Posts Tagged ‘2nd’
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Well there I was looking for four Norwegian gals, trying to find Dow Alley without Google Maps (not functioning due to its monomaniacal obsession with upgrading the software on my so-called smart phone) and I stumbled upon the biggest motorcycle free parking lot that’s anywhere close to Union Square. I’m all like, why aren’t there meters for all the bikes here?
Anywho, take a gander, on the MapJack (as the view from Google StreetView was just too hard to figure out). It’s like a motorcycle showroom just out the back door of the ThirstyBear Restaurant and Brewery (ask about their Great Recesssion lunch specials).
See? On the sidewalk, in marked spaces, unmarked spaces, both sides of the street, not a ticket in sight (uh oh, see the comments, but still…) - it’s Biker’s Heaven. Click to expand:
How on Earth did the City neglect to meterize this lane when rates have gone up 180% (that’s $100 extra per month for a typical biker, and the SFMTA wanted to raise rates higher) so far this year?
Leave us travel back to 2004, when the towaway signs got took down and unmetered parking began:
“TOW-AWAY, NO STOPPING ANYTIME – RESCIND
UNMETERED MOTORCYCLE PARKING – ESTABLISH
Kaplan Lane, east side, from Clementina Street to the northern terminus.”
See that? The MUNI people, the people so rich they could afford to run CultureBuses all over town pretty much completely empty for months and months just for their own pride, actually turned down a chance to raise revenue. It’s amazing. It’s like a trip back in time when you take Clementina off of third to encounter The Alley of Free Parking.
So spread the word to all your two-wheeled buddies. Hurray!
Oh, wait a second, some of the hundreds of riders who regularly use Kaplan to Stick It To The Man want to keep things a secret. For example, Mark W. says:
Shhhhhh!!! 
So let’s keep things on the low down. This is a secret worth keeping, despite the occasional hit-and-run chain reaction accident. Of course, there are other places to park for free in San Francisco, but they’re not all hidden away like Kaplan.
So, this is how it’ll be. When I see you carrying your helmet at the Gold Club or the Metreon, I’ll just offer my knuckles for your knocking and we’ll both say, in unison: “Kaplan, baby!”
Let’s let Yelp’s Rachel S. make the final pitch:
“*a*b*u*n*d*a*n*t* motorcycle parking that’s strides away from Moscone center, Yerba Beuna Gardens and SFMOMA. Tiny note that’s, y’know, likely of little interest… it’s free. Gratis. No cuesta nada. Really. And what’s more, it’s safe at most all hours in my experience. Which sort’ve stands to reason given the surrounding businesses: the early-morning dark is monitored by the Starbucks’ clientele, the late-evening hours are overseen by Thirsty Bear’s patrons. Plus, the walk from your parked bike back to the real world is through either an architecturally rich alleyway or a sculpture garden, depending on which direction you’re headed. Win all around.”
See you there!
Kaplan Lane is in my ears and in my eyes/
There beneath the gray-ish urban skies
Tags: 2nd, 3rd, alley, area, bike, bmr, clementina, cultureBus, folsom, free, howard, kaplan, kaplan lane, lane, meters, meuseum of modern art, mission, moma, motorcycle, mta, Muni, ninja, park, parking, rates, scooter, SFMTA, soma, south of market, street
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The Lyndon LaRouche Movement of the San Francisco Bay Area is going all out against any changes to healthcare policy being forwarded by Barack Obama.
See? Click to expand.
This is right near the Financial District on Market Street - two people, some literature, and an ironing board, that’s your Movement in the Bay Area.
So, the LaRouchies don’t don’t like George W Bush, the Queen of England, and now, President Barack Obama. Makes you wonder who they DO like (besides Lyndon LaRouche).
Don’t Stop Believin’, LaRouchies!
Tags: 2nd, 3rd, adolph, ban, barack, care, change, doctors, dumb and dumber, First, health, healthcare, hitler, hospitals, la Rouchies, larouche, larouchees, larouchepac, larouchies, Lyndon, market, national, nazi-hmo, nazi-hmos, obama, pac, plan, president, san franicsco, stop, street
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
You can see it all in this photo of San Francisco’s Financial District and SoMA. Just how many structures rise above the Ferry Building these days?
It used to be the tallest in the City, back in the day.
See it, in the foreground at the foot of Market Street, in this model you can find at the SPUR Urban Center on Mission?
Click to expand
Sic Transit Gloria Urbis
Tags: 2nd, 3rd, 654 mission, bell, building, district, ferry, ferry building, financial, Giralda, grand, mission, opening, San Francisco, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, second, Seville, soma, sour, spain, spur, streets, tallest, third, tower, urban center
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
Marincello is the City That Never Was.
“Marincello was a failed development project in Marin County, California that would have put a metropolis full of homes, apartments, and hotels in a planned community atop the Marin Headlands, overlooking the Golden Gate. Its upheaval set the precedent for Marin County’s rigid anti-development stance and push for open space.”
See lots of large posters like this at SPUR’s new Urban Center at 654 Mission in the SoMA.
It would have been like another Sausalito:
Getting water might have been a problem.
Oh well.
Tags: 2nd, 3rd, 654 mission, City, gerbode, grand, headlands, marin, marincello, mission, opening, San Francisco, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, second, soma, sour, spur, streets, third, urban center, Valley
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Take a look at what SPUR went and did at their new Urban Center on Mission Street the other day – they asked the public “What Would You Do If You Were Mayor For A Day?”
Did that bring out the haters? You Make The Call:
Oh, sorry, here’s the bigger version. Feel free to click on it. Some responses are quite clever.
Tags: "What Would You Do If You Were Mayor For A Day?", 2nd, 3rd, 654 mission, gavin newsom, go to work, grand, Mayor, mission, opening, San Francisco, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, second, soma, sour, spur, stay in town, streets, third, urban center
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
SPUR, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, has a new clubhouse at 654 Mission betwixt Second and Willie Brown Way. Let’s check out your new Urban Center.
These orange letters have become icons already. (Or red, some people think these letters are actually red, but as always, You Make The Call. The light, she can play tricks on you sometimes, you know.)
The Freeway Revolt appears to be alive and well what with the James Lick petering out in the SoMA near the Flank in this 3D model. See how it comes in from the right and just stops all of a sudden – does SPUR know something we don’t? Will drivers coming up from the south need to take the John F. Foran past Dogpatch to get to the Bay Bridge? (And when oh when will a Boulevard Revolt come to Octavia and take away that Revolting Boulevard? Moving on.)
Inside, free Urbanist buttons for the kids.
Also inside are old maps and plans all kinds of stuff to look at.
By now, I’m sure you’re itching to take a tour. Well have at, courtesy of CurbedSF.com.
See you there!
Tags: 2nd, 3rd, 654 mission, grand, mission, opening, San Francisco, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, second, soma, sour, spur, streets, third, urban center
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
As promised, the 2009 edition of the How Weird (aka Howard) Street Faire yesterday had a big turnout and it went off without a hitch. Founder Brad Olsen has had to deal with a few hassles having to do with police fees but things all worked out, it appears.
So pull up a chair and watch the slide show.
Second Street in the SoMA:
The San Francisco Atheists were back again this year:
Getting help with those hard-to-paint areas:
via nsbarr
The largest boombox in the world. These go to twelve:
Open air hookah on Howard Street:
Kate O’Brien’s Irish Bar & Grill did land office business, what with the food, booze and sexy ladies.
See you next year!
via Steve Rhodes
Tags: $10, 10th, 1st, 2nd, annual, area, Atheists, Brad, brad olsen, california, Dance, day, department, dept., dj, donation, fair, faire, fees, First, founder, how, how weird, how weird street faire, howard, may, mission, mom, mothers, mta, Muni, noon, olsen, olson, party, permits, police, police department, San Francisco, second, SFPD, soma, south of market, street, weird
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
You all loved it back in aught-seven, and aught-eight as well. Well brace yourself for the 2009 edition of the How Weird Street Faire coming up on May 10, starting at the crack of noon. Of course Founder Brad Olsen has had to deal with a few hassles having to do with police fees, but isn’t it always like that?
View the slideshow of How Weird / Howard Street faires of years past and then mark your calendar. Bring Mom, why not?
DJ BayBe, click to expand:
Gay Robot always makes the scene:
Will Butterfly Guy return for oh nine? That’s affirmative, good buddy.
The 10th annual
How Weird Street Faire
Sunday May 10th
from Noon to 7pm
Centered at Howard and 2nd Sts.:
37° 47′ 12.4″ N. x 122° 23′53.7″ W.
San Francisco, Earth
Ten blocks of art and celebration, and ten stages of music. Plus performances and colorful costumes, vendors from around the world, food and drinks, and much more!
The How Weird Street Faire is an experiment in creating peace, bringing together a wide range of eclectic styles and communities.
Come join the fun! All ages welcome.
And in honor of our 10th anniversary, we’re introducing…
THE MAGIC STICKER!
Only $10 donation, or $5 in costume!
When you enter the faire, you will have an opportunity to purchase a MAGIC STICKER!. The sticker gets discounts and specials throughout the faire: including $1 off each drink, discounts at vendors and local merchants, $2 off each after party, and most importantly you help keep the faire going. It’s our way of thanking you for supporting us.
When the day ends, the celebration continues indoors with a variety of music styles represented during the day.
How Weird @ Night is from 7pm to 2am
So plan accordingly, and bring something warm to wear. The tall buildings in our new location take away sunlight later in the day.
More deets after the jump.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
The 21st Amendment Brewery on San Francisco’s 2nd Street near the Giants’ ballpark must have the happiest beer in the world, judging by this disco ball scene.
Of course, this is old news to Laughing Squid’s Scott Beale, who, like MasterCard, is Everywhere You Want To Be.
Click to expand:
Recommended
Tags: 21st amendment, 2nd, ball, bar, beer, brewery, disco, restaurant, San Francisco, soma, street
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