You know that beige color (it’s not paint but I don’t know what it is, actually) that was just put down on Market Street? Well, it’s coming off fast.
From this…
…to this:
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The Great Unbeigeing – Market Street’s Traffic-Slowing Safety Paint is Peeling Off Already
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010San Francisco’s Market Street is Going Beige This Afternoon
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009This is the scene near Union Square, inbound, right down the street from the latest the latest MUNI bus vs. cyclist collision.
(Dude got scuffed up by an articulated 38 Geary (or whatever – it’s line number had been switched off) but he looked O.K. when they were putting him the ambulance.)
Anyway, here it is:
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Beige? Really? Wasn’t it supposed to be painted green?
(Beige. I think I’ll paint the ceiling beige, after seeing this glorious color up close.)
But, anything for safety’s sake. Hurray!
UPDATE: Turns out, per Bluoz, that this stuff is called “Ride Away/Greenway” or something. It’s from DaVinci Pavement and Design.
And here’s San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Program Director Andy Thornley chirping up to bring it all home:
“It’s actually “fawn” — I brake for Bambi — though others have characterized it as “cafe au lait” or “mochacino” — if it gets people to wake up and pay attention that’s all that matters. It’s another trial for Market Street, joining the forced right turns at 6th & 8th Streets (expect to see 10th Street turns soon) and Art in Storefronts and other good stuff. There’s more to the “Safety Zone” trial, 10 MPH pavement legends and signs, rumble strips, and advance stop lines that will blossom into full-blown bike boxes (with green pavement, you betcha) once the blinking Bike Plan injunction is lifted. These elements (color, rumble strips, 10 MPH marking) will be combined in various ways at the four parts of the 4th & 5th Street intersections (eastbound and westbound), SFMTA and SFCTA folks will be watching and evaluating to see which things are effective at slowing traffic and getting folks to watch out for each other, and then they’ll take the winning combination and implement it at all Market St boarding islands from Castro to the Embarcadero. Get yourself a fresh soy latte and roll on down for a test ride . . .”
“USF Steps Up” Program Offers Half-Price Tuition to Visiting Students at Regional Campuses
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Did you know that the University of San Francisco has satellite campuses in Cupertino, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, and Sacramento*? (I didn’t.) Anyway, the Jesuits are riding to the rescue for students “trapped” by the University of California and California State University, or something like that. Read all about it:
“USF has stepped up to offer select courses to Californians at its regional campuses and we’ve lowered tuition more than 50% for these courses. The courses are offered through USF Steps Up, a new program to help non-USF students trapped by the devastating budget cuts at California’s public universities and give them the classes they need to graduate.
“The University of San Francisco is committed to California’s students and is swinging open its doors in Cupertino, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, and Sacramento to help students fulfill their General Education (GE) coursework. Classes start January 25th and federal student aid may be available for eligible students attending other area universities.
USF’s main campus as it appears when Sausalito has Fourth of July fireworks:
“For over 150 years the University of San Francisco has excelled at educating California’s students. In these tough times, we hope to serve your educational needs as well. Come learn with our excellent faculty at one of our regional campuses.
What: Transferable General Education courses for spring semester 2010
When: January 25 – May 13, 2010
Where: Cupertino, San Ramon, Santa Rosa, and Sacramento
How: Attend USF as a visiting student
How much: Tuition is $560 a unit for classes in the USF Steps Up program
‘USF Steps Up’ to Offer Half Price Courses
Response to California’s Budget and Education Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 — The University of San Francisco, a private Jesuit university, will offer a limited number of general education courses for half price at its regional campuses starting in January 2010. The courses are offered through USF Steps Up, a new program to help non-USF students trapped by the devastating budget cuts at California’s public universities and give them the classes they need to graduate.
Budget cuts at the University of California and California State University systems have resulted in layoffs, course reductions, and higher fees and left students scrambling for classes, many of which have been cancelled. “I’ve heard heartbreaking stories from my colleagues at state schools,” says Jennifer Turpin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Francisco. “Students are begging to get into classes, but they can’t graduate because they can’t get the classes they need. We realized we could help these students and California by offering these classes at our regional campuses, where USF already has a presence.”
More deets after the jump
Sutro Tower Has Regrown Its Antenna Antlers – Now Ready for a Digital Future
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009San Francisco’s famous Sutro Tower (owned by Sutro Tower, Inc., the buyer-offer and $hutter-upperof San Francisco’s mid-town NIMBYs) has a new look for Fall.
Here’s Before (a way back in August 2009)…
…und jetzt After, the way it looks these days (when being buzzed by a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 NG heading to El Lay, camera right, see it?)
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Très chic! Non?
Now, she’s all set for the next meteor shower:
Courage.
After a Late Rutting Season, Sutro Tower Starts to Lose its Antenna Antlers
Monday, August 10th, 2009Well here’s this scene this morning up on Mount Sutro (former home to the SF-89C Mount Sutro Nike Missile Control Station, don’t you know.) Can you see what’s missing?
Sutro Tower is losing antennas (that’s right, not antennae or antennea or anything else) and getting other updates all in the name of Our Digital Future. Get some deets here at the Burrito Justice.
The West Stack appears all nubbed out these days, no? Click to expand.
Make your necessary adjustments and your Wheel will come in just fine every evening, as per usual.
How can it be.
Believe me
The View You Get From the 17th Hole of San Francisco’s Lincoln Park Golf Course
Monday, July 20th, 2009What can you see here looking north from the 17th hole of the inexpensive and much-discussed Lincoln Park Golf Club (aka “Stinkin’ Lincoln”)? Well, there’s the teeing area, of course, but you can also see the Golden Gate and the Point Bonita Lighthouse, as well the houses of Muir Beach City and a good chunk of western Marin County.
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And when you get to the green, you get a nice view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Not too shabby for just $1-something per hole, huh?
“Until the 1840s the strait was called the “Boca del Puerto de San Francisco” (Mouth of the Port of San Francisco). On 1 July 1846, before the discovery of gold in California, the entrance acquired a new name. In his memoirs, John C. Frémont wrote, “To this Gate I gave the name of “Chrysopylae”, or “Golden Gate“; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn”
As West as You Can Get: The End of the Lincoln Highway in San Francisco
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Sometimes, people will travel from the East to the West and end up in western San Francisco near Lincoln Park, the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway.
And a few of those people wind up in Land’s End, where the land ends and the ocean begins.
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See the bench? If you sit on it long enough, you’ll see some whales. If you don’t have the time, just hang out until you see the friendly dolphins, like this one:
It’s all in Land’s End. Check it out.
Melissa Etheridge at National Biodiesel Conference in San Francisco, Feb. 1-4, 2009
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning Melissa Lou Etheridge will, along with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, keynote the 2009 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo at Moscone Center West starting February 1st. (Or maybe Melissa will just have “special guest” status - the P.R. people are still sorting that one out.)
And this year, for the first time ever, you members of the public, you great unwashed masses, can pop over for a look on “Public Day,” February 4th.
Even MUNI is on board the biodiesel bus:
And why did the alternative fuelers pick little old San Francisco, of all places in the world? Because They Love Us:
“San Francisco is an inspiration to our industry like none I’ve ever seen,” said Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board. “As we look to the future of energy in the United States and the role biodiesel will play in the nation’s energy plan, San Francisco provides a unique blueprint for other cities to follow.”
Awwww.
See you there!
Deets after the jump
Revoke8.com: A 32-Day March from L.A. to the Supreme Court in S.F.
Friday, December 19th, 2008Pasadena couple Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones didn’t cotton to the recent Proposition 8 election result so, on November 18th, 2008, they upped and left from West Hollywood Park on a 32-day walking journey all the way up to the California Supreme Court at 350 McAllister in San Francisco. That’s a journey of over 450 miles.
They were joined by a crowd of over 100 supporters today as they made it literally to the steps of the courthouse. In their words:
“We can and will sustain this fight until we revoke Prop 8. To demonstrate our commitment to this cause, we will march from West Hollywood to San Francisco and through the coastal cities in between. We will collectively take our stories from our streets and neighborhoods to the steps of the California Sumpreme Court. Stay involved! Join us from wherever you are for one hour, day, week, or month and MARCH TO REVOKE 8!”
A long journey’s end. Click to expand.
They were treated as heroes and received proclamations from various elected officials, including one from the office of newly-installed Senator Mark Leno.
Per Rafael Mandelman of the the Harvey Milk Club:
“MARCH TO REVOKE 8 ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER 450-MILE JOURNEY;
RALLY PLANNED AT CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
Friday, Dec. 19, 12 noon
Supreme Court of California, San Francisco
350 McAllister Street
Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones, a Los Angeles couple affected by the
passage of Proposition 8, will arrive in San Francisco on Friday, Dec.
19. Greet the marchers and rally at the steps of the California
Supreme Court in San Francisco!
December 19 is the deadline for Yes on 8’s first filing in the
historic Supreme Court case that will decide the constitutionality of
Prop 8. In coordination with Marriage Equality and the Courage
Campaign, Valerie and Tracie will call on the Supreme Court to Revoke
Prop 8.
People are invited to join the couple at Market and Castro at 11:00
am to walk the final miles to the steps of San Francisco City Hall.
At noon we will rally and then march together to the steps of the
California Supreme Court.”
Seems a good way to make a point.
To be continued…
The Bay Area Catches American Idol Fever – Tryouts Today
Thursday, July 17th, 2008It’s on! Thousands of Bay Areans are down at the Cow Palace in Daly City trying to qualify for American Idol.
This is what it looks like when American Idol comes to town and they let people sleep in line at the Palace. However, the cold night air of Daly City can’t be good for your singing voice. So this year, it’s all about wristbands.
via mrwilloby’s photostream on Flickr
Smart contestants already have a guaranteed slot, having cleared one hurdle by singing at Skip’s Music in Elk Grove, CA.
There is some controvesy this year concerning the writers for the show. You’d think American Idol wouldn’t require writers, but they do, apparently. Oh well. San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Senator Carole Migden have worked on these issues lately.
Good Luck contestants!
