S.F. Block’s Rapid Change Triggers Fear and Hope

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The new 5-story condominium is being built on 18th and San Carlos streets in the Mission. Photo by Martin Bustamante/Mission Local

By Meira Gebel, Mission Local

Walking on San Carlos between 18th and 19th streets, 76-year-old Jerry Avila points to changes he has seen on the block where he has lived for more than 30 years. For most of that time little changed, he said.

But in the last two years, the hodgepodge block of businesses and Victorian-esque, single-family homes with chipped paint has been transformed. “Everyone who used to live here is gone,” said Avila. 

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