December 06, 2008
Worst neighborhood in San Francisco
The corner of Taylor and Ellis may be the worst neighborhood in San Francisco. Adam Jackson setup a web cams in his apartment in the Tenderloin district and he streams live video 24 hours on Justin.tv
Un-related: A surfer’s funeral, honoring slain surfer Emery Kauanui Jr.
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September 06, 2008
Early Castro
An HDR version of the Golden Gate Bridge during a break in a 3 day storm that hit San Francisco. The original, non-HDR version is here
Pictures of the early days of the Castro district
Secret tip for obtaining change in San Francisco: Go to a BART station and use the change machines to work from a $20 bill down to $1 coins. Then put a $1 coin into a BART ticket machine (not an Add Fare machine) and press cancel. It will return your dollar in quarters
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August 16, 2008
Aquatic Necromancy Filter
If you own apartment buildings, you know how disheartening it is when you discover that you got yourself a professional “No Payer” or a “Squatter” for a tenant. Here is how renters work the system to live for free in San Francisco
Here's how they were punished in the past
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"Combined, the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley employ about 3500 uniformed police officers. Do they outnumber the army that could be raised by dark magic from the floor of the San Francisco Bay? Approximately how many entire sets of human skeletal remains are there in that body of water, considering disasters, shipwrecks, bridge jumpers, tidal movement of sediment, etc.?"
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May 20, 2008
Old San Francisco
Yerba Buena, 1851. (Actually, its name was changed to San Francisco in 1847. The same location, Portsmouth Square, today)
Old San Francisco photographs by JB Monaco (1856-1938)
All Historic Sites in San Francisco
Elks Lodge, #99, at MacArthur Park, from a Los Angeles flicker collection
You have reached the end of the internet. Please turn off the lights before you leave.
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February 25, 2008
Fog Story
The Mission Stencil Story is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure story that takes place on the sidewalks of the Mission district. (From blanketfort)
Time lapse of San Francisco shot on February 8th 2008
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November 30, 2007
Lights Out
When the Lights Went Out in San Francisco
Alfredo’s photo tours of many San Francisco neighborhoods
A homeless man on 24th St. in Noe (taken by Andre Torrez)
The Taiko-Bashi Drum Bridge in the Japanese Tea Gardens
(Source of pix above)
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August 11, 2007
The Yerba Buena Island Bridge
Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco between 1861 and 1865. They became famous for their expertise at killing the rats that infested the city in those days, and for their unique bond of friendship. Newspapers vied with each other in reporting their escapades, whether it was stealing a bone from another dog, getting locked overnight inside a jewelry store, or stopping a runaway horse and cart on Clay Street. On June 16, 1862, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors exempted them from a strict ordinance that banned all dogs downtown without a leash and/or muzzle, and allowed them to roam, unfettered, wherever they wished…
Photos from the top the Bay Bridge
There: 1971, from the Bay Bridge (Originals by Bruce Steinberg)
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July 01, 2007
Disco in Frisco
Photos taken during the construction of One Rincon Hill, a 60 story residential skyscraper rising on the San Francisco skyline, by Telstar Logistics
BART Sleeps facilitators lend pillows to fellow BART passengers. Participants receive a pillow with a fresh pillowcase for the duration of their journey. When they disembark, the BART sleeps facilitator collects the pillow and replaces the pillowcase with a new one. The program is an attempt to make public transit a more comfortable and enjoyable experience
Weddings from the San Francisco Public Library Archives
Next MUNI. Want to design a bus shelter? Well, get in line
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March 28, 2007
Bohos & Bohemians
San Francisco in Insurance Maps. ca. 1905. From microfilm. (Other sets by the same flickr user: Ancient Chinese Cigarette Cards and Edison's Frankenstein, cinema’s first horror film, and many others)
Jack London having Fun at The Bohemian Grove. The Alex Jones first ever hidden camera inside the Grove. More about the Grove here
Live view from the Lawrence Hall of Science, overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area. Roll over the image to see what areas you are viewing
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March 03, 2007
Homeless in San Francisco
Homeless in San Francisco
San Francisco Genealogy - 1890 City Directory
A silent short of Government agents burning confiscated opium near unfinished San Francisco City Hall, and destroy other confiscated Chinese drugs (1914), and many other old movies from San Francisco on Archive.org
Complete coverage of the February 14 San Francisco Pillow Fight
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November 04, 2006
Party in the Castro
Part of an urban renewal effort in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood involved relocating 19th century Victorian buildings to their new permanent locations
The Trailer to “The Bridge”, about the Golden Gate Jumpers
Fog Rolling in on Golden Gate Bridge. (First pix from National Geographic POD)
San Francisco Bay wind pattern streaklines. (From Information Junk)
2006 Halloween party in the Castro
The Giant Camera behind the Cliff House and a whole slew of links and info about Camera Obscura. (Thank you, Anne)
The greenest home in San Francisco
By the way, following the latest John Kerry brouhaha, a reader asked what the average IQ of U.S. military personnel is. From table 2.8 of the is Department of Defense document, I estimate that the average for new enlisted men in 1998 was about 105
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September 02, 2006
365 Club
The Westlake section of Daly City, San Francisco’s original suburb
San Francisco Wax Museum: The Horror! The Horror!
1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street)
Some of the largest sand waves in the world are underwater, outside the San Francisco Bay
Re-post: A panoramic view of San Francisco in Ruins. (Click on bottom to enlarge into 7000x2748 pixels)
San Francisco Travel Guide from The Citizen
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June 26, 2006
Universal Health Care To All
Francis Ford Coppola sits outside his cafe on Columbus Avenue in the city's North Beach district, and other photographs of The Streets of San Francisco, "From the Taxi Driver's Seat"
Art from the Oakland Taco Trucks scene
Detailed map of San Francisco's Presidio. Also, Real-Time Ship Positions on San Francisco Bay
A Mission District Set on flickr
Scar Tissue: Satellite photo of a piece of San Francisco healing around now-gone railroad tracks
Peachy's Puffs, the Original Cigarette & Candy Girl Company
Hyperstereo Bay. Click an image for a hyperstereo views of the San Francisco bay area
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April 17, 2006
Un-happy 100th anniversary
1906 Aerial Photographs by George R. Lawrence
Recreating Lawrence's pictures in 2006. A modern day team sets out to recreate Lawrence's panoramic camera and take new photos of San Francisco on the 100th anniversary of the earthquake. More about Lawrence
Foe sale 2006: Pre-earthquake house, 3 bedroom/ 2 bath. Asking $1,695,000. (From Curbed SF)
From yesterday’s sixth annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race down Lombard St.
Various San Francisco murals
Golden Gate Sunsets. This map helps you find spots from which you can see the sun set right in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. Viewed from the Bay Area, the direction of the sunset varies from 240.2° at the Winter Solstice to 300.7° at the Summer Solstice. These bearings are measured in degrees east of true north; in the winter, the sun sets more towards the south, and in the summer it sets more towards the north. (From Doc Searls)
Gigapix of the Oakland Bay Bridge from Treasure Island
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December 03, 2005
Inside Bohemian Grove
Exclusive Bohemian Grove Photos. In July, documentary filmmaker Alex Jones infiltrated Bohemian Grove, becoming the first person to capture the bizarre occult activities of the all-male elite club membership on videotape. This footage recently aired in England, Ireland and Scotland on UK Channel Four as Part Three of a four-part special: The Secret Rulers of the World . More on Prison planet
Ten minutes in San Francisco at noon on 4/30/2003: Some background to the famous photo of the naked man in the Tenderloin
Homeless in San Francisco. (From Jaf Project)
Jerry’s throne could be yours
San Francisco in Jell-O, by artist Elizabeth Hickok
Suicides by location on the Golden Gate Bridge
How Craiglist is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage
Attack of the million-dollar condos
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