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Media Promotes Myth of 6th Street Revitalization
It’s been 15 years since the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency took control of 6th Street, and the level of drug activity, public urination, and other problem street behavior is little changed. During this time the Agency has spent over $100 million on this brief stretch of 6th between Market and Howard, and the neighborhood is no safer. But Agency-funded groups have done a great job getting media stories claiming that 6th Street is experiencing a turnaround. In the September 10 San Francisco Chronicle Real Estate section, there was a long front-page story on all of the new businesses coming to 6th and of the positive changes in the area. But stories about San Francisco’s new and improved 6th Street are like Bush Administration pronouncements on the “improved” situation in Baghdad: they sound great until you step into the reality being described.
It’s been 15 years since the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency took control of 6th Street, and the level of drug activity, public urination, and other problem street behavior is little changed. During this time the Agency has spent over $100 million on this brief stretch of 6th between Market and Howard, and the neighborhood is no safer. But Agency-funded groups have done a great job getting media stories claiming that 6th Street is experiencing a turnaround. In the September 10 San Francisco Chronicle Real Estate section, there was a long front-page story on all of the new businesses coming to 6th and of the positive changes in the area. But stories about San Francisco’s new and improved 6th Street are like Bush Administration pronouncements on the “improved” situation in Baghdad: they sound great until you step into the reality being described.
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