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Guerrilla bench activism
Recently, an anti Sit/Lie activist created and placed public benches around the city. These guerrilla benches are made out of recycled wood pallets, and come with a manifesto wheat-pasted onto a nearby utility pole. Interestingly, San Francisco’s sidewalks once had public benches. But they were removed a decade ago. Why? Well the reasons sound very…
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Lake Market
Next to the lengthly-named San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center is a construction site that has not seen much activity in recent years. It’s become a bit of an eyesore, with a giant pit surrounded by a fence, and a massive (and expensive-looking) crane stand tall above the site. Due to recent rain,…
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New overpriced t-shirt store coming to 16th St.
The former site of Artist Xchange on 16th St. is now painted black and papered over, and will soon become yet another overpriced t-shirt store. This is great news for people who enjoy buying expensive t-shirts, but are bored of shopping at Candystore, HANGR 16, Skunk Funk, NO, Nooworks, Density, or any of the other…
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Smart Meters and cell phone towers are putting voices in your head
Ever wonder why people are afraid of the “radiation” coming out of cell phone towers and Smart Meters? This explains why. Almost seems as though some schizophrenic person saw the ads for Elsewhere Public Works and thought it was real. Spotted at 16th and Valencia.
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Say bye to plywood
And say hello to the new exterior for Locanda, which for some reason still has a sign for Ramblas. The opening date was pushed back to March, but clearly that didn’t happen. Anyway, us pedestrians are sure to be thankful that the plywood is gone.
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Lone Star Swan’s written works
Lone Star Swan, 16th Street’s favorite eccentric pigeon caretaker, was immortalizezd in a mural. But did you know he’s also a writer? Swan occasionally hands out a piece of xeroxed writing; sometimes typed, sometimes scrawled; and often with a self portrait and/or drawing of a pigeon. Yesterday, Mr. Swan handed me the following written piece…
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