June 13, 2005 — San Francisco’s Mis­sion Dis­trict — like many low-income neigh­bor­hoods in high-rent cities — is a mix of immi­grants, pri­mar­ily Latin Amer­i­can, and hip­sters. Gen­tri­fi­ca­tion spread rapidly through the area in the late 1990s, dur­ing San Francisco’s dot-com boom, but has slowed post­bust. On the trendier blocks, taque­rias sit along­side sushi-cum-oxygen bars. Live/work lofts and bou­tique retail spaces serv­ing the better-heeled res­i­dents are com­mon­place. But new con­struc­tion that addresses both ends of the eco­nomic spec­trum is rare. Read more