San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia

As a result of this, in 1948 the Fillmore was designated a redevelopment area. The city's
Redevelopment Agency, led by Justin Herman, demolished most of the neighborhood's
existing homes and businesses over the course of the next decade. In their place
developers built large, mostly low-rise housing developments, along with some mixeduse
buildings concentrated around Fillmore Street. Many of these developments included
subsidized units for low-income residents. The project took longer than expected,
however, with some plots remaining vacant until well into the 21st century. While the
residents of the original homes were in theory entitled to return to the neighborhood,
many did not do so. As a result of the project's displacement of residents and businesses,
its mixed (and arguably discriminatory) economic impact, and its architecture (now seen
as outmoded), the redevelopment of the Fillmore is considered by many to have been
unsuccessful and regrettable.
As surrounding neighborhoods have gentrified, however, some effects have been felt in
the Fillmore. While lower Fillmore Street is still dominated by chain establishments now
disfavored by most San Franciscans, restaurants and jazz clubs are beginning to reappear.
Some of the neighborhood's subsidized housing projects have been rebuilt along more
modern lines, and some market-rate housing is also being built and refurbished.
External links
[PBS documentary on redevelopment of the Fillmore]
[San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Western Addition A-1 area]
[What's Really Wrong with the Lower Fillmore]