See?
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If you can call Bradford a street, as some do.
Anyway, this is a view of part of it.
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Bradford Street in Bernal Heights: San Francisco’s Steepest? Some People Think So
Friday, November 16th, 2012Sky-View Tour, Western Addition, USA
Friday, November 9th, 2012Little squirt looks a bit bored back there, but most of these tourists seem to enjoy taking the 2-hour Sky View Tour of San Francisco.
Now, do these tour buses really make Alamo Square “the Wild West?” No, not at all. So, why did former Interim Supervisor Christina Olague say such a thing?
Well, because she was running for election and she didn’t want to piss-off the hyper-sensitive homeowners of the Western Addition.
Did that work?
Non.
Oh, and are the diesel engines much louder than any loudspeakers that non-tourists might hear?
Oui.
So, here they come, day after day:
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Do you hate tourists?
I don’t.
The BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO Expresses Reservations About a “Better” Market Street
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012“Discussion Points: This a long-term project (breaking ground in 2016, at the earliest), and BOMA members discussed near-term concerns for the various department staff to consider as they move forward in the information gathering phase of this effort:
The homeless population. How can you improve Market Street (adding parklets, nodes and general public gathering spaces) without considering the existing homeless population?
Impact of future design and construction on the ground-floor businesses that line and/or are immediately adjacent to Market Street.
Maintenance costs after build out – who pays?
All forms of conveyance should be considered when improving Market Street. I’m sure you’re doing this but East/West travel across Market should be carefully reviewed.
Continuous outreach to the business community and other stakeholder groups to be sure that the City understands the issues of concern before final design consideration and construction.”
Will this so-called Better Market Street effort yield a Market Street that looks anything like this?
No, it won’t.
Oh well.
Still the focus groups continue, still the Project Manager drives forward.
OK fine.
Will the Project Manager ever get around to asking the existing users of Market Street what they think?
No, never.
As per usual.
Love Pink, San Francisco
Thursday, October 11th, 2012Financial District, San Francisco, USA:
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The Tour Buses of Alamo Square are Perfectly Fine
Thursday, September 20th, 2012Like this one.
I suppose you could have heard the tour guide over the P.A. jabbering away, but the noise of the diesel engine was louder.
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So no biggee, right?
So this isn’t actually kind of like the Wild, Wild West at all, right?
Oh, and NEWSFLASH, HOMEOWNERS: You actually live in the Western Addition. And actually, you’re not special.
Oh, and NEWSFLASH, HOMEOWNERS: The pols you consider friends actually don’t like dealing with you.
Oh, and NEWSFLASH, HOMEOWNERS: The white trash visitors you despise are happy people, generally. The white trash visitors you despise are BETTER THAN YOU, believe it or not.
So dry your tears and try to carry on.
San Francisco’s Mid-Market Renaissance Continues: Now You Can Buy Flat-Panel LED TV’s at 7th and Market
Monday, September 17th, 2012You know, in addition to all the iPhones:
Seen walking away from the open-air stolen iPhone market on the north side of this very intersection:
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Next month, fences will have to start charging 10 cents for each booty bag. Cause it’ll be The Law. So that’ll be $20 for that TV plus 10 cents for the bag. And the remote? Well, you’ll have to look it up and buy one online…
Wow: Seeing San Francisco From Above the Mission District Through “Omni-Vision” – Rear Window, Cessna Skyhawk
Friday, August 10th, 2012Hey man, nice shot.
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Viewing notes:
Hey, can you guess which street in San Francisco was remade to be a firebreak, you know, around 1906? Sure you can. Just look at the photo. You see, it, unlike the useless, quarter-mile long, Octavia Boulevard “Livable Streets” experiment, is wide for a reason.
Omni-Vision – This referred to the rear windows on some Cessna singles, starting with the 182 and 210 in 1962, the 172 in 1963 and the 150 in 1964. The term was intended to make the pilot feel visibility was improved on the notably poor-visibility Cessna line. The introduction of the rear window caused in most models a loss of cruise speed due to the extra drag, while not adding any useful visibility
Google Maps Changes the Name of Van Ness Avenue to El Camino Real – But You Can’t Object, It’s Perfectly Legal
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012Oh, c’mon, man, is this why tourists ask me where El Camino Real is?
Are you seriously, Google?
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They are seriously and it’s all legal. Check it:
California Streets and Highways Code Section 635(b): State highway routes embracing portions of Routes 280, 82, 238, 101, 5, 72, 12, 37, 121, 87, 162, 185, 92, and 123 and connecting city streets and county roads thereto, and extending in a continuous route from Sonoma southerly to the international border and near the route historically known as El Camino Real shall be known and designated as “El Camino Real.”
So basically, everything that could possibly considered ECR is ECR – that’s what the solons of Sacramento have determined.
News to me.
You’ve won this one, Google.
And the Leader of the Great SoMA Mission Bay Dogpatch SFPark Parking Revolt is Now… Supervisor Jane Kim?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012“People should have to pay for parking. I’m just wondering if there is a less punitive way of doing it for residents,” she said. “I was hoping for more thoughtful alternatives.”
Well that’s Phase 1 – it’s a start.
Phase 2 just might be Direct Action, taking it to the streets to pull up the infernal SFPark meters up by their very roots.
Like this. Achtung, Baby!
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Until that time, the Revolution will continue to be led by Meter Madness and the SFPark.info.
In struggle…
1 PETITIONS
Better Know Your Masonic Trader Joe’s Jaywalkers – No Place to Hide – A Dangerous Habit
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012And then when you die, your mangled shopping cart or grocery bag (empty or full) will be evidence that you parked on the east side of Masonic in order to shop at the TJ’s* on the west side of Masonic.
Anyway, as you can see, there’s no place to hide.
30 MPH speed limit plus the curves plus the hill = dangerous:
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Now, does SFGov care about this situation?
Not really.
Who’ll be the next TJ’s shopper to die?
*You know, Store #100, where former Mayor Gavin Newsom used to shop, wearing a suit(!), back when he was “in” “rehab,” sort of.
