San Francisco Relocation Guide - Antevia

centers that were established around the city. Today, the center is a rich art space serving
young, teens, adults and elders.
During those years also The Mission was the pioneer in the Low-rider culture as well as a
hotbed of violent gang warfare, primarily between the Norteños (commonly referred to as
the Nortes and sometimes the Bloods, due to their sharing the same gang color [red] and
alliance with that group) and the Sureños gangs that still continues off and on today.
From the 1980's and on many Central American banks and companies have set up
branches, offices, and even their regional headquarters on Mission Street.
Today the San Francisco Labor Temple (aka the Redstone Building) is the home of the
Theater Rhinocerous and a number of community and activist groups.
The Roxie Theater, the oldest continuously operating movie theater in San Francisco, is
host to repertory and independent films as well as local film festivals.
Last, every late May, the city's annual Carnival festival and parade is held here. Meant to
mimic the festival in Rio de Janeiro, it is held in late May instead of the traditional late
February to correspond with local weather.
Due to these cultural attractions, relatively less expensive housing and commercial space,
and the high density of restaurants and drinking establishments, the Mission has become
a magnet for young people, including a clearly identifiable hipster crowd on Valencia
Street and a lively independent arts community with many studios, galleries and open
spaces including organizations such as Cellspace, ArtsExplosion and Independent Arts
and Media. Consequently the neighborhood was dubbed "the New Bohemia" by the San
Francisco Chronicle in 1995 (see link below).
The headquarters of the Electronic Frontier Foundation is in the Mission District.
Nightlife
There are bars, pubs, and clubs all over the Inner Mission sometimes bordering
neighborhoods. They tend to appear in clusters.
16th St. between Valencia and Guerrero: (Inner Mission and Mission Dolores
Neigborhoods)
Dalva
Delirium
Cama