Posts Tagged ‘playground’
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Comes now the passionate and brusque Jamie Whitaker of Rincon Hill to totally pwn Recreation and Park Department Director and UC Hastings grad and Gavin Newsom lackey Phil Ginsburg.
“One issue that I am hopeful someone will take up is the claim by the Recreation and Parks Department’s Director Phil Ginsburg that “We want as much open space as possible, but we also need to have a way to care for it.” That was his quote in reference to why the City’s Recreation and Parks Department is unwilling to accept the donation of the park built in front of the new Rincon Green Apartments at 333 Harrison Street. Read the article here (hopefully, the shared full article will appear: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Creating-new-park-no-picnic-for-broke-city-4490422.php?t=27ec6d327d3f99889e
“This is a lie from Phil Ginsburg and it should infuriate everyone who lives in the Rincon neighborhood or nearby. Why do I say it is a lie?”
Read the rest of this over at “Rincon Hill, a san francisco neighborhood blog.”
Hey, speaking of Gavin Newsom lackey Phil Ginsburg, a few years back he had a total boner for this nearby project at Justin Herman and yet NOBODY HAS EVER USED IT EXCEPT FOR OCCUPY SF FOR A FEW MONTHS.
Gavin Newsom lackey Phil Ginsburg must be aware, I mean he’s not stupid, that this bocce thing was/is a big fat waste, but he’s afraid to acknowledge this because then he’d have to get a job in the real world.
Oh well…
Tags: 2013, 333 Harrison, ball, bay area, blog, blogger, bocce, california, CEO, children, childrens, court, department, dept., director, families, Family, gavin newsom, Gavin Newsom lackey Phil Ginsburg, jamie whitaker, justin herman plazqa, kids, lackey, market, Mayor, occupy, occupysf, park, parks, Phil Ginsburg, playground, recreation, Rincon Green Apartments, rincon hill, rpd, San Francisco, SF, soma, south, unused
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
Hell yes.
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But for some reason, former Mayor Gavin Newsom moved Heaven and Earth to get this useless monument to Eurocentrism installed before he left office.
And then nobody used it so Occupy took it over.
And then it got restored.
Like a year ago.
And nobody’s used it since.
Oh well.
Tags: 2013, ball, bay area, bocce, california, children, childrens, court, families, Family, gavin newsom, justin herman plazqa, kids, occupy, occupysf, playground, San Francisco, SF, unused
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
North Beach News has the deets on this police call in North Beach from the other day.
“We had multiple reports yesterday of an incident at DiMaggio that led to some of the ROTC kids crying on the playground. Checking with Captain Tacchini at Central Station, he tells us “The incident involved a neighbor who was complaining about the apparent noise being caused by a group of young girls participating in ROTC practice in the park. The neighbor was aggressive and intimidating and causing fear and disruption to the girls’ practice session. Officers responded to calm the situation and make sure nobody was in harm’s way.”
OK then.
You’ve heard of NIMBYs? Well this is what one of them looks like, just as you’d expect, with a beret and everything:
How loud is too loud? Take a listen to get an idea of what the drill team does.
More deets:
“Today, our regular threatening neighbor (the man with the glasses) charged at one of the teams and demanded our personal information and even tried to take a picture. After a series of arguments and trying to get through to the man, the police got involved. A local…I guess…volunteer? who uses the grounds saw the commotion and called 9-1-1. The police came, and guess who was wrong? The man…he was charged for harassing a group of youth. (It really makes an impression when all of GDT are in tears)”
Dude. What are you doing?
Dude!
Tags: 2012, bay area, california, cry, crying, drill team, Galileo, Galileo High School, high school, Joe Dimaggio, Joe DiMaggio Playground, nimby, north beach, North Beach News, playground, practice, regular threatening neighbor, Richard Silver, rotc, San Francisco, SFPD
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Remember four years ago when I told you about how Eric Mar was En Route to Become District One Supervisor?
Well, it’s happening again. Deets below:
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“Supervisor Eric Mar to File for Re-Election
SAN FRANCISCO (March 21, 2012): Tomorrow morning, San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Eric Mar will file his re-election papers for the November 2012 election.
WHO: Supervisor Eric Mar and a small group of family, community leaders, and supporters, including UESF President Dennis Kelly, Richmond Democratic Club leader Hene Kelly, SEIU 1021 representative Michael Tong, Mar Family Association President Michael Mar, senior activist Vera Haile, USF student leader Alia Al-Sharif, and community leaders Gordon Mar, Charles Chow and Lin Shao Chin.
WHAT: Supervisor Eric Mar will file his re-election papers and begin his campaign to continue to represent District 1 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Eric Mar will also hold a large Community Launch Rally on Saturday, April 21st at 12:00 pm at Rossi Playground in the Richmond.
WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, Department of Elections, Room 48
WHEN: Thursday, March 22nd, 10:00 am”
OK then.
But once again, “Downtown” will put money up against him. Here’s the line-up per The Usual Suspects, San Francisco’s Political Home Page Since 1995:
Board of Supervisors – District 1 (Incumbent: Eric Mar)
Declared: Eric Mar
Rumored: David Lee, Rodney Fong
And once again, Downtown will lose. Maybe they’ll have better luck four years from now.
In the meantime, The Richmond will continue to heart Eric Mar:
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Oh well.
Here are your Before Pictures and here’s how the place looks now after the returfing:
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Tags: 2011, 2012, ball, bay area, bocce, bocce ball, california, courts, grass, occupy, occupysf, playground, playgrounds, rpd, San Francisco, SF, SFPD
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
You see, the Occupiers put their tents on the bocce court grass last year. So that killed the turf.
This was the scene yesterday as the new turf came in:
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All that’s left to do is clean up the Bradley Manning stickers and then, once again, San Francisco’s at-risk Rich White People will have a place to keep busy and stay out of trouble.
You know, there was talk of putting in a playground here, you know, for kids, but RWP didn’t like that idea so much.
Oh well.
Tags: 2012, ball, banks, bay area, bocce, BRADLEY MANNING, california, court, free bradley manning, grass, Hachi Machi, justin herman, make, manning, occupy, occupysf, pay, playground, plaza, rec and park, rpd, San Francisco, SFPD, sticker, stickers, tents, turf
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
This was the scene the other day when a giant truck from Kel Crane of Burlingame crashed into the gate of RPD’s Hayes Valley Playgroundworksite.
The problem was the cable for the giant ball thing up front – it hit the gate so the truck couldn’t go any further, but reverse wouldn’t engage so the driver couldn’t back up. All the car drivers waited for a while as the truck driver repeatedly gunned the engine. Then they gave up by turning around to get off Hayes.
Eventually, the driver was able to get into reverse and then exit the scene with a quickness.
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It’s been years, but they’ll get done with this playground, eventually.
Tags: 2010, accident, bay area, Buchanan, california, construction, crane, hayes, hayes valley, kel crane, playground, rpd, San Francisco, street, stuck, tranny, trouble, truck, worksite
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
This was the scene at Geary and Steiner in the Western Addition / Japantown area today as hundreds gathered to see the debut of the new Hamilton Recreation Center and Pool. This place has it all – basketball, tennis courts, giant murals, the works.
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After hearing a performance from students at the Willie L. Brown, Jr. College Preparatory Academy…
…and some brief heckling from Giants Cap, who wants laid-off RPD employees rehired…
…out comes Ross Mirkarimi, your District 5 Supervisor, to give his stemwinder, as seen on this CNN iReport (entitled “‘Bay Area Girls’” Teanage Girls perform [Pat Benatar's 'I love Rock and Roll'] at the Inaugural of the Hamilton Recreation Center”) and then cut the ribbon:
The mise-en-scene inside - it’s like a mini water park. Throw in an orca or two and then there’d be no reason to travel to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (aka Marine World) in Vallejo:
But who’s that atop the ladder for the yellow slide wearing his street clothes? It’s Ross!
Here he comes down the slide…
…and here’s the aftermath, looked like fun. Bill Wilson should have some good shots of the wettened supe. [Like this.]
OTOH, the orange slide is terrifying, apparently:
(I think you’re supposed to cross your arms like you’re an ejecting pilot – that’s what some people were doing in the orange tube/slide contraption.)
Not sure how much it costs to employ six(!) lifeguards (that would seem a lot more than required at slide-free Sava Pool in the Parkside) but oh well.
Bon courage, Ham Rec!
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Seems that a few precincts in San Francisco supported Proposition 8, so some bloggers have been going around town with Equality California to canvass those areas in particular. Tomorrow’s focus is in Visitacion Valley. (If you’re not a blogger already, it takes like five minutes to get started.)
Deets below and right here:
Meet all your favorite internet friends in real life and contribute to a great cause!”
As Visi Valley looks on a clear day:
via ceedub
The deets:
You’re invited to join local bloggers for a marriage equality canvass on Saturday, February 13th, from 10am-2:30pm with Equality California.
This is a great opportunity to turn just a few hours of easy work into a huge contribution to the fight for equality. Plus it’s a great excuse to meet and mingle with a crowd of awesome online writers, and learn about some of the work being done to restore marriage equality!
What’s a canvass, you ask? We pick neighborhoods that voted majority Yes on 8 to go door to door and talk to people about marriage equality. We start out with a really thorough training and chance to practice, so you’ll learn how to have non-confrontational but productive conversations that will change people’s minds about marriage equality. You’ll go out in teams of two to knock doors for a couple hours, and then we’ll meet up at the end to talk about how it went.
Please come a few minutes early so that we can start on time. After we canvass, we’ll debrief and wrap up by 2:30pm. Bloggers are invited to stick around longer for a special debrief and chance to network with other bloggers.
And of course, your readers and friends are invited to come too — please feel free to post the details on your blog beforehand. The more the merrier!
And you can follow along on Twitter with hashtag #eqwalk.
Just RSVP and let us know if you can make it. We’ll send you the details on when and where to meet. Hope to see you there!
Tags: 8, blogger, bloggers, california, canvass, cora, court, eight, equality california, Gay, GLBT, homosexual, leland, LGBT, lgbtq, marriage, martket, playground, porposition, prop, queer, rights, San Francisco, SF, street, Visitacion Valley
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
As seen at Post and Steiner on the side of Hamilton Pool and Recreation Center in the Western Addition.
It’s the brand new Blues Evolution Mural (or the left side of it, anyway) from the Blues and R&B Music Foundation.
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And here’s the legend of the legends:
Now you better know the giant murals of San Francisco.
Tags: african roots, albert king, b b king, billie holiday, Blues, Blues Evolution, Blues Evolution Mural, blues trio, cab calloway, center, courts, dinah washington, evolution, fats waller, Foundation, geary, gospel roots, hamilton, Hamilton Pool and Recreation Center, jimmy mccracklin, jimmy reid, kid directing the blues, lead belly, leadbelly, lit walter, louie jordan, love evolution, memphis mini, muddy waters, mural, music, painting, playground, pool, post, R&B Music Foundation, recreation, San Francisco, scott, shack, slave labor, steiner, street, tennis, the shack, western addition
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