By Joe Bonadio
North Beach has always been a special neighborhood. A cloistered patchwork of low-rise architecture populated by a tightknit working class community, it sits, as it always has, at the chaotic crossroads of the city. Though known for
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By Joe Bonadio
The city’s woes aside, it’s no secret that North Beach is in the middle of a pretty serious comeback. That’s no overstatement: not five years ago, this neighborhood was ground zero for the vacancy crisis, and today
As much as any neighborhood in San Francisco, North Beach has undergone vast, often disruptive changes over the years. Between soaring rents and bust-and-boom business cycles, we’ve seen it all here. Despite all that, when you talk to locals about