What’s Up in San Francisco THEN AND NOW


Chinatown 1960s


San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has drawn visitors to the bustling center of the city for more than 160 years. In fact, Grant Avenue (pictured here), the area’s main thoroughfare, was San Francisco’s first street. Spurred by the Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad, thousands of new immigrants settled in Chinatown to open restaurants, temples, markets and shops. In 1906, after the Great Earthquake destroyed much of the historic neighborhood, residents quickly rebuilt rather than relocate to a more remote area of the city. The “new” Chinatown included Edwardian-style buildings with Chinese decorations designed to lure more tourists to the neighborhood.


2017


Present-day Chinatown hasn’t changed much. The square-mile ’hood is still home to many tasty bakeries and markets as well as knickknack shops meant to lure in hordes of tourists as they make their way to the Dragon Gate entrance. But a new generation of restaurateurs—inspired by San Francisco’s legendary Cecilia Chiang (Mandarin Restaurant)—is making Chinatown the city’s newest culinary destination. Mister Jiu’s (28 Waverly Pl; 415- 857-9688, misterjius.com) offers a contemporary twist on Chinese fare using California ingredients from organic local farms, while China Live (644 Broadway St; 415-788-8188, chinalivesf.com) draws in the foodie crowd with a tea house, market, shop and bar. ■Sarah Medina


NEWS Look up


The world’s tallest public art installation lights up the top of Salesforce Tower.


THE SECOND-TALLEST building in California, Salesforce Tower has already changed the San Francisco skyline, but when the building opens this fall, it will come with a little something extra: a nine-story, twinkling LED display. It’s being touted as the tallest public–art installation in the


United States, and local artist Jim Campbell (the man who brought you the Bay Lights) has been working on the project for three years. Some 11,000 LED lights will be placed on the unoccupied top floors of the skyscraper, where each night, the lights will sync to project unique images. While some of the images will be prerecorded, many will actually be photos from earlier that day—sent to the installation via six cameras posted around the city. Bonus: When the fog rolls in, the building can also act as a lighthouse. ■ Sarah Medina à 415 Mission St (salesforcetower.com)


DISCOVER! Time Out San Francisco July 26–October 10, 2017 14 Editorial


Editor, Time Out San Francisco Sarah Medina @funkycolsmedina National Features Editor Tim Lowery @timlowery83 National Managing Editor Bill Smyth


National Copy Chief Alexis Gutter @alexisgutter National Deputy Copy Chief Jaime Brockway @jaimelil Contributors Gail Goldberg, Ana Kamin, Leilani Marie Labong,


Virginia Miller, Erika Milvy, Garrick Ramirez, Clara Rice, Ryan Young Art


Creative Director Tom Hislop


Deputy Art Director Ashleigh Bowring Designer Daniel Yu


Junior Designer Aashna Shah


Freelance Digital Retoucher Lucy Lott Photo


Photo Director Melissa Sinclair


Freelance Photo Editor Emma Schwartz Production


Production Manager Robyn Cohen


Associate Production Manager Gabrielle Rancourt Circulation Distribution Manager Brian Martens Technology


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Director of Events and Client Relations Erica Dion Event Coordinator, L.A. Sophy Cohen


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