Loving this retro 1962 photo of Alioto’s and Fisherman’s Wharf, from the vantage point of Taylor and Jefferson. I spotted it on my favorite Americana blog, A Continuous Lean. While the automobiles do stir up feelings of nostalgia, the rest of the scene remains notably unchanged today.
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One Fish Two Fish Old Fish . . .
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alioto's, Art, Fisherman's Wharf, Photography on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Other Alhambra
Posted in Architecture, Photography, tagged Alhambra Hotel, Caliber, Tenderloin on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alhambra Theater, as you may have noticed, is my favorite building in Russian Hill. But funny thing . . . Julie over at Caliber calls the former hotel Alhambra her favorite building in the Tenderloin. I guess there’s something about palatial Moorish architecture that’s hard to resist.
Polk Roll!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At Sudachi, 1217 Sutter St.
Neighborhood News
Posted in News, tagged Neighborhood News on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s some neighborhood news that’s come up in the last couple days. Instead of flushing it out in my own fantastic words, I’ll just leave you with these lovely links: Gary Danko’s downscale American brasserie in Ghirardelli Square is set to start building for an early 2011 opening. — Inside Scoop A couple historic properties [...]
How Now Purple Cow: Burgess and Anti-Bovinity
Posted in Art, tagged Andy Warhol, Art, Broadway, Gelett Burgess, Poetry, Purple Cow, The Lark on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you anyhow; I’d rather see than be one! This famous poem was written by Gelett Burgess in 1895 and published in his literary magazine, The Lark. Burgess and his contemporary bohemians often gathered [...]
TenderNights: a Party in the Loin
Posted in Events, tagged Events, Local Blog, Parties, Tenderblog, Tendernights on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My friends at TenderBlog will be hosting a cocktail “party in my loin” at Edinburgh Castle August 18. The day also happens to be the one year anniversary of Polk Sheet, so it’ll be a special day indeed. Stay tuned for an anniversary bash invite from Yours Truly. Here are all the deets, straight from [...]
The Real World
Posted in News, tagged homeless, homelessness, Polk, sfgate on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This story in the Chronicle about a man dying of AIDS on Polk Street tells an all too common tale of homelessness in San Francisco.
Hyde Lapse
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Bay, Cable Car, Hyde, Photography, Time Lapse, Video on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a rad time lapse of the cable car heading up Hyde Street towards the Bay.
Neighborhood News
Posted in News, tagged Neighborhood News on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s some neighborhood news that’s come up in the last couple days. Instead of flushing it out in my own fantastic words, I’ll just leave you with these lovely links: The Russian Hill garage on Hyde near Union is in danger of condo development! Drivers (and parkers) be warned. — CurbedSF 1550 Hyde is closing [...]
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