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 effect is balanced by the ‘neutrality’ of the camera position, always directly facing the screen.
Posted in Architecture, Photography, tagged Alhambra Theater, Crunch, Gym on January 7, 2010 | 4 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, like Yours Truly, don’t work out. Gasp! But, mind you, if I did want to lace up and take my too-crisp running shoes for a spin on the ole Precor, I’d head to the Polk Street Crunch for one reason and one reason only: the Alhambra Theater. It’s just too pretty for words, and I’m in awe of it each time I pass. (more…)
