When the Moscone Center opened in 1981, Gwenn Craig attended an evening event in the South of Market conference hall, which had been built in what was then a quiet, industrial neighborhood, mostly deserted at night and on weekends.
“So much of the neighborhood was empty,” Craig said. “Everything around it was vacant. You felt like you were going to some sort of distant outpost. People felt a little nervous because it was so deserted.”
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Located a half-block from AT&T Park, the spacious bar Paragon is a popular watering hole packed with Giants fans sporting orange and black on game days, and with a hip, South Beach crowd after work. The lively outside patio, which is separated from the bar by a roll-up door that is open when it is nice outside, is a particularly sweet spot to sit, offering a view of the park and fans streaming by. The adjoining restaurant features loftlike ceilings and leather dining booths.
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A chain bookstore anchoring a condominium complex in the center of a revived South Beach is going out of business in October amid neighborhood fears that the space will remain empty too long in the down economy.
The last day of business for the Borders on King Street between Third and Fourth streets is Oct. 16, according to Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis. Three other Borders stores remain in San Francisco — in Union Square, the Westfield San Francisco Centre and Stonestown.
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Businesses and residents in the South Beach and Mission Bay neighborhoods are launching a new campaign to combat crime.The group will meet Monday at 6 p.m. to discuss strategies to make the area safer. Specifically, the group wants to target the area bounded by Harrison, Fifth, Berry Streets and the Embarcadero.
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