San Francisco Armory

"The historic San Francisco Armory, that hulking brick building in the middle of the Mission District, could be renovated to make way for a jazz club and VIP lounge, according to reporting from the planning-focused blog SF Yimby. The outlet reports that AJ Capital Partners, which owns the property at 1800 Mission Street, submitted an application with plans for the building’s interior renovations. The recognizable exterior of the Armory would remain intact, and the Drill Court will continue to serve as the main venue with a “ticketing and waiting area accessible via 14th Street,” per SF Yimby. The proposed jazz venue would be adjacent to the Drill Court, with “a stage, seating, dining area, and a bar.” The building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was constructed in 1914 as an armory and arsenal for the United States National Guard, replacing a previous armory that was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. In the 1920s and ’40s the building served as a sports venue, but for the following decades, it went largely unused. Then in late 2006, San Francisco-based internet pornography producer Kink.com purchased the building and until 2017, used the space for production, earning the building the nickname “Kink Castle.”" - Lauren Saria

"The scene of the crime was the San Francisco Armory at 14th and Mission, but by the standards of that building, which was most recently home to BDSM porn studio Kink.com, BrunchCon was pretty vanilla. Tickets to the all-inclusive event were $45 general admission and $85 for VIPs, who were granted early entry, with the event spaced out into two groups, one morning and one afternoon, for crowd control purposes. All 2,500 BrunchCon tickets sold out, according to event organizers, and unlike the first instance of BrunchCon in New York, no one called loudly on Twitter for their money back." - Caleb Pershan

"It also coincides with the rumored sale of the San Francisco Armory, owned by kink and fetish porn production studio Kink.com, to a network of upscale private clubs, Soho House." - Caleb Pershan