San Francisco's trinket trade boxes turn sidewalks into tiny community hubs
- Posted on March 6, 2026
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San Francisco's trinket trade boxes turn sidewalks into tiny community hubs
The Keychange Exchange on Pine Street. Photo: Nadia Lopez/Axios Across San Francisco, colorful, decorated boxes stuffed with trinkets are popping up on street corners and on sidewalks, turning ordinary blocks into miniature trading posts. The big picture: From the Outer and Inner Sunset to Noe Valley and the Castro, small trinket trade boxes stocked with everything from rings and rubber ducks, keychains, baseball cards, tiny ceramic animals,...