Writing about the Tenderloin is difficult because resisting cliche is difficult. The neighborhood's iconography of drugs and booze, panhandlers and prostitutes, SROs and dive bars is familiar but superficial. Stroll down Eddy or Ellis and you're likely to see those things, but you're equally likely to come across unheralded moments of tenderness and community. As the tech boom transforms San Francisco, the Tenderloin's search for identity grows ever more fraught. In this special package, we explore the neighborhood's surprising past, complicated present, and possible future.
Welcome to the Tenderloin 2.0.
Tenderloin-Land
By Peter Lawrence Kane
Drug Users Are in TL to Stay
By Chris Roberts
Visa Express: Foreign Investors Buy a Chunk of San Francisco — and Their Green Card
By Julia Carrie Wong
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