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SoMa Houses the City’s Largest Newsroom, Yet Its Residents Lack a Newspaper

SoMa Houses the City’s Largest Newsroom, Yet Its Residents Lack a Newspaper

On Fourth and Mission sits the college’s unassuming Downtown Center, only a block from the San Francisco Chronicle’s glowing headquarters. Even with a beacon of learning and the city’s flagship newspaper at its core, South of Market lacks a press of its own.

The Unique History of The Armory

The Unique History of The Armory

By Tyler Breisacher tbreisac@mail.ccsf.edu On the north end of San Francisco’s Mission District, among the familiar apartment buildings, coffee shops, and Mexican restaurants, visitors might notice one structure that seems out of place. The San Francisco Armory, built to resemble a castle, looms over the surrounding