[Noisebridge-discuss] Space Viewing Report: 2101 Mission Street at 17th Street, #204

[Praveen Sinha]

Man I am really torn on this space -- the space is soooo huge and we
could do a lot with that.  Location is perfect... That said, the feng
shui is abysmal! :(   I don't think I could pragmatically not go for
this location, on the other hand, there's something about the light
and space in our current building that makes me feel like our work is
creative and visionary...  This makes me feel like I'm in a dungeon,
and I spend enough time in one of those :/

Maybe it just needs a hella good paint job?

On 5/2/09, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
> Add: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/off/1148249383.html
> Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/milohholim
>
> Hi Noisebridge,
>
> Yesterday, Miloh, Andy and I went to look at the space advertised in
> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/off/1148249383.html
>
> This building is the Thrift Town building.  It's actually three buildings
> that have been stitched together into a rabbit warren of spaces, elevators,
> loading docks, stairways etc.  There is a parking lot / yard in the back of
> the building and a freight elevator, both of which are shared with Thrift
> Town, a couple of art spaces, and several sewing shops.
>
> They're asking $3500 for the space; one of the art-space people who were
> moving in, and with whom I shared an elevator, said, "Oh, I thought they'd
> wanted $4000."
>
> The space itself is really 5200 square feet -- imagine a space wider than
> the frontage of the 83c space, but 120 feet deep.  It's raw floor, just
> grey-painted wood floor, concrete pillars and brick walls.  It has two
> bathrooms, one marked mens (1 stall and a urinal), and one marked womens
> (two stalls); it has a kitchen, which is nasty and which the owner expressed
> an intention to demo and re-do.  There is also one small office near the
> door and elevator which contains a very large air-conditioning unit.
>
> The space comes with one or two parking spaces in the parking lot / loading
> yard.
>
> The huge drawback is that the ceilings are low, 8 foot, and the "rafters"
> are even lower.  Although the owner said he was going to pull them out, at
> the time we viewed it there were long, long, cheap light fixtures throughout
> the space add to the "cave" effect.  Miloh and I both felt like this was
> nonetheless workable, but Andy was less thrilled.
>
> The owner of the building -- who identified himself as the physical plant
> expert, and referred us to the office for money questions -- was very
> relaxed about the uses to which we might put the space, including the idea
> of our running our own electricity; he would like us to show our work to the
> local maintenence guy, was his only caveat.  He was also cool about my
> stated intention to give out front-door keys to "all seventy-something" of
> our members.
>
> By "front door" I actually mean a side door on 17th street next to the
> scooter shop which leads into a stairwell -- the freight elevator leads onto
> the loading dock.  Like I said, a maze.
>
> Anyway, Miloh took pictures, and has posted them on flicker:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/milohholim  -- note that the idyllic meadow and
> dirt road down at the bottom is not included in the space.
>
> --S
>
> --
> Shannon Lee
> (503) 539-3700
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>