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SFpark meters come to the Mission
A swarm of technicians descended on 16th and Mission today, decapitating the old parking meters and sliding in a fancy new “SFpark” meter. Removal New meters I’m not sure exactly what’s new, but it appears to be solar powered, accept credit cards (yay!) and the new meters utilize sensors under the vehicle so “the man”…
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Graffiti mocks CCTV camera
This graffiti mural mocks the CCTV camera that looms over it. It’s sort of a middle finger to the powers that be, while simultaneously integrated with its surroundings. I find it amusing. Spotted on Valencia between 14th and 15th.
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What’s up at Slanted Door?
The former Slanted Door / Levi’s popup store location on Valencia was getting some activity this morning when I snapped this photo. There was a moving van outside and a number of boxes were being taken in. Anyone know for certain what’s going on? This is good news for this block of Valencia, which as…
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Painting Mission Dolores Basilica
Spotted this fellow painting Mission Dolores Basilica this morning on the way to the office this morning.
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Freebies from Muni?
When I wrote the infamous post bitching about Muni service, Worst Day on Muni Ever, I intentionally excluded one detail. Despite partially redeeming Muni, I felt this detail didn’t add much to the story. But more importantly this little detail cost Muni money; I wanted to give them time to fix their mistake before I…
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True Tales of Muni: The Crackhead
I used to live just off the L Taraval line. One evening memorable evening I was taking an inbound 1-car L and sitting in the back half facing the rear. An older man, maybe in his late 60’s, was sitting in the sideways seat at the rear of the train, slouching and grumbling to himself.…
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SF Central Subway vs. California High Speed Rail
A while back, San Francisco’s MTA got a big bundle of federal cash to build Muni’s “Central Subway” project. This new subway line will create an underground connection between CalTrain’s 4th and King station, Union Square, and Chinatown. This area is horribly congested with traffic so the idea has merit. It would allow folks from…
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Wraps coming off Mission National Bank
In case you haven’t been by recently, the wraps are finally coming off Mission National Bank’s flagship 16th St. location! Restoration on the building’s exterior has been going on for roughly a year now, but the result is totally worth it. The restored facade adds some prestige to the often sketchy part of 16th between…
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No Smoking, No Spitting, No Exit
These are the signs on the noisy Italian streetcars on the F Market line. A rough translation (thanks to Google) is in the title of this post.
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Worst day on Muni ever
Heading between the Mission and North Beach shouldn’t be an aggravating experience. After all, it’s roughly four miles. There’s several public transit routes one could take. Easy, right? Well no; if there’s one thing that’s worse than taking Muni, it’s taking Muni on the weekends. But it turned out to be much worse than I…
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