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Posts Tagged ‘garage’
San Francisco: Land of Car Elevators – 205 13th Street
Friday, November 16th, 2012Skruuuunch! What Happens When You Forget That Your Bike Is Sitting Upright in Your Pickup
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012The tiny, low-clearance garages of new construction in San Francisco have claimed another victim, 11foot8.com style.
See? This is post crash, with the driver backing out for damage assessment:
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When I had a pickup, I’d just throw bikes in the back horizontal-like, but maybe there’s not enough room to do that in a Honda.
Good Times: Urinating on the Sidewalk Across the Street from City Hall
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012Impressive volume, flow rate and stream cohesiveness:
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(Note the questioning look from a cyclist on the same sullied sidewalk. Civic Center Mike might not approve…)
Now here’s the end to this vignette.
See? A long romantic hug with a light pole
Thus concludes Good Times: Urinating on the Sidewalk Across the Street from City Hall
Masonic Tableau: What Do You See Here on the Needlessly-Wide Sidewalk? The Cyclist or the BMW?
Monday, June 18th, 2012I’ll tell you, what I notice is not the attractiva on the orange, fully-loaded Public Bike from Public Bikes, but the illegally-parked, aging BMW 3-series convertible.
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But that’s just me.
Hey, who do you think the SFMTA outreached when they wanted to focus-group the plan to put in more unnecessary trees on Masonic for $20,000,000 from Uncle Sucker and/or the taxpayers of the State of California? Do you think it was the users of Masonic Street or the people, like the BMW owner, who live next to it? That’s right, the SFMTA only focus-grouped the nearby residents of Masonic Avenue.
Is that the correct way to do things, SFMTA?
I don’t think it is.
Oh well.
Anyway, cyclists should continue to feel free to use the excessively-wide sidewalks of Masonic, depending on conditions, despite any peer pressure they might feel from governmentally-produced garbage such as this.
Young Lovers at the Costco: Before You Die, You’ve Got to Ride a Shopping Cart Down this Parking Structure Ramp in SoMA
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Have your beau run along with you. Wheeeeee!
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But mind the hairpin turn…
Abandoned Christmas Tree, Garage Full of Stolen Bicycles, Western Addition, USA
Friday, January 13th, 2012
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Russian Orthodox House: Onion Dome, Pumpkin, White Prius, Black Prius – Parking on the Front Lawn
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011This is how San Francisco millionaires live:
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And inside the garage? A silver Prius, natch.
Fishermans Wharf is Just Like Burning Man, But For Cars
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011See? They all gather together for some big party, looks like.
And then they all sort of circle around
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How many cars do you count?
Yet Another Japantown “Better” Neighborhood Plan (BNP) Meeting This Afternoon on Sutter Street – Catered by Bushi-Tei Bistro
Sunday, July 31st, 2011I’ll give you this, the Powers That Be are doing a better job with the Japantown BNP this go-around owing, to me not seeing stuff about “no more highrises.”
And, for the first time, I see stuff about “other cultural” what-have-you.
(If that’s too cryptic that’s all right. Basically, this whole process is a focus group for the City to get reactions about what it already wants to do. If you want to participate, well then be my guest.)
All the deets:
I mean, is it necessarily a good thing to “expand the Special Use District?”
I don’t know. (Last year, a couple Angry Young Men were pretty p.o.’ed about one meeting being “dominated” by aging white hakujin who live south of Geary. These AYM wondered why those residing on the wrong side of the Expressway were even included in a Japantown meeting…)
Anyway, ever more deets:
“Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Start Time: 12:30 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
Phone: (415) 346-1239
More Info: http://sfplanning.org/index.aspx?page=1692
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Start Time: 12:30 pm End Time: 3:00 pm
(Time Zone: US/Pacific)
Location: Issei Memorial Hall at JCCCNC (map)
Category: Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan
A Community Vision: Sustainability and Renewal
Preserve, restore and enhance Japantown as a vital, prosperous, and livable community that authentically reflects, embodies and continues its cultural heritage and history into the future.
The Japantown Organizing Committee invites you to attend a series of community meetings. We need your input and guidance on their recommended changes to the 2009 draft neighborhood plan.
We will meet to discuss:
Important neighborhood planning
Development issues
Questions about Zoning
Before the end of 2011, the final Japantown community recommendations are scheduled for consideration by the San Francisco Planning Commission. Your help at these meetings is vital to shape the neighborhood recommendations to the Planning Commission.
Click here to download handouts for this meeting.
Phone: (415) 346-1239
More Info: http://sfplanning.org/index.aspx?page=1692
Location Details
Issei Memorial Hall at JCCCNC
1840 Sutter Street
San Francisco CA 94115 US
“Linear Park?” Word from Japantown: The Webster Street Linear Park (WSLP) is NOT RECOMMENDED
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011What’s this? The first time I hear about a “linear park” and, already, the idea’s been killed.
That’s what I learned last night at the poorly-attended “Better” Neighborhood Project meeting. (For some reason the one they had earlier this month had a lot more people, oh well.)
Now last I heard, a few years ago, the powers that be were going to earthquake safe the Japantown parking garage on Post and then during construction people would be able to park their cars on the northbound lanes of excessively-wide Webster Street. But I suppose that got replaced with this linear park idea.
Anyway, here it is:
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Oh, and here too. See the driveways and whatnot?
Anyway, that’s your Japantown BNP update.
