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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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Real street food
You can make creme brulee or pizza on the street corner and call it street food. But while it might be tasty, it’s still not street food — it’s just kitchen food made in an uncomfortable outdoor setting. On the other hand, a cart filled with chicharrónes in plastic bags, with various flavorings? Now THAT…
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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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Dangerous Muni Metro tricks
Muni Diaries recently mentioned a couple of dangerous Muni Metro tricks at Van Ness Station. An unusual way to ride the escalator Bad place to wait for a train Stupid? Dangerous? Insane? Yes, yes, and yes. But there’s even dumber things you can do on Muni. And I’ve seen it! In the mid 2000s, I…
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San Francisco terminology defined
Whether you read one of San Francisco’s terrible newspapers or our “witty” blogs, you’ll run into terminology that might be a bit baffling to the layperson. Here, I’ve defined a number of commonly-used terms to assist newbies in their understanding of the lingo often used by San Franciscans. What they say: Dive barWhat they really…
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Muni needs signal priority
The SFMTA recently announced some big changes to the messy intersection at Church and Duboce, which is a notorious mess for Muni Metro, the 22 line, bicycles, private vehicles, and pedestrians. Streetsblog covered the changes in depth in an excellent article. One strange aspect to the renovation which Streetsblog mentions is that there will still…
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