Comments on: Chain stores on Valencia? NFW, says writer-activist

By: Old-school hipsters vs. neo-Hipsters; community independent businesses vs. progressive chain store…it’s The Mission vs. American Apparel. | elephant journal

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:00:18 +0000

[...] no relation to one another. Excerpt: KRON 4 dares to bravely go where the blogs have already been. Incredulity is expressed that people might oppose the opening of an international chain store in [...]

By: BREAKING: Planning Commission denies permit to American Apparel | San Francisco Metblogs

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:49:55 +0000

[...] than a month after local writer-activist Stephen Elliott began organizing a campaign against a proposed American Apparel store on Valencia St., the San Francisco Planning Commission denied a [...]

By: American Apparel Ruffles Some Feathers In San Francisco

American Apparel Ruffles Some Feathers In San Francisco — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:00:05 +0000

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By: Links in the Bay Area - Journalism is All Around « “Community Funded Reporting”

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:53:57 +0000

[...] Chain stores on Valencia? NFW, says writer-activist I saw this too and I’m not thrilled. The issue of gentrification in the Mission is…. NOT typical of other hipster areas which might otherwise embrace an American Apparel. I’ve emailed once before with the writer Stephen Elliott, I’ll reach out to him again. [...]

By: Word of Mouth « Stop American Apparel 988 Valencia

Word of Mouth « Stop American Apparel 988 Valencia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:54:07 +0000

[...] to spread, people want to keep Valencia street locally owned. Check out what people are saying here and [...]

By: Tara Brown

Tara Brown — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:54:31 +0000

Right on. You let one chain store in and then they all come in. Don’t we ban Walmart and Home Depot, etc. from having a presence in the city?