That’s what I’m calling them, louvers.
This is the south-facing wall of our new EcoPalace:
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This building is a bit different, anyway.
Posts Tagged ‘windows’
New SFPUC Building at 525 Golden Gate Has Lots and Lots and Lots of Louvers
Thursday, September 29th, 2011If the Line for Your FiDi Lunch at the Sentinel is Too Long, You Can Always Try Golden West Near Sutter and Montgomery
Thursday, July 7th, 2011Of course the line for sandwiches at The Sentinel these days can still be quite long, but don’t forget about the Sentinel’s little brother, highly-rated Golden West at 8 Trinity Place just up the hill from Sutter and Montgomery.
What’s happened over the past year is that Sentinel customers are now going to GW as a substitute for short rib sandwiches and whatnot.
The whole joint is just two windows, one to order and one to pick up. See?
Click to expand ($79 is the price of a parking ticket on Trinity Alley and, if you don’t pay within a month, the cost goes up to $196.97, or something*)
Here’s a recent lunchtime menu:
They’re open from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM Monday through Friday.
Join the (small) crowd.
See you there!
*Or it’s the atomic # and weight of gold, Au
OMG, Free Kung Fu Tacos, Free Chairman Bao on Black Friday! At Fifth and Mission From 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Thursday, November 25th, 2010eBay is going to pick up lunch for all you Black Friday shoppers tomorrow.
Start queuing up at 11:30 on November 26th, 2010 at 5th and Mission where there going to have the Kung Fu Tacos and Chairman Bao trucks.
See you there! All the deets below.
Shop with Your Mouth Full with eBay Mobile
What: eBay Mobile is celebrating Black Friday with a free and open to the public event – Shop with Your Mouth Full. Skip the mall madness and come outside to 5th and Mission to learn about eBay’s mobile apps. The new eBay iPhone 2.0 update, now with selling and RedLaser barcode scanning, launched this week.
Join us for FREE lunch provided by Kung Fu Taco and Chairman Bao – two of San Francisco’s favorite food trucks! There will be lots of fun surprises.
Why: Free food, fun & skip the mall lines to shop outside!
When: Black Friday November 26th from 11:30am to 1:30pm
Where: 5th and Mission in front of the San Francisco Chronicle building; for more details see Facebook event
Who: eBay Mobile is the leader in mobile commerce with top free lifestyle apps including eBay Fashion, RedLaser and StubHub. eBay is available on major mobile platforms including: iPhone®, iPad™, Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows® Phone 7.
Watch It’s a Mobile Miracle at the Mall! and Is that a Mall in Your Pocket? videos to learn more about eBay Mobile.
24th Annual SPCA Macy’s Holiday Windows Pet Display Starts November 19th – Volunteers Still Wanted
Friday, November 12th, 2010Macy’s Holiday Windows will fire up once again in Union Square come November 19th, 2010.
Volunteer, won’t you?
“The SF SPCA is also seeking volunteers to interact with jolly holiday shoppers and the many visitors to the Windows. Volunteers representing the SF SPCA answer questions about the animals and collect donations in front of the Windows on Stockton and O’Farrell streets. Those interested in volunteering are encouraged to sign up online at www.sfspca.org/support/volunteer.”
And the old-school displays are based upon the Yes, Virginia animated movie? Apparently.
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The San Francisco SPCA and Macy’s Team Up for 24th Annual Macy’s Holiday Windows Pet Adoption Campaign
The San Francisco SPCA and Macy’s Unveil Adoptable Pets on Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. in Annual Union Square Event to Help Homeless Cats and Dogs Find Loving New Homes
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 11, 2010 – The San Francisco SPCA is teaming up with Macy’s for the 24th annual Macy’s Holiday Windows featuring adoptable animals from the SF SPCA. The Windows will be unveiled on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 and last through Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Shoppers and pet-lovers alike are encouraged to visit and adopt some of San Francisco’s cutest cats and dogs from the Windows located at Stockton and O’Farrell streets in Union Square. The SF SPCA has a goal of 320 adoptions by Jan. 2, 2011.
KNTV’s (NBC, Bay Area) Emmy Award winning meteorologist Craig Herrera joins the festivities again this year and will host the unveiling ceremony at 5 p.m. on Nov. 19 with students from San Francisco’s De Marillac Academy.
“The Macy’s Holiday Windows featuring adoptable animals from the SF SPCA has become synonymous with the holidays among San Franciscans and has been an enormous boon to our efforts to bring comfort to the many adorable animals we care for through donations and adoptions,” said Dr. Jennifer Scarlett, SF SPCA interim co-president. “Through this wonderful partnership with Macy’s, I hope we inspire visitors to open their hearts and their homes to these precious cats and dogs.”
Ever more deets, after the jump
Saving Microsoft’s Bacon: Those “Illegal” Windows Phone + Maroon 5 Sidewalk Ads Clean Up With a Quickness, Actually
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Now, the way that the Mission Local was talking, I was thinking that Microsoft was heading for a six-figure headache over the whole Windows Phone / Maroon 5* / AT&T semi-permanent-chalk sidewalk ad illegality imbroglio.
But then when you look at these glowing green ad things on Valencia and when you grab a random abandoned bottle of liquid something (turned out to be soap, the nozzle’s mostly busted) sitting on top of a trash can nearby and then you start scrubbing to see how hard it is and then two minutes later, the ad is gone, más o menos, bingo bango.
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Not so tough now, are you, Windows 7 Phone ad?
(To do the job properly, what you’d need is a floor brush from Chizhou City Changsheng Wooden Handicraft Factory or someplace.)
So, problem solved. Now, I know only one thing:
I gots to get paid.
I knows I gots to get paid. ’Cause I just saved your bacon, Microsoft / Waggener Edstrom Worldwide.
Now, as previously noted, I desire a 64GB Zune with AV Dock but not so much that I’d actually go out and pay for one.
Have your people get in touch with my people.
And, of course, mum’s the word and Bob’s your uncle…
*BTW, the concert’s already over with – I would have told you about it but I find the Maroon 5 oppressively girly and then you probably would have had to do a lot of hurry-up-and-wait to actually garner admission.
Was Our Shut-Down Mervyn’s a Fire Station, or Something, Before? The Crazy Structure Atop the Mall at Masonic and Geary
Friday, October 29th, 2010What’s the point of this tower / 100%-windowed office space atop the Great Mall of Masonic?
You can see the tower part for miles – it’s a landmark, of sorts, now. See? It looks like the drying towers our fire stations had/have for drying out hoses.
Anyway, I’m baffled:
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[UPDATE: Per the somewhat-cheeky information department of Sears Department Stores (see Comments), the Great Tower of Masonic was made just to hold up a giant Sears sign. It was a kind of architectural tail-fin to match the cars of the day, I s'pose. Wonder if it's hollow inside. That still doesn't explain the air traffic center up there with the tinted windows. You can see half of town up there. Maybe there are two dozen Federales in there keeping an eye on us with huge Nikon binoculars...]
The More You Know…
Now personally, I think we should put this icon back to work. How about the Great Eye of Sauron – it’s probably looking for a gig these days:
Or Target, they’re just as evil as “the chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth,” right, NIMBY’s?
Let’s just do something with Our Empty Mall, Our Brokedown Palace. Oh what’s that? You don’t mind the Target all that much but you just want to shake down a large corporation for 7 or 8 figures while you have the chance? Well, if that’s the case, go right ahead.
Here’s What You Need: A Ear Rest for Your Cell Phone – Presenting ‘Earos’ by Robert Potter
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Here’s the latest idea to get attention from our Funk Seoul Brothers and Sisters in South Korea.
The Seoul Design Fair 2010‘s competition for “future technology and daily living” is called Design for All and it just shortlisted an ear rest for your cell phone.
It’s called “Earos” and it was dreamed up by Robert Potter. Check it:
With Earos, you can order more Latisse (aka Bimatoprost)* in comfort:
It’s new, it’s you:
Will it hurt your iPhone’s reception? Don’t know.
Will it keep your valuable brain a significant distance away from your brain-warming mobile? Hell yes.
Maybe you could use this at home or something.
Enjoy.
*Speaking of which, here are some of the possible side effects of listening to Brooke Shields about what to do with your eyelid hair. Wow:
- May cause blurred vision.
- May cause eyelid redness.
- May permanently darken eyelashes.
- May cause eye discomfort.
- May eventually cause permanent darkening of the iris to brown.
- May cause a temporary burning sensation during use.
- May cause thickening of the eyelashes.
- It may cause unexpected growth of hair if applied inappropriately, on the cheek, for example.
- It may cause infection if the one-time applicators which come with the genuine product are reused.
- Lashes may grow so long that they become ingrown and scratch the cornea.
- May cause darkening of the eyelid or of the area beneath the eye.
On November 19, 2007 the FDA issued a warning during the seizure of a bimatoprost-containing cosmetic. The warning stated that “the extra dose of bimatoprost may decrease the prescription drug’s effectiveness. Damage to the optic nerve may lead to decreased vision and possibly blindness.”
But aside from that….
How to Roll Through North Beach in Your GM B-Body on a Saturday Night
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010The first thing you need to do with your General Motors [1908-2009, R.I.P] B-Platform [1959-1991, R.I.P.] is a lift (some people use stacks of hockey pucks) so you can fit your twenty-something inch wheels beneath. And then you need to tint the windows in violation of the California Vehicle Code. Now, you’re done.
Get your friends inside and you’re ready for a slow roll down Columbus. (Menancing stares through half-closed windows optional.) Thusly:
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Of course, you can just go out and buy a B-Body if you don’t have one.
Choose wisely:
- 1959-1985 Buick LeSabre
- 1959-1962 Buick Invicta
- 1991-1996 Buick Roadmaster
- 1962-1970 Buick Wildcat
- 1971-1973 Buick Centurion
- 1959-1972 Chevrolet Biscayne
- 1959-1975 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1976-1979 Chevrolet Bel Air (sold only in Canada, as a rebadged Impala)
- 1965-1985 Chevrolet Impala
- 1965-1996 Chevrolet Caprice
- 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS
- 1959-1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88
- 1967-1969 Oldsmobile Delmont 88
- 1958-1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Bonneville
- 1966-1969 Pontiac Grande Parisienne (Canada only)
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Parisienne (Canada only)
- 1983-1986 Pontiac Parisienne
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Catalina
- 1959-1966 Pontiac Star Chief
- 1960-1961 Pontiac Ventura
- 1962-1981 Pontiac Laurentian (Canada only)
- 1959-1970 Pontiac Strato Chief (Canada only)
- 1967-1970 Pontiac Executive
- 1971-1975 Pontiac Grand Ville
- 1962 Buick Wildcat
- 1965-1969 Chevrolet Impala SS
- 1961-1966 Oldsmobile Starfire
- 1964-1965 Oldsmobile Jetstar I
- 1962-1968 Pontiac Grand Prix
- 1964-1967 Pontiac 2+2
- 1964-1965 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport (Canada only)
- 1966-1970 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 (Canada only)
- 1971-1975 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe
- 1977-1978 Buick Riviera
- 1959-1963 Invicta Estate Wagon
- 1959-1964 LeSabre Estate Wagon
- 1970-1976 Buick Estate Wagon
- 1977-1979 Buick Estate Wagon (with LeSabre trim)
- 1977-1979 Buick Estate Limited (with Electra trim)
- 1980-1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon
- 1980-1989 Buick LeSabre Estate Wagon
- 1990 Buick Estate Wagon
- 1991-1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon
- 1966-1968 Chevrolet Caprice Estate
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate
- 1973-1996 Chevrolet Caprice Estate
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Impala
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Kingswood
- 1973-1985 Chevrolet Impala
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Townsman
- 1973-1975 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1976-1979 Chevrolet Bel Air (sold only in Canada, as a rebadged Impala)
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Biscayne
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Brookwood
- 1959-1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Fiesta
- 1959-1963 Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta
- 1971-1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Bonneville Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Parisienne Safari (Canada only)
- 1967-1969 Pontiac Grande Parisienne Safari (Canada only)
- 1983-1986 Pontiac Parisienne Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Catalina Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Laurentian Safari (Canada only)
- 1987-1989 Pontiac Safari
How Recycling Can Be Bad – Those New Ford Transit Connect Vans and the Chicken Tax
Friday, April 2nd, 2010All right, work with me here. This is a very small (by ‘Merican standards) panel van called a Ford Transit Connect. (Yes that sounds like a MUNI-related initiative created by Alex Tourk, but it’s just the name that Ford chose.) Microvans like this one are all over town these days, as you might expect considering that they’re marketed to small bidnesses in urban areas.
The thing is that these work vans are made in Turkey, but Ford can’t just have them shipped over here as work vans because then it would have to pay a 25% tariff on each vehicle sold. Why? Cause of the 1963 Chicken Tax. So, Ford has unneeded windows, rear seats, and seatbelts installed over in Turkey and then pulls all that stuff out as soon as the vehicles get here. Shipping these things as “wagons” and then selling them as “commercial vehicles” reduces the tariff down to 2.5%.
See that panel with the logo for BioCair? That used to be a window:
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This is all ably explained by Matthew Dolan here.
What happens to the stuff that buyers don’t want? All that gets shredded and “recycled,” which means some of it goes to a landfill.
Does this make sense? I don’t know.
Cute, Adoptable Pets are Back in the Decorated Windows of Macy’s Union Square
Monday, November 23rd, 2009OMG, they’re back! Don’t go into Cute Overload when you see the pets of the San Francisco SPCA Holiday Windows program at the corner of Stockton and O’Farrell.
Folks were still setting up a few days back, but now would be a good time to check things out. And don’t miss the Union Square tree lighting at Nov. 27, 2009, 6:00 PM. Check the photos.
As seen on Saturday:
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Kitties and puppies, AFAICS
All the deets:
San Francisco
HOLIDAY WINDOWS AT MACY’S UNION SQUARE
Nov. 20, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010
Macy’s will once again partner with San Francisco’s Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to give homeless cats and dogs a second chance to find warm and loving homes. Holiday shoppers can glimpse some of San Francisco’s cutest animals, along with Santa himself, in Macy’s Stockton and O’Farrell Street windows. This year’s windows are inspired by Macy’s Believe campaign, which asks children to deposit their stamped letters to Santa in official Santa’s mailboxes in our stores. Animals up for adoption will frolic in front of a variety of doorsteps indicative of classic architecture, from colonial to cottage, modern to brownstone and log cabin to deco. Santa letters will arrive at Santa’s mailroom, where the jolly man himself will be checking his list to find out which dogs and cats have been naughty or nice. SPCA representatives will be on site while the pets are on display to answer questions from potential adopters.
20TH ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATES THE YOUNG PATIENTS OF UCSF CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Nov. 27, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Macy’s Great Tree in Union Square, Macy’s gift to the city and most recognized Christmas tree will be officially lit in Union Square. A 85-foot Shasta White Fir from the Carlton Tree Farm in Mount Shasta will be adorned with thousands of twinkling lights and 1,500 red and gold ornaments. For the seventh year, Macy’s has made UCSF Children’s Hospital the beneficiary of its annual tree lighting. For $5, anyone can sponsor a light bulb to illuminate the tree; all proceeds go directly to the UCSF Children’s Hospital’s palliative care program, which supports families whose children have life-threatening illnesses. There will be musical performances and, of course, Santa Claus will lead thousands of holiday revelers in a spirited countdown before throwing the switch to light the tree.
See you there!
