While the visitors are away, locals are being asked to “play tourist for the day” and pitch in to support the bars and restaurants along the cable car route that typically rely heavily on out-of-towners for their survival
When the pandemic hit, Chinatown businessed were hit hard, with many tourists and locals staying away. Two years later, the City of San Francisco is aiming to bring more people back and is using free parking as the lure. To that end, the Portsmouth Square Garage, a short walking distance to tons of shops, bars and restaurants, is offering two hours free parking through the rest of February with virtually no restrictions other than that the garage opens at 5 a.m. and closes at midnight.
The curators of San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival have quite a track record for picking bands that are just about to become stars. In the past, San Franciscans saw The White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie and The Shins on small Noise Pop stages before they broke big.
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