Hard-working San Franciscan MattyMatt has just posted “The Castro Arsons: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know” on the YouTube.
Also in the news is this bit from Jennifer Gollan:
“Temporary Housing Plan Would Help Distressed Renters“
Stay safe.
Posts Tagged ‘Matt Baume’
“The Castro Arsons: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know” – 22 Minute Video with SFFD Battalion Chief Dennis Sutter
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011The Mission Dolores Neighborhood Association, San Francisco’s Version of the Taliban, Doesn’t Know Where Mission Dolores Is
Monday, December 27th, 2010Not all religious warriors are NIMBYs and not all NIMBYs are religious warriors, of course, but check out the formerly-obscure “Mission Dolores” “Neighborhood” Association for a little from Column A and a little from Column B.
Little did you know that when you buy the Bi-Rite Ice Cream, you’re supporting San Francisco’s Version of the Taliban or mutaween (see below). Oh well.
Anyway, NBC’s Matt Baume has the latest on these horrible NIMBYs.
Will the MDNA manage to cross Market Street some day?
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| 1. Alice Carey and Company Author: Mission Dolores Survey and Update of Context Statement: Bill Sugaya, Director 2. Carol Roland, PhD; Roland-Nawi Associates Author: Mission Dolores Historic Context Statement 3. Joseph Stubbs, Graphic Artist Mission Dolores Historic Context Statement 4. Vincent Marsh, Architectural Historian Author: 523 A and B Survey Forms: Golden Gate Lutheran Church (601 Dolores) And Second Church of Christ, Scientist (651-655 Dolores) 5. Gideon Kramer, KramerGraphics/graphic design & production 6. Jacob Moore, Webmaster |
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| The San Francisco Study Center Geoff Link, Executive Director |
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| 1. $46,500.00: Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development through the San Francisco Historic Preservation Fund Committee. To have Alice Carey and Company complete the survey work in the Mission Dolores Neighborhood. Our context statement will also be updated. 2. $25,000.00: Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development through the San Francisco Preservation Fund Committee. To have Carol Roland-Nawi create an historic context statement for the Mission Dolores Neighborhood. 3. $2,500.00: San Francisco Victorian Alliance. To survey Golden Gate Lutheran Church (601 Dolores), Second Church of Christ, “Scientist” (651-655 Dolores), Mission Dolores Park and Duggan’s Home (3434 17th Street). Both churches are under threat of demolition. The Christian “Science” Church, designed by William H. Crim, currently has a demolition permit pending. |
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| 1. $3,430.00: General Membership (as of 12-14-08) 2. $1,500.00: Skyline Reality 3. $500.00: Safe Clean Green: Mission Dolores 4. $500.00: Bi-Rite[!?] |
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| 1. Peter Lewis, President 2. Gideon Kramer, Vice President 3. Ted Olsson, Secretary 4. Joe Cain, Communications Manager 5. Steve Haigh, Past-President: Victorian Alliance 6. Jose Luis Leiva, Professor 7. Shelagh Ross, 8. Andrew R. Galvan: Curator of Mission Dolores Church 9. Marius Starkey, Artist 10. Ted Scourkes, 11. Arnie Lerner, AIA 12. Lucia Bogatay, AIA |
A New Website: It’s “Briefy,” Insta-News From Around the San Francisco Bay Area
Monday, August 9th, 2010Well, it’s been extant a week already, but I only saw it just this morning – it’s a new San Francisco Bay Area news website called Briefy.
Writer Jackson West, for one, is a big fan. Now, check out this video manifesto from MattyMatt:
“Briefy’s a brand new newswire for the SF Bay Area. A short roundup of the top news headlines of the day, it gets you all caught up in under ten seconds.”
Check it, you get links and a nifty Picture of the Day, like this one:
Anyway, here’s what it looks like:
Enjoy.
Bon Courage, Briefy!
Just $50 Makes You a Founder of the Bay Citizen – Includes Tickets to Party on May 26th
Monday, May 24th, 2010Here’s the lastest about the much-talked-about media joint The Bay Citizen.
Matt Baume gives fresh details of everthing a potential freelancer could want to know at this point;
CEO Lisa Frazier today extends a final invitation to get on board before launch. See below; und
Kevin Montgomery gives us a sneak peek* on what the site might look like.
That’s the wind-up, and here’s The Pitch:
Dear LADIESMAN217:
The Bay Citizen’s launch is just two days away, and we can’t wait! Some exciting things have happened over the last few weeks:
We now have fourteen journalists in our newsroom, including twelve full-time journalists and two paid summer interns from the UC Berkeley Journalism School;
Our reporters are busy producing stories on topics including the environment and land use, health and science, education, arts and culture, and more;
We’ve started hosting partner meetings to explore collaborations with local independent media organizations, bloggers, and writers;
We recently moved into our new office at 126 Post Street in San Francisco
Become part of Bay Area history
You still have time. Until midnight on Wednesday, you can become a Founder of The Bay Citizen by donating $50 or more. As a Founder, your name will be permanently listed on our website and you’ll also receive two tickets to our launch party this Wednesday evening at the Great American Music Hall, where you’ll get the chance to meet hundreds of other founding members.
Become a Founder now!
And, don’t forget to check out www.baycitizen.org on Wednesday morning when it goes live.
With thanks,
Lisa Frazier, CEO
P.S. Our long-term sustainability depends on support from community members like you. Thank you for supporting The Bay Citizen.
See you there!
*I had a similar experience over the weekend when I decided to visit my giant Toyota sitting in the shop getting fixed. Even though the place was closed I was able to walk right in and take it for a quick test drive – now they told me last week my car would be ready this coming Wednesday but I wanted a sneak peek. Fuck man, the brakes sounded like shit! All screeching metalicky and whatnot. I called them up today and it turns out that they’re saying the new pads are coming in Tuesday. I don’t know, man, maybe they’ll get it done proper, but that’s a lot of work they still have to do…
Congratulations to N Judah Chronicles on Its Fourth Anniversary!
Friday, June 26th, 2009Who turned out to mark the fourth birthday of the famous N Judah Chronicles in the prideful Inner Sunset district last night? Well, how about Matt Baume of Curbed SF and Sweet Melissa Griffin and Beth Spotswood and the Heinekin Girls and even chief MUNI flack Judson True (hey, let’s all hope lying about CultureBus pays more than telling the truth about CultureBus, ’cause telling the truth about the CB don’t pay a whit) and a host of others too numerous to enumerate.
Here’s NJC’s grand poobah Greg Dewar addressing the crowd last night on Irving Street near 9th Avenue at the Blackthorn Tavern. Chanted the mob,“Four more years!”
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And here’s the NJ itself, just a stone’s throw away from the party, rolling along in the wind and fog.
