The Urban Legend

New taco restaurant on Haight st. spices up lunch options

Olive Lopez, Staff Writer • December 2, 2014

Watch out, Norma – there’s another Mexican food option in town. For the Urban student craving an escape from the Student Center, El Faro, and Zona Rosa, Street Taco, located at 1607 Haight St between...

GALLERY: Humans of Haight

Niki King Fredel, Lily Dodd, and Olive Lopez • June 5, 2014

The "Humans of Haight" photo gallery hopes to capture the essence of the characters of Haight Street. It is inspired by the photography website, Humans of New York. The photos were taken by Niki King Fredel...

Urban School students start the day right with healthy breakfasts

Aleah Jennings-Newhouse, Staff Writer • March 3, 2014

It is 8:10 in the morning, and Urban students are turning as much attention as they can muster to their A-period teachers. Take Brooke Roberts’ A-period history class. Like all high schoolers, the...

Haight Street reveals a wide spectrum of opinions on Romney, Obama, and politics as usual

By the Legend staff, Staff Writer • November 8, 2012

While the rest of America was gripped by a decision between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, interviews on Election Day with people on Haight Street — a butcher, a garbage man,...

Haight Street health food store expands

Kyra Bergsund • June 10, 2011

The Haight Street Market at 1530 Haight St., dubbed “The Health Food Store” by Urban students, recently expanded its selection to offer a bigger selection of foods made to order. Expanding the store...

Haight Street shooting tests Urban School’s new lockdown procedures

Hannah Gorman and Megan Madden, Staff writers • February 9, 2011

An unidentified man was shot in the back Wednesday one block south of The Urban School, prompting a lockdown as well as a test of Urban's new emergency procedures. The shooting took place at at 1:20...