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housing

Greystar Breaks Ground Monday at 400 Divisadero — Neighbors and HANC Sharply Divided on 203-Unit Project

The nation's largest apartment developer is set to begin construction October 19 on the long-vacant Touchless Car Wash site, ending a decade of delays but igniting a fresh debate over affordability and corporate landlords.

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, October 19, at 400 Divisadero Street — the former Touchless Car Wash site at the edge of Lower Haight — where Greystar Real Estate Partners will build an eight-story, 203-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail. Public Works permits authorizing sidewalk closures along Divisadero and Oak Street list October 19 as the start date, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, which first reported Greystar's acquisition and financing of the project in August.

restaurants

Pasta Supply Co. Is Coming to Cole Valley — Chef Anthony Strong Targets October Opening at Former Peet's on Cole Street

Chef Anthony Strong's popular pasta counter has listed 919 Cole Street as 'Coming Soon,' with the neighborhood opening anticipated this month after a community crowdfunding campaign surpassed half its $400,000 goal within its first week.

Chef Anthony Strong, who has lived in Cole Valley for twelve years, is preparing to open the third location of Pasta Supply Co. at 919 Cole Street — a roughly 700-square-foot space vacated when Peet's Coffee closed earlier this year, one of about 30 Bay Area Peet's locations shuttered after Keurig Dr Pepper absorbed parent company JDE Peet's. As of this week the Pasta Supply Co. website lists the Cole Valley address as 'Coming Soon,' with hours to be announced.

books

Litquake Brings 'Listen to Your Elders' Reading to Haight Branch Library This Sunday

San Francisco's 27th annual literary festival, running through October 24, includes a free Elder Project reading at the SFPL Haight Branch on Sunday afternoon — one of several Litquake events in these neighborhoods this week.

Litquake 2026, the city's annual literary festival now in its 27th year, runs October 8 through 24 across dozens of venues citywide, and the Haight neighborhood's own branch of the San Francisco Public Library is on the schedule. The SFPL Haight Branch is hosting 'Listen to Your Elders: An Elder Project Reading' on Sunday, October 18, at 2:00 p.m.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 17

38th Annual SF Old Car Picnic

📍 Hellman Hollow (Historic Speedway Meadow), Golden Gate Park · 7:00 AM–4:00 PM · Verify · San Francisco Old Car Picnic

Sunday, October 18

Litquake: 'Listen to Your Elders' — Elder Project Reading at SFPL Haight Branch

📍 SFPL Haight Branch, 1833 Page Street · 2:00 PM · Verify · Litquake 2026 Schedule

Saturday, October 24

4th Annual Bay Beats Launch Party

📍 Golden Gate Park Bandshell, 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive · 2:00 PM–6:00 PM · Verify · Illuminate SF / SFPL Bay Beats

October 29, 30, and 31

Haunted Haight Walking Tours — Halloween Dates

📍 Meets outside Magnolia's Brewery, 1398 Haight Street · 7:00 PM · Verify · Haunted Haight Walking Tours

Through October 31

Free Saturdays at the de Young Museum

📍 de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park · 9:30 AM–5:15 PM · Verify · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

More from the Community

HANC Opens Board Nominations Ahead of November Election

The Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council posted on October 4 that nominations for its board of directors are open through the annual membership election at the November meeting.

KEXP and Blue Bear Music Hub Moves Into Feasibility Phase — First Update Expected Early 2027

The proposal to transform the historic Doolan-Larson Building at Haight and Ashbury into a music and cultural hub remains in early stages, with no construction timeline set.

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