Storefront Anand Sheth x York Street Collective reclaims a historic corner of the Mission District as a new kind of exhibition space: one that resists neutrality, resists spectacle, and insists on specificity. Designed and built by Studio Anand Sheth in under a month, the project transforms the former Lucca Ravioli Co. building into an inhabitable display of contemporary art, design, and cultural memory. It is both an architectural intervention and a curatorial gesture—staged in collaboration with York Street Collective and powered by Square and SF New Deal. Here, the lines between domestic space, showroom, studio, and gallery are purposefully blurred.

At the center of the build are salvaged gondola shelves—sourced from a liquidating Rite-Aid and fitted with custom millwork—to anchor the installation and reframe the space’s relationship to commerce and display. The gesture is part architectural strategy, part commentary: an inversion of formula retail infrastructure into a platform for independent design.

This choice nods to the cultural history of Valencia Street, where San Francisco’s restrictions on chain retail have helped protect the street-level texture of the city. Within this reclaimed typology, objects are not merely shown—they’re staged to be lived with, and reflected upon.

Featuring work by designers and artists including Entler Studio, Fyrn, Andy Vogt, Nicole Nadeau, Studio Tenjung, Yuin Chien, and more, the space hosts a four-month rotation of exhibitions, conversations, and gatherings. Across disciplines and scales, each contribution is woven into the architectural fabric itself—not placed after the fact, but embedded by design. Storefront Anand Sheth is not just a stage for objects—it’s a site for testing new cultural possibilities.

The Team

Designed by Studio Anand Sheth in collaboration with York Street Collective. Built by Brickley Production Services, Nihir Shah, and a team of volunteers. Professional Photography by Nicholas Ruiz.

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