Forget about ice cream this summer.
As seen in the window display of 2G Japanese Brasserie at 601 Van Ness:
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Posts Tagged ‘turk’
Just in Time for the Foggy Days of August: Sushi Cones from 2G Japanese Brasserie on Van Ness
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011The Euros, They Just Don’t Care: No Helmets, No Lights, Riding Side-By-Side Down Deadly Masonic Without a Care
Monday, July 18th, 2011These chatty Euro-types are braver than I.
They’re from a cycling culture different from America’s, that’s for sure.
I was on the sidewalk* by the time they ended up taking up the slow lane of deadly Masonic southbound, languidly cruising side-by-side at about half the speed limit all the way to Fell.
Where Nils Linke died last year and James Hudson died this year:
I’m afraid of Masonic, myself. But that’s nothing a little reorganizing couldn’t fix.
Of course our corrupt SFMTA, the worst-run agency in town, has a plan for this part of Masonic. But it’s afraid to implement safety measures quickly and cheaply because that would lower support for what the SFMTA wants to do, which is to wait years and then spend years and eight figures (million$ per block) planting trees and whatnot.
To fight blight, or something.
To make area property owners happy.
Oh well.
At least by then, we’ll have our Target store on Masonic.
Right Charlize and Bullseye?
*As I’ve stated before these people died, all cyclists should be on the wide sidewalks of Masonic instead of actually being on Masonic betwixt Turk and Fulton, generally.
OMG, Here’s Your New S.F. Condo for $150k! It’s “Fillmore Park” (nee 1345 Turk) – Available Fall 2011
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011Your SocketSite had the deets back in the day about Fillmore Park at 1345 Turk Street near Fillmore in the Western Addition.
Don’t miss the May 14th, 2011 Informational Workshop:
Contact: Linda Harrison, Fillmore Park Sales & Marketing Team
When
Saturday May 14, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM PDT
Where
African American Cultural Center
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
See you there! Deets below.
Cahill Contractors is still working on it, under the pouring sun yesterday:
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All the deets, as of last year:
How would you like to become landed gentry for less than what you’re paying to rent a studio in the Tenderloin? Well, then get on over to 1345 Turk.com, where it’ll soon be on like Donkey Kong.
Imagine living right near all the those new nightlife spots on Fillmore - and you’d be less than 400 yards from Alamo Square and the Painted Ladies.
There might be a lottery involved, but you can’t win if you don’t play…
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Be sure to invite me over for a BBQ after you get settled in!
And just look at the artwork they have! I call this crop “Andre the Giant walks to his red SAAB 900″
Bon courage!
1345 Turk Street offers thirty-two affordable new homes for first-time homebuyers, specifically working families and individuals earning between 70 and 100% of Area Medium Income.
Flats and townhouses with outdoor patios ring a private landscaped courtyard, creating a quiet community just a block from the bustling Fillmore District and walking distance to shopping, entertainment and transportation.
The project is part of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s Limited Equity Program, which seeks to increase affordable homeownership opportunities for San Franciscans.
1345 TURK STREET PROPOSED PROJECT SCHEDULE
Project Awarded to MSPDI April 2007
Community Design Presentation December 2007 – January 2008
Approval of Schematic Design by Redevelopment Agency Commission February 2008
Design Development and Construction Documents Begin Summer 2009
Conditional Use Granted by Planning Department January 2010
Design Completes February 2010
Developer Enters into a Development and Disposition Agreement
with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency February 2010
Project Bidding and Permitting March 2010
Neighborhood Construction Job Outreach Begins June 2010
Construction Starts July 2010
Project Information Workshops Summer 2010- Spring 2011
Project Outreach to Certificate Holders Spring – Summer 2010
Buyer Preparation and Homeownership Workshops Summer 2010- Spring 2011
Buyer Lottery Summer 2011
Construction Completes December 2011
Project Move-In January – March 2012
This is the White 2009 Hyundai Elantra Involved in This Morning’s Fatal Collision on Masonic near Turk
Friday, May 6th, 2011The San Francisco Chronicle’s Henry K. Lee has the early details and Terry McSweeny of KGO-TV has a video report.
This is the lane that goes through St. Mary’s between Stanyan and Shrader:
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The owner of the white Hyundai (CA 6HOT660) resides in the Chinatown / Nob Hill area, one might assume.
And here’s one of the cars that driver Jose Jimenez hit on Clayton near Fell Street when he was traveling from the hit and run scene to St. Mary’s. This two-ton minivan was pushed a foot or two so the impact speed must have been fairly high:
OMG, Popular Brenda’s French Soul Food is Now Open for Dinner on a Safe Block in the Otherwise Crime-Ridden Tenderloin
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Will popular, four-star rated Brenda’s French Soul Food be as popular for dinner as it’s been for breakfast, brunch, and lunch?
Only Time Will Tell.
As recently seen on Polk, near the western fringe of the crime-ridden Tenderloin. Criminals tend to not like crowds of potential witnesses, so dread nought.
Why not get in line at 652 Polk betwixt Eddy and Turk, dine and then make a post to the Yelp, as thousands have before you?
More Details Emerge Regarding the Death of Cyclist Nils Yannick Linke Near the Intersection of Turk and Masonic
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011I’ll tell you, I’m ignorant of any changes made by the City and County at or near the intersection of Turk and Masonic (before or) after the night Nils Yannick Linke was killed that would have changed anything.
Anyway, consider the below a kind of opening statement if the wrongful death suit doesn’t settle.
The intersection of Turk and Masonic:
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“SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2011 – Petra Linke and Jüergen Schneider-Linke have filed a wrongful death lawsuit (case no. CGC-11-507332 [see SF StreetsBlog]) in San Francisco County Superior Court for the August 13th death of their son, 22-year-old Nils Yannick Linke, a German tourist who was fatally struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Masonic Avenue in San Francisco. The suit, filed by The Veen Firm, names Joshua Calder, the vehicle’s driver; Nicole Mairs, Calder’s girlfriend who was a passenger in the vehicle; and June Soelberg, the vehicle’s registered owner. Calder is facing criminal charges for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident; he remains free on $500,000.00 bail.
“The defendants willfully got behind the wheel of a car after an evening of drinking and struck down Nils as he rode his bike. They left the scene of the accident without rendering any assistance or calling for help. The result is this young man’s tragic death. While Calder is being tried in a criminal court, all of the defendants are also guilty of negligence.” said Kevin Lancaster of The Veen Firm.
On Aug. 13, 2010, Calder and Mairs had dinner in San Francisco, consuming two bottles of wine, a champagne cocktail, a beer and two shots of liqueur. After leaving the restaurant, Calder was driving a Mercedes-Benz, registered to Mairs’ grandmother, June Soelberg. While driving down Masonic Avenue, Calder struck Linke from behind. Linke’s bike had a flashing white light on it.
The complaint alleges that Calder collided into Linke, causing him to hit the windshield before he landed in the street. Calder then pulled the car to the side of the road and checked on Linke, who was convulsing and bleeding from the nose and ears. Instead of rendering aid or calling for help, Calder moved the mangled bicycle to the side of the road, and returned to the car. Mairs took over driving and sped away from the scene of the accident.
A few blocks away, police officers stopped the car. Calder was arrested for driving under the influence; more than two hours after the accident his blood alcohol content was .10 percent. His blood also tested positive for cannibinoids.
Linke was transported by the San Francisco Police Department Medic to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
“Clearly this tragedy is a direct result of Maris’ and Calder’s blatant disregard for the safety of others. However, this case also highlights the need for safer streets for bicyclists in the city. For years, safety advocates and residents of Masonic Avenue have been attempting to get the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to implement more traffic calming measures in the area. For instance, the area between Fell and Geary on Masonic has ranked as the tenth highest corridor for bicycle collisions for the past five years. Due to the efforts of groups such as Bike NOPA, SF Bike Coalition, Fix Masonic, and others, many changes have been made and more are in the works. The streets should be safe for all roadway users, including bicyclists,” added Lancaster.
The Veen Firm focuses on recovering damages for the catastrophically injured and has since 1975. The firm specializes in catastrophic injury, construction accident, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, negligence, premises liability, product liability, toxic exposure and wrongful death cases. For more information visit: http://www.veenfirm.com
SFMTA Announces Slower Transit Times for 43 Masonic Bus Line – New NIMBYs First, Transit Last Policy
Friday, January 7th, 2011I don’t know why a handful of wealthy,* white, weathered** property owners with great (or not so great) estates on/near Masonic Boulevard takes precedence over the rest of San Francisco, but that appears to be the situation these days. Read the news and turn the pages:
Taxi Driver Complains about New Signal Timing on Masonic: Best Indicator of Change
Aren’t taxis transit? Isn’t the 43 Masonic transit? And why is the speed limit for Turk Street lower than for Masonic Avenue? And why is the speed limit for Lincoln ten miles an hour faster than that for Masonic? They’re both “residential streets,” right?
Just asking, bro.
Slower 43′s mean smaller splashes. Quel dommage!
*Here’s what all the wealthy NIMBYs say: “Well, I’m not wealthy.” They’re lying.
**How about seasoned, instead?
Another Slaying in the Uptown Tenderloin? Too Bad AdamsBlock.Com Isn’t Operating Anymore
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Here’s the latest from our Uptown Tenderloin:
“Gunfire erupted at about 3:20 PM on the sidewalk of the 100 block of Turk Street near Taylor Street. The victim was shot multiple times at close range with a semi-automatic handgun…”
Hey, didn’t that used to be Adam’s Block? Yes it did.
Hey, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a little HD of the events leading up to the shooting? Yes it would.
But the bullying NIMBYs of the Tenderloin saw fit to shut AdamsBlock down.
Oh well.
Joshua Calder’s Mouthpiece Has Gotten Four Continuances? Learn About the Tragic Death of Nils Linke on Craigslist
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010The writer of a recent Rant and Rave on craigslist jumps to a few conclusions but also offers helpful information about how the owner of the car that killed cyclist Nils Linke in August has not yet been charged with any crime (will a different DA make a different call? Mmmm…) and about how the long march to justice has been interrupted four times already.
We’ve certainly failed German visitor Nils Linke, whether by
California’s dram shop laws specifically written to shield restaurant owners and workers from liability pretty much no matter how they behave, or
by city engineers who refused to do anything about the safety situation on southbound Masonic at Turk because, for some reason, they’d prefer to do an aesthetic makeover for $20,000,000.00(!) in a couple or three or four years and they want to use safety as a rationale so they’re not about to increase safety quickly and cheaply cause that will lessen the impetus for the aesthetic changes that local property owners want, or
by a DMV and court system that considers driving a right and not a privilege. (Some other countries have a different approach of course)
Oh well.
Anyway, here’s the post from yesterday:
“The tragic death of Nils Linke
Date: 2010-12-28, 1:15PM PST
Asking Bay Area cyclists to write letters to the DA in the Nils Linke case.
According to news reports, Joshua Calder (and his girlfriend) drank two bottles of wine, multiple shots of liquor and after-dinner drinks, before driving home.
He then hit Nils Linke of Germany who was riding a bicycle.
After getting out of the vehicle to move the bicycle, Mr. Calder changed places with his girlfriend, to conceal the fact that he’d been at the wheel.
They left Nils to die, not stopping to offer any assistance or to call for an ambulance. Sadly, she is not being prosecuted as well.
Mr. Calder’s friends and family are now trying to paint him as a responsible individual who made a tragic mistake and is remorseful, when drinking that much and taking the wheel shows a callous disregard for anyone but yourself.
Please write and ask that Mr. Calder be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. LETTERS WILL HELP. A prosecutor is much less likely to make any sort of deal if they think the public is closely following this case. The case has been continued 4 times, no doubt in an attempt by Calder’s attorneys to keep it out of the public eye.
Michael Swart
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
Hall of Justice
850 Bryant Street, Room 322
San Francisco, CA 94103
News articles about the case:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2010/11/german-cyclist-s-death-found-be-homicide
What, Exactly, is Drunk Driver Joshua Calder Remorseful For? The Killing, the Running, the Bike Moving?
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Brent Begin continues coverage of Joshua Calder’s vehicular homicide on Masonic Avenue on August 13th, 2010.
Now, one of the lessons for defense teams from the Johannes Mehserle case has got to be the importance of making a display of remorse early on, before all the details are even established, through proxies if need be. Thusly
“Josh is so remorseful for what happened, and I know that the memory [of] the events of that horrific night eats Josh up daily,” his girlfriend said. “Every moment, Josh’s thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Nils Linke.”
I wonder, is there anyone else out there remorseful for her actions on that night?
The Ghost Bike of Nils Yannick Linke:
Nils Yannick Linke, RIP:
