Cause, you know, a bunch of people playing chess on folding chairs on the sidewalks of Fifth and Market, well, that didn’t do you any good at all, did it, former Mayor Gavin Newsom?
This is the current iteration, as seen these days betwixt 6th and 7th on Market:
Not as big a scene, oh well.
But what’s this? Unlicensed open-air chess-playing in Lower Market? Yes, in Justin Herman Plaza right at Market and Stuart:
Will somebody call 911 on these guys?
Yes, eventually…









