Someone else would just take my job. The problem is so much bigger than that. He points to the office complexes, chain stores, tech companies, and loft dwellings that have been thrown up almost overnight. At this moment, only days after the posting of eviction notices, the intensity in the air is staggering. I wander aimlessly through the hallways and note the preponderance of eviction notices still taped to the doors.
Most places have shag carpeting, and lord knows how many Bud tall boys have been spilled there.
Downtown had windows which were extraordinary. And it was kind of like the village green, where you'd always run into someone you knew. It was a real community. A group of renters, who wish to remain anonymous, are determined to keep Downtown Rehearsal in the present tense. We won't sit by and watch the end of S.F. music.