Posts Tagged ‘sidewalk’

Shopping Cart Tent City, Civic Center, San Francisco

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Dude’s been here for a while:

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Packt Like Sardines: How Many Cars Can You Put Into Just One San Francisco Parking Lot?

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Well, at least for this particularly oddly-shaped piece of real estate on Main Street near Folsom, the answer was this many:

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I don’t know if this lot in SoMA is still around. The photo was taken from the office of a billionaire who was quite solicitous owing to a project he wanted to kick off before he himself kicked off.

Here’s what I wrote a half decade back:

It might be a pain to park here, under the shadow of the new Infinity San Francisco towers, but at least you won’t get the boot, or get into a chain reaction accident, or get all messy. Of course, if you work for San Francisco Honda, then just park wherever - the sidewalk, for example.

Lastly, DO NOT PAY THIS MAN!

Western Addition Update: Urinating on the El Bethel Arms Before Visiting It

Friday, April 19th, 2013

You’d think he could have waited ’til he got inside, but no:

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Oh well.

Seventh and Market Black Market Update: As Strong as Ever – Today’s Special Includes Donated Peaches and Tartar Sauce

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Now, how does the pink bag mafia keep cold food, like yogurt, cold, you know, after they pick it up for free?

Answer: They don’t.

Oh well.

Opening up for the brunch-time rush:

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And look, we’ll have Yet Another CVS on Market Street. (CVS is the Rite-Aid of the 2010′s, non?)

This has been your Seventh and Market Black Market Update.

Owning a Toyota Prius Hybrid Means Never Having to Say Sorry for Parking on the Sidewalk

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

This kind of behavior typifies the breed:

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“Get Out of My Way! Can’t You See I’m On a Bicycle?” – If Only Bush Were an Official SFMTA “Complete Street”

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

See?

‘Cause then the wide, wide sidewalks would come “complete” with bike lanes:

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Who knows, it might happen – Bush might get its own “contra-flow” bike lane in the Financh, the way they want for the one-way part of Polk near Market and the way things are now in some parts of Golden Gate Park.

Someday…

The Sidewalk Owls of the Bay Area – This Tiny Western Screech Owl Lives Just Above Your Heads – A Great Photo

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Another great shot from San Francisco nature photographer David Cruz.

“A pair of little owls (Western Screech Owl) were in a hole in a live oak tree that hangs over a quiet street in the SF Bay Area. Very cool seeing them in a quiet urban situation, cars drove right under the hollow branch at a steady residential pace. Shortly after sunset, one owl stood near the edge for a moment before flying away,  allowing me to photograph it. “

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The Mice of McAllister Street – Scrambling About the Sidewalks of the Western Addition’s Alamo Square

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

This poor critter didn’t know what to do out on the sidewalks of high-rent McAllister Street the other day:

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Eventually, this little feller/gal made it back into the big apartment building at McAllister and Steiner. You know, where s/he belongs.

This one:

Hurray!

Fin.

Ach du Lieber, Raccoons! A Short Video of Masked Bandits Taking Over Haight Street

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

When you’re on Haight Street these days, sure, you expect a parolee to come along to give your noggin a floggin and rip the iPhone from your grasp, you know, something routine like that. 

What you don’t expect is an encounter like this, involving a gaze of brazen raccoons.

Lower Haight Raccoons by Monte Francis:

If You Park Your Car on a San Francisco Sidewalk Overnight, This Might End Up Happening to It

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Via Dallis Willard, who’s Everywhere You Want To Be.

Upon seeing a giant Cadillac on the sidewalk, some peds will call the DPT ticketing service at 553-1200, but others will whip out the blue paint:

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Either way, this looks like a case for the San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking.

Car Parked Illegally, Parking Enforcement (415) 553-1200.

On It Goes.