Parklet Nails Snag Valencia Street Bar Into Twitter Dust-Up, Nails Now Removed
The social media pitchforks came out when Valencia Room was accused of using sharp nails to deter loitering in their parklet, but the nails are now removed and the bar insists vandals did the nailing.
Mission District nightclub Valencia Room took some online razzing over its pastel neon sign when it opened last year, but that’s nothing compared to the sharp criticism they’re getting for some exposed, pointed-up nails applied to their parklet benches. The nails were spotted and posted to Twitter Monday as an “An SF horror story” of anti-homeless hostile architecture. But the Chronicle spoke with Valencia Room’s manager Peter Tam, who said this was the work of vandals, and he added that “We sent someone there immediately to resolve it.”
An S.F. bar says it was vandalized. A homelessness expert cries foul [San Francisco Chronicle]
Dec. 23 A Mission bar is at the center of a controversy over exposed nails in its parklet in what one critic is calling an affront to homeless people. The bar says it was vandalized.
When UC Berkeley professor Colette Auerswald passed the Valencia Room on Sunday, she was shocked to see nails on the seats of the bar’s outdoor dining parklet in what she said was an obvious attempt to dissuade people from sleeping or resting in it.
“It wasn’t subtle,” Auerswald said of the nails jutting up from the seats. “It was not only hostile but dangerous.”
An S.F. bar says it was vandalized. A homelessness expert cries foul
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Exposed nails were placed in the parklet outside the Valencia Room. The bar’s manager says the parklet was vandalized, and he has filed a police report.Colette AuerswaldShow MoreShow Less
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The dining parklet at the Valencia Room, a Mission bar at the center of a controversy over exposed nails in its parklet. The bar says it was vandalized, but a homelessness expert says the nails were an attempt to deter people seeking shelter.Courtesy of Colette AuerswaldShow MoreShow Less
A Mission District bar is at the center of a controversy over exposed nails in its parklet in what one critic is calling an affront to homeless people. The bar says it was vandalized.