Posts Tagged ‘spray’
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Here’s what happened on Central “Avenue” near Fell Street in the Western Addition NoPA all the way back in 2010.
And here’s the same block today, below.
So, somebody painted these parking T’s where there were none before and then somebody else came along three months later to blank them out with black paint and then, over the years, the black paint wore out leaving the still-visible, commercial-grade white T’s.
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Why would the DPW / SFMTA do this?
To see how parkers would react?
To put in meters?
I don’t know.
Courage.
Tags: 2010, 2013, avenue, bay area, california, cars, central, central avenue, DPT, dpw, experiment, markers, mta, neighborhood, nimby, nimbys, NOPA, nopna, north of panhandle, paint, parking, San Francisco, secret, SFMTA, spray, street, t, t's, white
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
See?
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Hey, what’s “ZERO GRAFFITI INTERNATIONAL?”
It’s an “international” anti-graffiti convention that’ll have fewer attendees than passengers on the bus you can see on the left.
Hey, why do we have those giant ads sitting on the sidewalks of Market?
Was it part of a corrupt public-private deal involving former Mayor Willie Brown?
Yep.
And he appointed Gavin Newsom and Gavin Newsom appointed Ed Lee?
Yep.
And let’s see here, we have a stupid “film” dedicated to corrupt DPW Department Head Mohammed Nuru?
Check.
And the “preferred” airport shuttle service is the corrupt GO Lorries?
Of course.
Is the keynote speaker going to be Rod Blagojevich?
Who knows…
Tags: 2013, Airport Shuttle, anti, bay area, california, clear channel, conference, east bay, fighter, Go Lorrie's, graffiti, market, Mohammed Nuru, paint, San Francisco, SFO, sign, spray, stop urban blight, street, zero graffiti, zero graffiti international
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
This is the scene in the Western Addition at 601 Broderick and Grove, the site of Gethsemane Baptist Church
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The graffiti is new, you see it? It’s all, “THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
Let’s take a closer look:
“The proposal is to convert the existing church into a single family residence.”
Well, that’s direct, huh, right there in black and white.
[RACIAL SUBTEXT MODE = ON] Uh, so the Western Addition is losing yet another African-American church so yet another millionaire white family can move in, except realtors* call it the North of Panhandle Area now because it doesn’t have the baggage associated with the Western A? That’s my guess, but tell if I’m way off on this one, Gentle Reader. [RACIAL SUBTEXT MODE = OFF]
Oh, architect James Hill is all over this one at his excellent-looking Talking Buildings blog.
All the deets right here.
Via Redfin.com: “601 Broderick is a charming old church … in the heart of NOPA. Not for the faint of heart or faithless, this property needs a revival. … make them believers. Heaven only knows what the possibilities could be!” Receiving multiple offers on first showing, the sale closed before the For Sale sign was hammered in the ground. Highland Ferndale Partners, a luxury home developer purchased the church for restoration and resale. David Papale, partner and realtor, prefers not to disclose the sale price, but redfin.com notes the price clearly at $1,401,000, 40% over asking, a sizable investment in the future of the community. One might speculate, since this is real estate, that the sale price is more than adequate to cover the losses the bank faced in foreclosure on their faulty loan, a profit unrealized by the church. Mr. Papale claims, while the possibilities for the property include six units, it will be restored as a single family home and to its original Victorian appearance without “that horrible addition.”
And there’s a little bit more here in the comments section of this Socketsite post, Control-F for 601.
So that’s the sitch and the graffiti artist is doing all s/he can to draw attention.
Mission accomplished.
On It Goes…
*Always in lower case
Tags: 2012, 601 Broderick, architect, area, Baptist, bay area, black, blog, blogger, building, california, church, december 5, department, dept., divisadero, foreclosed, foreclosure, Gethsemane, Gethsemane Baptist Church, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist, grove, hearing, house movers, James Hill, Missionary, NOPA, north of panhandle, orange, paint, Planning, planning commission, Planning Department, real estate, realtor, red, San Francisco, single family, solaris, spray, Talking Buildings, THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, western addition, white
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
I think this dude on Buchanan was painting white over red, but I don’t know for sure.
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Tags: 2012, artist, bay area, Buchanan, california, censor, graffiti, paint, San Francisco, spray, street
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
I thought you all were on top of this sitch.
What’s your long-term plan, DPR? Oh, I know, give you all more money. But if that’s not going to happen, what if we just take this whole statue thing out? Would you like that DPR?
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Anyway, I think KKKatie is still in the hoosegow, but SFNOB(?) and cat-face have taken over the reigns…
Tags: 2010, 2011, 2012, bay area, california, cat-face, dpr, Dunbar, east end, Elephant, free, golden gate park, graffiti, Katherine, Katherine Dunbar, kill, killer, kkk, kkkatey, kkkatie, KKKaty, markers, mckinley, paint, panhandle, park, park and rec, rec and park, roosevelt, rpd, rv, San Francisco, SFNOB, spray, statue, stewards, tag, taggers, tagging, teddy, zo
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
You know, because of the Chris Bucchere thing.
Here it is, or a part of it, anyway:
“With huge numbers of people biking to work on a daily basis, it may be time to look into licensing commuter bicyclists so they must take the same DMV tests motorcyclists and motorists take to ensure that they know the laws. It also seems that offenders should face some of the same punishments motorcyclists and motorists face, like points against their license. And if they’re going to be commuters, thus increasing the chances of accidents on city streets, perhaps they should also have to carry insurance. I’m not advocating these measures for the person who bikes through Golden Gate Park recreationally, one or two Sundays a month; but for everyday commuters, I think it makes sense.”
Oh, hold on, this post will need a photo.
Type Marina District into the Google, and this is what you’ll get:
Hair lightened and teeth whitened – I’ll have to try that one of these days.
Now, where was I? Oh yes, uh, I seriously kind of don’t think you can require licensing and insurance for people who go to work on a bike and not for the people who go about solely in Golden Gate Park.
And points at the DMV, well, that would seem to penalize those with driver licenses more than those without, capiche?
And Davis, CA? Is that our lodestar now, law enforcement-wise, rich white Marina Lady?
OK fine:
Via Louise Macabitas
I drink your milkshake, Susan Dyer Reynolds!
I drink it up!
P.S.: I’m Brown Larry Bird/ You’re the ’97 Celtics
P.S.S.: Gentle Reader, don’t miss these riveting stories from the Great White North:
Tags: American, asian, bicyclist, bicyclists, bikes, bomb, ca, castro, chinese, Chris Bucchere, commuter, cop, cyclist, davis, dmv, felony, golden gate park, insurance, license, Licensing, manslughter, marina, Marina District, newspaper, ped, pedestrian, pepper, points, Rich White Lady, spray, strava, street, Susan Dyer Reynolds, Susan Reynolds, Sutchi Hui, times
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012
It goes back and forth, but lately, RPD has been in the game.
(Perhaps local real estate interests have the ear of the powers that be these days.)
Here’s what 2011, 2010, 2010, and 2010 looked like.
And this here is the sitch a third of the way through 2012:
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Looks fine to me.
That’s the update.
Leaving you will a gallery of older graffiti:
Tags: 2010, 2011, 2012, bay area, california, east end, Elephant, free, golden gate park, graffiti, kill, killer, kkk, kkkatey, kkkatie, markers, mckinley, paint, panhandle, park, rec and park, roosevelt, rpd, rv, San Francisco, spray, statue, stewards, tag, taggers, tagging, teddy, zo
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
I could go either way.
As seen in the Western A (or what rich white people call the Alamo Square Historical District, so you don’t think that they live in or near the PJ’s):
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Tags: 2012, 702 466 7024, alamo, alamo square, Alamo Square Historical District, art, bay area, california, delivery, graffiti, haul away, jacket, kid, mural, north face, paint, panel, pj, pjs, Projects, Rich White People, rwp, San Francisco, spray, tag, tagging, the north face, truck, western addition, white, whitey
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
And then you look at your panel van and say, “Art happens, man.”
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Tags: 2012, art, bay area, california, graffiti, paint, parked, San Francisco, spray, streets, streets of san francisco, tag, taggers, tagging, van, white
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
The news of this mural going away had escaped my attention the past couple of months.
Here’s what it looked like before….
…and here’s what it looks like now:
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Here are your reading notes:
Gen Fujioka of the Chinatown Community Development Center is involved with promoting the horrible Central Subway to Nowhere.
Artist Ann Sherry is fortunate to get a five-figure commission for anything, so I’m not sure why she’s so perpetually cranky.
It’s not smart to put up images of authority figures (you know, people in military of police uniforms) in a sort of wild part of town
I don’t know, maybe this was a bad idea from the start?
I don’t know, maybe San Francisco government has lots of bad ideas, you know, from the start?
What can we learn from this episode?
Tags: 1994, 2, 2001, 2004, 9/11, alley, Americans, Ann Sherry, art, artist, Betty Ann Ong, Betty Ong, blur, blurring, blvd., boulevard, broadway, building, cameras, Cathie Lam, cdc, chinatown, Chinatown Community Development Center, chinese, city That Knows How, clear, coating, Columbus, Community Development Center, criminal, department, dept., district, dpet, dpmt, epoxy, face, flight attendant, fresno, Gen Fujioka, gold mountain, google, graffiti, Kearny, mapjack, maps, mural, muralist, north beach, paint, painting, place, police, restored, romolo, San Francisco, SFPD, spray, stewardess, street, Swiss American, tag, tagger, tagging, The City That Knows How, two, Video, way, wtc
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