinctive climate. to 12. Adult Craft Night: Make a notebook from the library’s collection of vintage • Peregrine tries to heal her broken country LETTERS TO THE EDITOR postcards; all materials will be supplied. eBooks in The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre, a The Noe Valley Voice Sign up by calling 415-355-5707 or ask at • Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees, a fantasy by Gail Carson Levine, author of welcomes your letters to the the information desk. Wednesday, Aug. 2, 7 collection of short stories about Ella Enchanted. Ages 8 to 14. to 8:30 p.m. editor. Write the Noe Valley Voice, immigrants, follows up his 2016 Pulitzer • In Melanie Crowder’s Three Pennies, a P.O. Box 460249, San Francisco, Friday Matinee: A wealthy industrialist is Prize novel The Sympathizer. CA 94146. Or email held captive in enemy territory and girl in foster care tries to find her birth [email protected]. escapes by building a high-tech suit of • In the thriller I See You, by Clare mother. Ages 9 to 12. Please in clude your full name and armor. When he returns home, he decides Mackintosh, a woman searches for her • A 12-year-old girl who has no idea how contact information. (Anonymous to save the world, in the 2008 film Iron stalker. Man. Friday, Aug. 11, 2 to 4 p.m. she turned up alone at sea in a rowboat is letters will not be considered for • Stephan Talty explains the origins of the on a mission in The Voyage to Magical publication.) Be aware that letters Learn New Skills with Learning Mafia in America in The Black Hand: North, Claire Fayers’ debut book in the may be edited for brevity or Express: This free resource offers online classes and practice tests that can help The Epic War Between a Brilliant Accidental Pirates series. Ages 11 to 13. clarity. We look forward to Detective and the Deadliest Secret hearing from you. you learn skills such as Excel, Adobe Annotations by Noe Valley Voice bookworm Illustrator, resume writing, math, reading, Society in American History. Karol Barske citizenship, and GRE, GED, and Civil Service tests. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2:30 to • In France, Inspiration Du Jour, Rae 3:30 p.m. Dunn includes watercolors, photographs, B R A N C H H O U R S CROSSWORD SOLUTION and notes from her travels. Noe Valley Book Discussion Group: Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch Library One from Col. A, One from Col. B The August selection is God’s Hotel by 451 Jersey St., 355-5707 Audio /eAudio Books By Michael Blake Victoria Sweet. Copies of the book are Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat held at the circulation desk for checkout. • Stella Grey examines the perils of 1-5 12-6 10-9 1-9 10-6 1-6 10-6 Wednesday, Aug. 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m. looking for love in Mid-Life Ex-Wife: A Mission Branch Library Legacy of the People’s Food System: Diary of Divorce, Online Dating, and 300 Bartlett St., 355-2800 Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff screens a DVD Second Chances. Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat showing footage of early co-op days in San 1-5 1-6 10-9 10-9 10-9 1-6 10-6 Francisco, and discusses her book Other • In the true story The Lost City of the Avenues Are Possible. Saturday, Aug. 19, 2:30 Monkey God, Douglas J. Preston and a Glen Park Branch Library 2825 Diamond St., 355-2858 to 4:30 p.m. team of scientists search the Honduran rain forest for the sacred city. Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Eviction Workshop: San Francisco 1 -5 10-6 10-6 12-8 12-7 1-6 1-6 Tenants Union attorney J. Scott Weaver • Beth Underdown’s novel The Eureka Valley–Harvey Milk Branch Library answers questions about tenants’ rights at Witchfinder’s Sister was inspired by 1 José Sarria Ct. (3555 16th St.), 355-5616 a free workshop. Saturday, Aug. 26, 1 to 2 p.m. Matthew Hopkins, the notorious Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat “Witchfinder General” in 17th-century 12-6 10-9 12-9 10-6 1-6 12-6 England. The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017 29

Radio Shack was ensconced for over 30 years. Before that, a five and dime store and now for the called Meyer’s Variety sat in that location (1965-84). As for Radio Shack, “I thought they were RUMORS finished back in 2015, and then they went through their first bankruptcy and seemed behind the news to be really struggling,” says building owner Diane Connell. “But they hung on until Sprint closed. Then the second bankruptcy came earlier this year [and Radio Shack Quacking Up opted out of the lease].” By the end of May, the Shack was shuttered, so to speak. By Mazook Connell says she has seen a lot of interest in the space. “I was a bit surprised that so HAT THE DUCK? Noe Valley may have many want a long-term lease,” she said. The Wjoined an international protest in the possible uses include restaurants, juice bars, early morning of Friday, June 23, when beauty salons (yes, several), a clothing store, hundreds of rubber ducks, bathtub size, ap- and a ceramics gallery. “I have told those peared on the steps of the very steep 22nd who might be interested to go down to City Street hill between Church and Vicksburg. Hall and see what they will require for their Over the Hill: Here’s a look at Castro Cable car no. 7, as it spun on the turntable at Castro and That morning, my path to coffee and [respective] businesses, and then give me 26th streets. The only passengers on this day in 1940 were a couple of newsboys delivering the San work took me down 22nd Street, one of the their proposals.” If you drop by the store, Francisco News. The Castro Cable line, which ran up and over Castro between 18th and 26th 10 steepest streets in San Francisco (with a you will see her telephone number on the streets starting in the 1880s, was powered from a car house at Castro and Jersey. Sadly, its last day 31.5 percent grade). As I crossed Vicksburg For Lease sign. was April 5, 1941. Photo courtesy David Gallagher and OpenSFHistory.org and drove slowly down the hill, I could not The store is about 2,000 square feet, and believe what I saw: a little rubber ducky sit- the rent will run “about $9,000 a month,” less Coffee. are six items—things like Le Santorini, a ting on each of the 149 steps on the south according to Connell. She said she’d wait Item Two: At the other end of the culinary 276-calorie “vanilla-infused chia sprouted side, looking out at the fantastic view. As I until the end of the summer to evaluate the spectrum and at the end of last month, Le barley pudding with strawberries, roasted descended, I saw the ducks were also on proposals. Hopefully, a lease will be signed Cupboard, with neither fanfare nor sand- pistachios, and a drizzle of maple syrup.” each step of the north side of 22nd Street, sometime in the fall. wich board, opened its doors to the hungry Or for a snack, Le Versailles, a 341-calorie and more ducks turned the corner at Church ຜ ຜ ຜ public. This organic food dispensary at 1298 “plant-based chocolate mousse sprinkled to surround Mona Caron’s Botanical Mural. Church St. at 25th, with seating for about with sea salt, roasted pistachios, and fresh After reaching Church Street, I immedi- FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Item One: there 20, is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The build- raspberries.” ately parked my car and checked to see that has been a change in management and a ing is historic, and housed a bar serving There are also four entrees, including Le I was okay to get coffee, rather than go to new name for Savor Open Kitchen, 3913 Irish whiskey and house beer from the 1890s Bondi Beach, 484 on the caloric intake my doctor and tell him about my hallucina- 24th St. The restaurant has kept many of the till Prohibition. scale. It’s “cumin-infused Beluga lentils tory visions. old dishes and added some new items to the Le Cupboard took over the space earlier with cherry tomatoes, pickled onions, Things got even more interesting when I menu. New hours are Monday, Wednesday, this year and expanded the already expan- cashew cheese, Persian cucumber, baby crossed the street and looked down the hill Thursday, and Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. sive kitchen area as a catering kitchen, ac- spinach, and pumpkin seeds.” The coffee is to Chattanooga Street. There was another Weekends they’re open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on cording to founder and president of this Andytown Pour Over and the tea is Numi. brood of ducks all the way down the hill. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. non-profit corporation Lamiaa Bounahmidi. “We are going to have events twice a What was amazing, when I revisited the According to manager Charlie Sirhed, “We are finding that many companies are week and will start culinary classes to give hill that night, was that very few of the fowl “We had a soft opening on Thursday, June bringing our foods instead of having a cafe- people understanding about the food we had flown (or been stolen), and when I came 22, and many people have come by and wel- teria,” she says. “We are currently preparing prepare,” says Bounahmidi. back the following morning, the ducks that comed us and were happy that they saw over a thousand meals a day. [Our menu is] ຜ ຜ ຜ had been missing seemed to have returned their favorites on the new menu.” now available for people in the neighbor- to their place on the sidewalk. Since some of you have been going to hood to order ahead of time and pick up SIGNS OF THE TIMES: The For Rent sign In an email to the Voice that arrived just Savor since the mid-1990s, you will be their meal. We like to think that we are on the window of Good News, 3920 24th after press time, Church Street resident happy to know that the omelets and scram- preparing preventative healthcare food. St., has come down, but the building owners Daniel C Murphy described the scene from bles, sandwiches, salads, and pastas are still “We were very happy to open our doors won’t confirm whether it has been rented. . his and others’ perspective. the same. New to the menu are variations of to the public, and things are going very well. . . La PanotiQ, which closed its café at 4018 “On June 23, early risers in Noe Valley “two eggs any style” dishes, burgers, and We are seeing a lot of people in the neigh- 24th St. May 3, is rumored to be looking for were amused to see hundreds of yellow rub- pizza. By the way, Savor continues to be borhood are into what is happening here,” someone to sublet the restaurant.… The For ber ducks stretched out in long orderly lines one of the only, if not the only, eateries in Bounahmidi says. Rent sign at what used to be See Jane Run near the intersection of 22nd and Church Downtown Noe Valley that still serves Peer- On the breakfast and snack menu, there at 3910 24th St. is gone, so something might streets,” Murphy wrote. “J-car riders could be happening soon.… And a For Rent sign look up the steep 22nd Street hill to see the has finally been posted on the door of Bom parade of ducks extend into infinity, or at Dia, the prepared foods cafe and grocery at least to Vicksburg Street.…” His daughter, Sanchez and 29th, which has been closed Georgia Murphy, supplied some great pho- for about two years.… Another For Rent tos. Thank you. sign has appeared up the hill at 29th and So, who did this and why? I wish I could Noe streets, where a dry cleaners existed for tell you. Neither Murphy nor I had a clue as years. to who crafted this conceptual art piece. The most popular item these days in Just However, Murphy offered a very plausi- for Fun, according to co-owner David Ei- ble why: “Perhaps the answer could be land, are fidget spinners, which he says “are found in a recent article in the Bloomberg flying out the door.” … The top three most News, which pointed out that rubber ducks popular movies at Video Wave, according to have become a symbol of protest in Russia owner Colin Hutton, are Get Out, Logan, (Bloomberg News, March 28, 2017, ‘The and Hidden Figures, and the most popular Yellow Rubber Duck Is a Potent Protest snack is the free popcorn. Favorite ice cream Symbol’).” flavor? Caramel Cookie Crunch. The article, by Bloomberg columnist I enjoy a stroll through the newly reno- Leonid Bershidsky, describes how the yel- vated Noe Courts, but there is no recycling low duck has appeared “in diverse countries, bin for me to use in the park, except in the for diverse reasons,” over the last two years. children’s playground. Why? . . . The people Bershidsky writes that “Serbian Prime who live in that large apartment complex on Minister Aleksandar Vucic was in Moscow Clipper Street just above Douglass were [in March] when protesters carrying images shocked last month when their massive ju- of a yellow rubber duck marched against niper tree was cut down, allegedly by the top-level corruption.” property owner. . . . And then there’s the ru- Also, according to Bershidsky, residents mor that as a result of the pending sale of of Belgrade in 2015 opposed a “$3.8 billion Nutraceutical, the Real Food Company riverfront development that would block space at 3935-39 24th St. will be sold and some of the city’s best views. The protesters, redeveloped as affordable housing (over re- carrying yellow rubber ducks, said they did- tail), this after almost 14 years of that space n’t want the riverfront taken over by the rich sitting idle. All I can say is I’ll believe it and the river turned into their private pond.” when I see it. In addition, last year the yellow duck be- ຜ ຜ ຜ came a symbol of protest against the allegedly corrupt administration of President LASTLY, BUT NOT LEASTLY: A big thanks Dilma Rousseff in Brazil. to juice and veggie bar Urban Remedy, However, there seems to be a bit of dis- across from the Noe Valley Town Square at sension, Bershidsky points out. “This use of 3870 24th St., for giving their June 24 open- the image enraged Dutch artist Florentijn ing day sales to our Town Square. They Hofman, who has floated giant rubber ducks rounded off the number to an even $2,000. in harbors and rivers around the world as a Also, thanks go out to David Gallagher message of goodwill, turning bodies of wa- and OpenSFHistory for the wonderful im- ter into giant baths with a toy for everyone.” ages of Noe Valley they contribute to the So, the Noe Valley duck demonstration Voice. This month, we travel back to the remains a mystery. Was it a protest or a mes- Duck Mystery: Neighbors awoke Friday, June 23, to discover a row of rubber ducks filling the days when a cable car went over the Castro sage of goodwill? west side of Church Street between 22nd and Hill streets. Ducks also marched up 22nd Street Street hill, connecting the people of Noe ຜ ຜ ຜ from Chattanooga to Vicksburg. Some witnesses reported the bath toys began to disappear as the and Eureka valleys. day went on. Others said reinforcements soon arrived. Still, no one revealed the creator of this Have a great summer vacation, and we’ll PLUG IN, TURN ON, POWER OUT: We now design, nor of a similar duck display at 21st and Castro on May 21. Whoever it is, we love you. see you here for the next issue of the Voice have a vacancy at 4049 24th St., where Come forward and we’ll start digging the pond. Photo by Georgia Murphy in September. Ciao. Ⅲ 30 The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017

Al-Anon Noe Valley Meetings: Last Thursdays, Old Republic, Contact: 834-9940 4045A 24th St., 9 a.m. Call to confirm. Website: www.al-anonsf.org Website: www.NoeValleyMerchants.com Meetings: Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. MORE GROUPS TO JOIN Noe Valley Parent Network St. Philip Church, 725 Diamond St. (park on An e-mail resource network for parents Elizabeth Street side; enter on 24th Street Contact: Mina Kenvin through parking lot) Friends of Billy Goat Hill Juri Commoners Contact: Lisa and Mo Ghotbi, 821-0122 Contact: Dave Schweisguth, MI7-6290 Email: [email protected] Castro Area Planning + Action Website: www.billygoathill.net Email: [email protected] Noe Valley Parents, San Francisco Contact: 621-0120 Website: www.meetup.com/ Juri- Friends of Dolores Park Playground Listserv contact: noevalleyparent- Email: [email protected] Commoners Contact: Nancy Gonzalez Madynski, [email protected]. Subscribe: Meetings: Second Thursday, Eureka Valley Meetings: Most last Saturdays, 9-noon. 828-5772 [email protected] Rec Center, 100 Collingwood St., 7:30 p.m. Check website. Email: [email protected] Outer Noe Valley Merchants Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Website: www.friendsofdolorespark.org Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association Contact: Jim Appenrodt, 641-1500 Association Meetings: See website. Contact: Dr. Lisa Fromer, president Address: 294 29th St., SF, CA 94131 Website: www.evna.org Email: [email protected] Friends of Glen Canyon Park Meetings: Call for details. Address: P.O. Box 14137, SF, CA 94114 Meetings: Quarterly. Email for details. Contact: Richard Craib, 648-0862, or Jean Meetings: See website calendar. Castro Progress Noe Valley Connor, 584-8576 Meeting Room, 501 Castro St., 7 p.m. Merchants of Upper Market and Contact: [email protected] Address: 140 Turquoise Way, SF, CA 94131 Castro Website: progressnoe.com Castro Farmers’ Market Meetings: Call for details. Contact: 835-8720 Meetings announced via Facebook group. Wednesdays, 4 to 8 p.m. (March through Email: [email protected] Friends of Noe Courts Playground See website for details. December), Noe Street at Market Street Address: 584 Castro St. #333, SF, CA 94114 Contact: Laura Norman Contact: Steve Adams, 431-2359 Meetings: Call for details. Residents for Noe Valley Town Square Email: [email protected] Sponsor: Merchants of Upper Market & Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Address: c/o Friends of Noe Valley, P.O. Box Castro; www.CastroMerchants.com Noe Neighborhood Council Email: [email protected] 460953, SF, CA 94146 Contact: Ozzie Rohm or Matt McCabe, Website: www.noevalleytownsquare.com Diamond Heights Community Meetings: Email for dates and times. Co-founders Meetings: Call for details. Association Email: [email protected] Friends of Noe Valley (FNV) Contact: Betsy Eddy, 867-5774 http://www.noeneighborhoodcouncil.com SafeCleanGreen Mission Dolores Contact: Todd David, 401-0625 Address: P.O. Box 31529, SF, CA 94131 Meetings: Quarterly at Sally Brunn Library, Contact: Gideon Kramer, 861-2480 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dhcasf.org 451 Jersey St., with date publicized on Email: [email protected] Website: www.friendsofnoevalley.com Meetings: First Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Call for website and Nextdoor.com. Website: www.safecleangreen.com Meetings: Two or three annually; held at St. location. Philip’s Church or James Lick School Noe Valley Association–24th Street San Francisco NERT (Neighborhood Dolores Heights Improvement Club Community Benefit District Emergency Response Team) Friends of the Noe Valley Recreation Email: [email protected] Contact: Debra Niemann, 519-0093 Contact: Noe Valley NERT Neighborhood Center (Upper Noe Rec Center) Website: www.doloresheights.org Dispatch: To report spills, debris, or garbage Team co-coordinators Maxine Fasulis, Contact: Chris Faust Meetings: Third Thursday of every second on 24th Street, call Ron Vanini, 596-7089. [email protected]; Carole Roberts, Email: [email protected] month. Bank of America, 18th and Castro. Email: [email protected]. [email protected] Website: www.noevalleyreccenter.com Website: www.noevalleyassociation.org http://www.sf-fire.org/index.aspx?page=879 Duncan Newburg Association (DNA) Meetings: Email or check website. Board meetings: Quarterly. See website. Meetings: See website for training schedules. Contacts: Deanna Mooney, 821-4045; Friends of 30th Street Senior Center Diane McCarney, 824-0303; or Sally Chew, Noe Valley Democratic Club San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Contact: Marianne Hampton, 601-7845 821-6235 Contact: Hunter Stern, 282-9042; Our Streets Address: 225 30th St., SF, CA 94131 Address: 560 Duncan St., SF, CA 94131 [email protected] Contact: Don Oshiro, 285-8188 Meetings: Occasional. Call for details. Meetings: Call for details. Website: noevalleydems.com Email: [email protected] Friends of Upper Noe Dog Owners Meetings: Fourth Tuesdays, Noe Valley Website: www.sanjoseguerrero.com Fair Oaks Neighbors Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St., 6:30 p.m. Meetings: See website. Email: [email protected] Group (FUNDOG) Contacts: Chris Faust, David Emanuel Address: 200 Fair Oaks St., SF, CA 94110 Noe Valley Farmers Market Upper Noe Neighbors Email: [email protected] Street fair is the day before Mother’s Day. Open Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3861 24th Contact: Olga Milan-Howells, 756-4455 Website: www.fundogsf.org St. between Vicksburg and Sanchez. Email: [email protected] Fairmount Heights Association Contact: Leslie Crawford, 248-1332 Meetings: Bi-monthly on the third Contact: Kathy Keller, 912-9365 Glen Park Association Contact: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Wednesday of the month. Upper Noe Email: [email protected] Website: glenparkassociation.org Recreation Center, 295 Day St. Next http://fairmount-heights.org Noe Valley Merchants and Address: P.O. Box 31292, SF, CA 94131 meeting July 19, 7 p.m. Meetings: Monthly social mixer and Professionals Association (NVMPA) discussion, 350 Amber Drive Contact: Rachel Swann, 225-7743 *All phone numbers are in the 415 area code. The Noe Valley Voice • July / august 2017 31 YOUR HOME | MY HOME NOE VALLEY

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