Photos: The many faces of SoMa 2%

By Jay A. Martin1%

8/2/2026, 4:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon, In-Group Bias, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 11.9% saturation with 86 hits. Analysis detected 113 faulty-reasoning hits from 722 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of 2% (26,242 of 26,652 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the article peer group.

If you wander through the South of Market neighborhood, you collide with the past and present. 
A woman enjoys a walk in Yerba Buena Gardens, on June 10, 2026. 
The gardens was part of the Yerba Buena Center redevelopment of north-central SoMa that started in the 1970s through the 1990s. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
Kiwi, in his 40s and a Bay Area resident, enjoys lunch in the Metreon, on June 10, 2026. 
He is a gardener at Yerba Buena Gardens. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
Two chess players enjoy the game close to the bridge linking the Metreon and Moscone Convention Center, on June 18,2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
A pedestrian overpass spans Yerba Buena Gardens and the Moscone Convention Center, looking east on Howard Street, on June 17. 
2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
Three people cross a city street in front of the San Francisco Chronicle building under bright daylight; cars and pedestrians are visible in the background. 
The recently vacated San Francisco Chronicle building anchors Fifth Street and Mission, on June 18, 2026. 
The Chronicle began operations at this building in November 1924 but moved to Sansome Street in June, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
In central SoMa, stands The George building, 434 Minna St., a contemporary mixed-use building and is part of the Parks 5M redevelopment, opening in June, 2022, photographed on July 8, 2026. 
The park south of the George is purportedly San Francisco’s largest ground-level privately owned public open space.” 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
A man smokes his cigarette in front of a mural on Langton Street south of Folsom, on June 30, 2026. 
The mural, “Frisco’s Wild Side,” was painted by artist Precita Eyes and other participants in 1995 as a statement of the ongoing redevelopment of SoMa. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
A person walks past a large abstract wall sculpture on the side of a tall building in an urban setting. 
A man stands outside the Hall of Justice reading some paperwork on Bryant St. at Seventh, on June 25, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
A man carries his packages across the street from the Eighth St. 
Laundry on Eighth Street and Natoma, on June 18, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
Three men stand proud as successful participants in the residential recovery program at St. 
Anthony’s Father Alfred Center on Tenth Street at Folsom, on June 30, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
This building at 1201 Folsom St. endures after its 1928 construction during the post-earthquake industrial development of SoMa. 
It went from laundry machinery manufacturing to envelope production to leather apparel-making at the epicenter of SoMa’s emerging Leather and LGBTQ+ leather culture of the mid-1980s, on June 11, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
A person stands in front of a large, detailed mural depicting abstract animal shapes and nature elements on a building wall. 
A man leans against a concrete ledge reading a newspaper. 
A person with a cart and a cyclist are visible on the sidewalk, with trees and a building in the background. 
A line of people stand outside between two buildings, some with carts or strollers, near a white van, with trees and a billboard structure in the background. 
A woman walks through the Grand Hall of the Salesforce Transit Center on Mission Street at the northern border of SoMa, on June 10, 2026. 
Photo by Jay A. 
Martin. 
People cross a city street in a crosswalk. 
One person stands with an electric scooter. 
Tall buildings, trees, and cars line both sides of the street. 
The scene appears to be in daylight. 
A busy city street features cars waiting at a crosswalk, people walking, and tall modern buildings in the background under a clear sky. 
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