San Franciscos LoveHate Relationship with Big Box Stores
News Source : KQED
News Summary
- North Beach is perhaps best known for its coffeehouse culture.
- It’s attracted members of the Beat Generation and others looking for that smell of fresh ground espresso.
- Long-time establishments like Caffe Trieste and the Savoy Tivoli are part of what makes North Beach, North Beach.
- There are plenty of chain stores — Starbucks, Safeway and Walgreens, to name a few.
- But there have also been big fights against chain stores moving into the city.
- Bay Curious wants to gut check something she heard as a kid growing up here: “Did San Francisco really use to prevent big box stores from opening in the city?
- And when did that change and what effects has that change had on the city?"
Katrina Schwartz Growing up in San Francisco, Ive always loved how each neighborhood is distinctlike little villages. Each with their own shopping streetsSounds of cars passing and people walkin [+12849 chars]
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