— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
The Chronicle featured a “virtual stroll” through the Mission today, much to the delight of SFgate commenters (“Thank goodness its only a virtual tour.” / “Beautiful. And smells way better from the comfort of my living room.”). On face value, there is nothing wrong with a virtual tour of the Mission, especially if it satiates C.W. Nevius fans' desire to explore the neighborhood. However, this photoessay is a bizarre journey into a Mission that no longer remains.
According to the Chronicle, 12 Galaxies is still open, Bruno's continues to serve food, a “quasi-verified” Banksy mural remains above Amnesia, and Excelsior is actually part of the Mission. They even mention Mr. TV, who I haven't seen on Valencia since the Summer.
Call me a hater, but shit like this just makes me feel pity for the dying publication.
(Side note, why does Google maps list Buena Vista and Dolores as the same park?)
Comments (5)
As long as the Chron is refurbishing reality, I’m surprised they didn’t photoshop out the people sitting on the sidewalk.
It’s where hipsters go to die. Like elephants..
Weird! I’m in one of the pictures! And my hair is about a foot shorter than it is now. I wonder how that happened!
As you point out with Joe’s, just because it’s ON Mission Street doesn’t mean that it’s IN the Mission. You’d think that The Chron folks at 5th and Mission would know about that… (Btw, “the” Excelsior likes an article, like “the” Mission.)
Some of the photos were really good, but SFGate’s clunky/slow UI makes it tough to flip through them quickly. Luckily, you’ve linked to the best here!
None of you are “from” the mission anyway. I don’t know why you claim it! Go back to Colorado or Indiana, ohio etc…. You gavachos have messed up the mission already. The Excelsior is more mission than any of you gavachos that have posted on here. the Excelsior is becoming the “new” mission with latinos and latino merchants.