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• Market near 6th Street Art in Storefronts

  ...and Bayview neighborhoods.Helen Bayly and Leanne Miller were working on an ambitious mural for Market near 6th Street, next door to Pearl Art Supply store, but seemed as if they were going to...

  Published by Civic Center on October 30, 2009.

• Gough and Hayes Dia de Los Muertos at Polanco

  ...of Queretaro.The small store, next door to Caffe Delle Stelle on the corner of Gough and Hayes, has always stocked a mixture of inexpensive craft items......along with antiques and high-end...

  Published by Civic Center on October 16, 2009.

• Van Ness and McAllister Tempest Tossed

  ...down.The wall belongs to the California Public Utilities Commission building on the corner of Van Ness and McAllister.It looked like an apt representation of the Golden State after a decade of abuse...

  Published by Civic Center on October 14, 2009.

• McAllister and Franklin Civic Center, Crossroads of Fun

  At the same time, on the nearby corner of McAllister and Franklin, scores of people patiently waited for a Muni bus to Warren Hellman's bluegrass festival...

  Published by Civic Center on October 4, 2009.

• Polk Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets Tangobaby at Tedda Hughes

  There is a "gallery boutique" on Polk Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets called Tedda Hughes......where they sell art and colorful clothes and god knows what else.

  Published by Civic Center on September 2, 2009.

• McAllister and Franklin The Banshee and the Motorcycle Cop

  ...piercing female shrieks from the front of the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters at McAllister and Franklin on Thursday afternoon, drawing security guards to what looked like a bad breakup between two...

  Published by Civic Center on August 27, 2009.

• Duboce and Church The Last Waltz Salon for Joe Lynn

  ...for years, but is moving out of his apartment for the Maitri hospice facility at Duboce and Church while he undergoes experimental treatment for leukemia.The crowd was mostly left-wing politicos and...

  Published by Civic Center on August 22, 2009.

• Howard near 12th Street The Last Waltz Salon for Joe Lynn

  La Reina Taqueria on Howard near 12th Street was host to a huge, raucous farewell party on Friday afternoon for the former lawyer...

  Published by Civic Center on August 22, 2009.

• Van Ness and Sacramento A Sweeter Music in San Francisco

  San Francisco's Old First Church at the corner of Van Ness and Sacramento has been hosting classical, jazz and "world music" concerts since 1970. The surprisingly inexpensive tickets...

  Published by Civic Center on August 8, 2009.

• Market and Battery Daredevil Marketing 3

  ...including this woman doing yoga in front of the naked mechanics statue at Market and Battery.

  Published by Civic Center on August 5, 2009.

• McAllister and Franklin Streets Sunday Crash

  On Sunday afternoon, there was a crashing sound outside our apartment at McAllister and Franklin Streets in front of the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters.It seems that Muni streetcar...

  Published by Civic Center on August 4, 2009.

• McAllister and Van Ness Jamie Vasta's Glittering Art Opening

  ...Commission has a gallery in the front of the Veterans Building on the corner of McAllister and Van Ness where there was an opening party on Thursday evening. It was the fifth in a...

  Published by Civic Center on July 24, 2009.

• Jackson Street near Polk One Way Our Own Way

  On Jackson Street near Polk on Friday afternoon, the parked car on the left reminded me that many San Francisco drivers are operating their vehicles while listening to their own different drummers. It's a good thing to remember when crossing the street.

  Published by Civic Center on June 13, 2009.

• Geary near Polk Explosion in the Tenderloin

  ...complex, and then strutted around like self-important thugs.Frenchy's Adult Book Store on Geary near Polk had an amusing cross-sell sign advising its customers to try the Locker Room dirty...

  Published by Civic Center on June 6, 2009.

• Grove and Van Ness Budget Tsunami 1: a-g

  Prop 8 Arrests at Grove and Van Ness

  Published by Civic Center on May 30, 2009.

• Grove and Van Ness Schubert and Berg, Together At Last

  Prop 8 Arrests at Grove and Van Ness

  Published by Civic Center on May 29, 2009.

• Grove and Van Ness Prop 8 Arrests at Grove and Van Ness

  Prop 8 Arrests at Grove and Van Ness

  Published by Civic Center on May 26, 2009.

• McAllister and Van Ness Prop 8 Arrests at Grove and Van Ness

  ...as he crossed McAllister and Van Ness right in front of the California Public Utilities Commission building...

  Published by Civic Center on May 26, 2009.

• Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue Shutting Down Van Ness for Proposition 8

  ...pick up coverage for their noon broadcasts......of civil disobedience action at the intersections of Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue......where traffic was being diverted for the protest.The organizers of this protest had set...

  Published by Civic Center on May 26, 2009.

• Franklin and Hayes Streets Bay to Breakers 1: Hayes Street

  ...Sunday morning......and we went to watch the crowd go by at the corner of Franklin and Hayes Streets.The weather could not have been more exquisitely beautiful......and most people seemed to be...

  Published by Civic Center on May 19, 2009.

• Eighth Street between Mission and Howard Enrique Chagoya 1: Electric Works

  A beautiful, high-end print shop called Electric Works opened on Eighth Street between Mission and Howard a couple of years ago, and along with digital photography and printmaking, the huge space...

  Published by Civic Center on May 11, 2009.

• Third and Market Sunday Streets 1: Motorcade

  ...edition of Mayor Newsom's "Sunday Streets" initiative, our Market Street bus was trapped at Third and Market by a phalanx of policemen running interference for a dignitary's motorcade.We got off...

  Published by Civic Center on April 27, 2009.

• Van Ness and McAllister Mark Morris and the Ravages of Time

  ...of Performance and Design which is on the fourth floor of the Veterans Building on Van Ness and McAllister where the Museum of Modern Art used to display its collection.The place used to...

  Published by Civic Center on March 26, 2009.

• 3rd and Howard Mark Morris and the Ravages of Time

  ...and beyond.There were plans afoot to build a new museum at the corner of 3rd and Howard but they've been bumped from that location by the metastatically expanding Moscone Center, so...

  Published by Civic Center on March 26, 2009.

• Market and Valencia Streets Zane Blaney and the Death of Access SF

  ...s $929,626 Access SF budget includes $200,000 for rent at their studio on Market and Valencia Streets and over $550,000 in employee salaries including benefits (click here for the full budget...

  Published by Civic Center on March 3, 2009.

• 15th and Folsom Zane Blaney and the Death of Access SF

  ...gotten worse" seemed to be the consensus.The previous incarnation of public access at the 15th and Folsom studios had a surprisingly large black contingent of producers, and the many "suspensions" and disciplinary...

  Published by Civic Center on March 3, 2009.

• 18th and Castro Streets Just a Minor Complication

  ...the woodwork since this is what they've been predicting for decades.The corner of 18th and Castro Streets seemed an odd place to be recruiting new members, though. According to a long Wikipedia...

  Published by Civic Center on February 2, 2009.

• Hayes Street between Franklin and Gough Plantation Politics

  ...Obama's inauguration, I passed an upscale designer furniture store that's been situated on Hayes Street between Franklin and Gough for the last couple of years.The name "Plantation" has always struck me as silly...

  Published by Civic Center on January 21, 2009.

• Hayes and Gough Making The World Go Blind

  ...Bay was delayed so we had a lovely lunch at the Kurdish falafel place at Hayes and Gough instead. We've both put in our marching time over the last decade as you...

  Published by Civic Center on January 12, 2009.

• McAllister and Van Ness Board of Supervisors 3: Party in The Halls

  ...white people.Bevan Dufty has snagged the most sumptuous supervisorial office on the corner of McAllister and Van Ness, which until recently housed Tom Ammiano. There were a bunch of old City Hall power...

  Published by Civic Center on January 10, 2009.