Posts Tagged ‘stanyan’
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Let’s see here, Texas-based Whole Foods came to town a while back and (finally) managed to buy off the local NIMBY-types, then got on with construction last year, and then withstood the peanut gallery and then opened up in February and then withstood the curious crowds and then got in on the sumo fruit craze.
But still, some carp.
Anyway, check out the cleanest, graffiti-free wall in the Haight – this is the south side of the building. It’s amazingly free of tagging. Perhaps area youth have respekt for the WF? Perhaps the wall is coated with Teflon?
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Now, speaking of carp, this graffiti fish on a neighboring property remains, the last I saw:
But that’s OK.
So, as stated, That New Whole Foods at Haight and Stanyan Appears to be Doing Remarkably Well.
(Why did we have to have this property sit empty for all those years?)
Tags: 2011, 94117, ashbury, bay area, california, food, grocery, haight, San Francisco, stanyan, store, upper, whole foods
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
You see it?
I don’t think it’s working. Almost seemed to be like a playmate for the pigeons:
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Good times…
Tags: 2011, ashbury, bay area, birds, california, fake, haight, McDonalds, owl, pigeons, plastic, roof, San Francisco, scarecrow, stanyan, street, upper
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
[UPDATE: And here's a late entry, from Bluoz: Upper Haight is for Lovers:
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Things really didn’t get hopping until the fog went away in the afternoon, but the 2011 Haight Ashbury Street Fair went off without a hitch, with nary a peep from the notorious NIMBYs of the Western Addition.
(And oh, honorable mention goes to photographers Bob Horowitz (nice) and Dropatan (also nice).)
Let your freak flag fly, baby. From the Eastern Stage:
And here are some great shots.
First, from famous David Yu:
And here are a couple from Brian Brooks:
And here’s one from Chris Witte:
And more from past HASFs, after the jump
See you next year!
(more…)
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011
There’s a feeling I get/
when I look to the West…
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…and the East…
…on Haight Street on the Second Sunday in June.
It’s the Haight Street Fair!
Look up…
…and down…
…and all around:
See you there!
The day is upon us.
Sunday, June 12, 2011, from 11am to 5:30pm. Come one, come all! Once a year, on the second Sunday in June, the Haight-Ashbury community hosts a special celebration and everyone in the World is invited. Music is in the air; people dance in the streets; a festive atmosphere springs up; and Haight Street, once again, becomes the center of Peace, Love and Happiness. This annual event is the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, one of the most highly anticipated public events in San Francisco.
The 34th Annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair will be taking place on Sunday, June 12, 2011, from 11 am until 5:30 pm. A variety of activities will be taking place including three stages offering live entertainment; a six-block Vending Area featuring arts & crafts, food and other merchandise; an area dedicated to the entertainment of families with children; and an opportunity to celebrate with many other like-minded people.Directions and Access to the Haight Ashbury Street Fair
Above all things, we highly recommend that you and your friends take the public transportation systems to get to the Street Fair. Parking spaces are very limited and, besides, why spend your time roaming around in your car while you could be enjoying the Street Fair first hand. Here are some leads on how you can make your way to the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair.
MUNI: The Haight-Ashbury is served by six routes that directly serve this neighborhood. They are #6 – Parnassus, #7 – Haight, #33 – Ashbury, #37 – Corbet, #43 – Masonic and #71 – Noriega. Each of these lines travel directly to the Haight-Ashbury District. Other lines that serve the neighborhood indirectly are the N-Judah streetcar, #21 Hayes and the #5 Fulton. Connecting lines vary so please call MUNI (673-MUNI) for information on the best lines to use.BART
For East Bay travelers, your best bet to the Street Fair is to disembark at any S.F BART station on Market Street and catch the #5, #6, #7 or #71. You can also catch the N-Judah streetcar in any Metro Station.If your are coming from Daly City or beyond on BART, catch the #43 at the Balboa Station to the Street Fair. For more information, please call (510) 839-2220 or (650) 992-2278.AC TRANSIT
Coming from the East Bay, you can catch the #6 Parnassus or the #21 Hayes at the TransBay Terminal. For more information, please call (415) 817-1717.GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT
If you are traveling from Marin County, you can take any bus headed to San Francisco and get off at the TransBay Terminal. There you can take the #6 Parnassus or #21 Hayes. For more information, call (415) 455-2000 or (415) 257-4554.SanTrams
Traveling along the Peninsula, you can jump into a bus heading to San Francisco and get off at the TransBay Terminal. There you can catch the #6 Parnassus or the #21 Hayes. For more information, call (800) 660-4287 or (650) 508 6448.Any way you choose to get to the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, we encourage you to take public transit.
BE HIP & BUS IT!
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Monday, March 7th, 2011
Ah mem’ries. Leave us travel back to the aughts, back when you could plant your veggies on Someone Else’s Land and get away with it for a while…
Here’s the background, and there’s an update from 2011 at the bottom:
Remember back in the day, back in the late-oughts when Victory Gardens ‘n stuff were all over the place?
Well, you can relive that era right now by clicking on all the links that describe that time in ought-seven when “guerrilla gardeners” took over the land in front of some lady’s apartment complex at Fulton and Stanyan and just started gardening.
Remember, man? It was beautiful vandalism, man. This joint had lots of support from the City and NGOs, that’s for sure. But things didn’t work out.
Here’s how it looked back then in 2007…
Via IndyBay, image reversed for your pleasure
…and here’s how it looks these days in the summer of 2010, during what should be the start of harvest harvest time.
Weepin’ time, reapin’ time, harvest harvest time:
Oh well.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Oh, and here it is these days in 2011 – it’s the roughest, most-tilted putting green ever:
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Thanks for walking down memory lane with me…
Tags: . putting, 2007, 2010, 2011, bay area, california, community, fulton, Garden, green, land, San Francisco, save, stanyan, street, USF
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
But what’s this, the everyday price for a can of black beans is less than a dollar? Quelle surprise!
Now, here’s a scene you’ll just have to get used to: an aging, go-to-hell Volvo blocking a new Toyota Prius on Stanyan while waiting to get into the lot:
But three parking lot attendants (seems a bit overstaffed but whatever) and a uniformed security guard seemed to have things under control when I dropped by.
(Shoplifters will have a tougher time practicing their craft at this super as compared to the predecessor, one might guess)
Bon Courage Whole Foods Haight Ashbury!
Tags: 16, 16th, 2010, 2011, 690, ashbury, attendants, bay area, break bread, breaking bread, california, cars, ceremony, Community Liason, February, food, graffiti, grocery, guards, haight, market, nicole watt, nimby, nimbys, outreach, parking, San Francisco, security, stanyan, store, street, supermarket, traffic, upper, whole foods, whole paycheck
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
It’ll take the crew from DPW a little work to remove this well-built sign attached to a light pole at Fell and Stanyan near the McLaren Lodge HQ of Rec and Park.
Can you see the camera?
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Oh, here it is. It’s so low-rez that cops from other jurisdictions laugh at the SFPD and the 415:
So, when you’re looking to the skies anyway, you know, for the chemtrails and whatnot, don’t forget about the SFPD cams neither.
Tags: 2010, bay area, california, camera, dell, department, dept., golden gate park, haight, panhandle, pole, police, San Francisco, SFPD, stanyan, Station
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Remember back in the day, back in the late-oughts when Victory Gardens ‘n stuff were all over the place?
Well, you can relive that era right now by clicking on all the links that describe that time in ought-seven when “guerrilla gardeners” took over the land in front of some lady’s apartment complex at Fulton and Stanyan and just started gardening.
Remember, man? It was beautiful vandalism, man. This joint had lots of support from the City and NGOs, that’s for sure. But things didn’t work out.
Here’s how it looked back then in 2007…
Via IndyBay, image reversed for your pleasure
…and here’s how it looks these days in the summer of 2010, during what should be the start of harvest harvest time.
Weepin’ time reapin’ time harvest harvest time:
Oh well.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Tags: 2007, 2010, bay area, california, community, fulton, Garden, land, San Francisco, save, stanyan, street, USF
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, this critter almost succeeded in a making a run for the border.
The western entrance to Golden Gate Park:
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If I had to guess, I’d say that this Golden Gate Park rat was poisoned, but who knows.
Tags: 2010, bay area, california, dead, fell, golden gate park, norway, oak, poison, rat, San Francisco, stanyan
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Despite those hating Yelpers, today’s Haight Ashbury Street Fair was, once again, a huge success.
“The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is held on the second Sunday of June each year, during which Haight Street is closed down between Stanyan and Masonic, with one sound stage at each end. This is a rather crowded event due to heavy tourism.”
Indeed:
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San Francisco District Five Supervisor Ross “The Boss” Mirkarimi was on hand, as per usual:
At least the Yelpers like Frank:
“Show us your boobs” above the Haight Ashbury Ben & Jerry’s, as per usual:
Your Bay City Bombers were there, natch. Here’s their montage:
This ganga guy in purple will sue you for $1000 if you take his photo, or something:
via Carnesuarus
And Obama in a Giants cap, just the way they had it at the recent Union Street Festival:
via Carnesaurus
See you next year!
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