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Originally Posted by gillynova
Apparently there's a midnight tour around this area in some of the buildings that are "haunted"...
My friends who just came here went to it and I was amazed that they didn't get hurt or anything
This new project should help make the area "better" but damn... this is legit the worst spot in SF
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I recommending a visit to Golden Gate and Hyde. Go armed. It'll change your mind about "the worst spot in SF". Polk & Eddy is another spot in contention. Nowhere on Van Ness comes close. And I know of no "haunted" buildings in the immediate area. Most of the buildings around there are fairly new (multiple condos, Pacific Medical Center's new hospital and office building), rehabbed (2 or 3 older apartment buildings) or awaiting demo for new construction (the old KRON building, the former McDonald's site) or rehab (the once Honda dealer, more recently Cooper dealer soon to be multistory health club).
In fact, there's as much or more new construction along Van Ness as along Market St. and it was never as scary as Mid-Market.
Van Ness is suffering from the "broken window" syndrome. It's such a mess due to the construction that everybody trashes it . . . literally. They removed all the trash cans so people just throw debris anywhere. The contractor is allowed to leave things in any old state. A friend of mine tripped and fell because they removed the grates on the tree wells and haven't replaced them so most of them are below sidewalk level making a hazard if you don't watch your step.
None of this was true before the construction started. That block was unexceptional then and I hope it will go back to being although it may suffer from the general catastrophe that San Francisco's homeless problems have become.
But there's no question the Burger King and the Round Table are homeless magnets as well as a source of litter from people who get food to go and then just throw the wrapping anywhere because there are no trash cans.