Mid-Market, San Francisco

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Mid-Market
UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
94103
Area codes415 and 628
Market Street Theatre and Loft District
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area13.1 acres (5.3 ha)
ArchitectJames Rupert Miller, et. al.
Architectural styleChicago school
NRHP reference No.86000729[1]
CHISL No.N1436
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 10, 1986[1]
Delisted CHISLApril 10, 1986

Mid-Market (also Central Market, and Market Street Theatre and Loft District) is a neighborhood,

vaudeville theaters, include the Warfield and Golden Gate.[2]

In 1906, Mid-Market was decimated by the

James R. Browning United States Courthouse, and the San Francisco Federal Building
.

Mid-Market is part of California's 11th congressional district, as of 2021.

The "Market Street Theatre and Loft District" was listed on the

contributing buildings
and covers 13.1 acres (5.3 ha).

Geography

The Mid-Market redevelopment area is centered on Market Street starting at Fifth Street, ending at Van Ness Avenue, and including a number of buildings down to Mission Street.[4] It effectively creates a sub-neighborhood of the Tenderloin, SoMa, and Civic Center neighborhoods for the purpose of redeveloping the area.[5]

The historic district is roughly bounded by 982–1112 Market Street (NW side), 973–1105 Market Street (SW side). One Jones Street and 1–35 Taylor Street.[2]

History

Early history

Decimated by the 1906 earthquake and fire, the entire neighborhood was quickly rebuilt and for decades served as vibrant portion of the Market Street corridor.

Noted columnist Herb Caen referred to the neighborhood as 'le grand pissoir' because of the amount of public urination, defecation, and vagrancy due to a consolidation and expansion of homeless social services in the area, starting in the mid-1980s.[6]

Economic growth

Past initiatives such as sponsored street murals have had little effect in revitalizing the neighborhood and in 2011 the city government turned to tax incentives to encourage businesses to move to the area.[7][8] It has a history of issues with public drug usage and homelessness, which has impacted businesses.[9]

The neighborhood was affected by the controversial "Twitter Tax Break" spearheaded in 2011 by Mayor

Square moved its headquarters to the mid-Market area, followed by Uber and Dolby.[17] Reddit moved its corporate headquarters to Mid-Market in October 2019, in an area leased to Uber and Square.[18]

Equally transformative, and often attributed to the new density of tech headquarters in Mid-Market, has been the concurrent increase of residential buildings, most notably high-rise apartments and condominium towers.

List of notable buildings

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Market Street Theatre and Loft District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 16, 2024. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "Market Street Theatre And Loft District". California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP). State of California.
  4. ^ Central Market Community Benefit District Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Office of Workforce Development
  5. ^ Mid-Market’s just another way of sayin’ the Tenderloin, The Tender
  6. ^ Let’s really remember Mid-Market, The Tender
  7. ^ Beginnings of a Transformation in Mid-Market, The Bay Citizen
  8. The San Francisco Examiner
  9. ^ Alburger, Carolyn (September 19, 2018). "As Twitter Tax Break Nears Its End, Mid-Market Restaurants Feel Glimmer of Hope". Eater SF. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  10. ISSN 0040-781X
    . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  11. ^ Truong, Kevin (December 22, 2022). "Historic SF Building May Be First Office-to-Homes Switch Since Covid". The San Francisco Standard. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  12. ISSN 1932-8672
    . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  13. ^ Changes Take Hold in Mid-Market, The Wall Street Journal
  14. ^ SF's Twitter tax-break plan spurs political fight Archived 2011-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Chronicle
  15. ^ Zendesk move to Mid-Market, The Tender
  16. The San Francisco Examiner
  17. ^ Square moves into new S.F. headquarters
  18. ^ Li, Roland (October 2, 2019). "Reddit moving headquarters to SF's Mid-Market, joining Uber and Square". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  19. ^ "National Register #86000729: Market Street Theatre and Loft District in San Francisco, California". noehill.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  20. ^ "Hale Brothers Department Store #86003492". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.

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