San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia

agencies and to numerous Single Room Occupancy hotels. All of this comes together to
make this one of the most interesting and diverse neighborhoods in San Francisco.
With few exceptions, housing is rented in dense 4-6 story Edwardian apartment
buildings. The Hamilton, on O'Farrell Street, is a 20 story former hotel which has
condominiumized and is owner occupied.
White middle-upper income inhabitation ("gentrification") accelerated somewhat during
and after the Dot-com boom of 1999-2001 in the northern blocks ranging from O'Farrell
Street to Sutter Street.
One of the centers of community in the Tenderloin is Glide Memorial Church on Ellis &
Taylor Streets. Glide provides social service programs to the area's residents and
homeless and has been doing so for over 40 years. They serve over 1,000,000 meals a
year to homeless and poor residents of San Francisco - most of whom reside in the
Tenderloin.
Cecil Williams has been leading Glide since 1963 and the Sunday Morning
"Celebrations" are famous for their world-renowned gospel-jazz choir and band. Here the
famous sit next to the homeless for Sunday worship in one of the most diverse
congregations in the world. They have two services every Sunday, 9am and 11am. Both
services fill up, with about 1,000 people in attendance at each.
Parks
A park at the corner of Ellis and Jones Streets is unused by children and is commonly
occupied by drug addicts or intoxicated people during the daytime.
Sgt. John Macaulay Park, a gated playground at the corner of O'Farrell and Larkin
Streets, is commonly occupied by parents and their young children. The playground is
well maintained and lies next to a public restroom. It is across the street from a strip club.
Restaurants
"Original Joe's" at Taylor and Turk Streets is a neighborhood Italian American style steak
house.
A variety of Vietnamese restaurants and coffee shops line Larkin Street in Little Saigon.
One well-known restaurant is "VietNam II" at the corner of Larkin and Ellis Streets. The
neighborhood is also known for Vietnamese sandwiches, with several good sandwich
shops scattered up and down Larkin Street. Saigon Sandwiches at the corner of Larkin
and Eddy is particularly well-regarded.
There are numerous Indian and Pakistani restaurants throughout the Tenderloin, causing
some San Francisco residents, who only visit the neighborhood for the Indian food, to