What does SOMA stand for?

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines it in the following manner: The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents A classic example of gentrification along these lines would be the South of Market Street (SOMA) district of San Francisco where during the 1990s this dilapidated area was turned into a smart and fashionable place to live and work.

From the start, they had been concentrated in downtown San Francisco and the working-class area south of Market Street.

We worked on the first residential development south of Market Street.

Jose Chavero, 48, of Newhall was hit by a 1990 Toyota pickup truck as he attempted to cross San Fernando Road just south of Market Street shortly after 11:30 a.

Like the Lincoln Square Complex, the Yerba Buena project will help transform a traditionally under-served area - south of Market Street into a new entertainment and living center for the city.

Solid long-term plans are proceeding for a Transbay Terminal that will be surrounded by soaring mixed-use towers as the heart of downtown shifts south of Market Street.

He used the money to buy a four-color silk-screen press and rent the top floor of a warehouse South of Market Street.

The Mission District, south of Market Street near the trendy Castro neighborhood and within quick freeway access to the Silicon Valley, also features cheaper rents and more space than other areas--such as the city's Financial District.