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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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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.

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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.

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Alhambra, San Francisco (1992)

Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alhambra Theater, Art, Hiroshi Sugimoto, London, Photography, Polk, Union, Victoria & Albert Museum on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Photo by Hiroshi Sugimoto, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Alhambra’s got international appeal! According to Flickr: Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Tokyo in 1948. ‘Alhambra, San Francisco,’ (1992) is part of a long-standing and on-going project of photographing theatres. Sugimoto records the ambient light created by the cinema screen. The drama of the light [...]

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One-a-Day: My Secret Garden

Posted in One-a-Day, Photography, Stores, tagged FLIPP, One-a-Day, Photography, Stores on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Spotted! Russian Hill Killer

Posted in Photography, Seen, tagged Graffiti, LA, Photography, Russian Hill Killer on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On the loose in LA. Watch it! Photo courtesy of my dear friend Dustin.

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Why Crunch?

Posted in Architecture, Photography, tagged Alhambra Theater, Crunch, Gym on January 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »

A lot of Russian Hill locals join the Polk Street Crunch for proximity’s sake. Others wouldn’t mind a longer trip to another gym, but prefer its location on the oh-so-wonderful Polk Street. Others are too elite for the plebeian 24/Hour Fitness, whilst too po’ for the swank SF Bay Club. And perhaps some of you, [...]

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