Yet another blog about
the nouveau riche oligeeks* of Pacific Heights (*from a recent Leah Garchik column in the SF Chronicle) pouring into the City. This time the focus is on the Rockwell (where do they get these names?)
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| Rockwell Sales Office, Polk Street |
another $600K plus condo/townhouse development now undergoing
construction at the corner of Pine and Franklin.
A woman I know recently called San Francisco ‘Monaco-by-the-Bay’.
I could see her point. At the present level of rents ($3,000+), the only current and
future residents of the city will be people with incomes of $100,000 a year or
more. It’s a place I could never afford to live in if I didn’t already.
The closing poem is by David Nelson Fox and is taken from his blog
(click here for the link to which appears after the poem:)
San Francisco, Slightly Used
Settling for
things is OK by me.
I don't need to eat out
As often as I used to
Don't need a blow-out night
Of state-of-the-art sushi
Or French, or artful presentation.
It would be nice to afford
A day at the museum
A night of inventive dance
Or mid-run theater by a friend
A film or band, something odd
With a chance of spectacular,
Something I used to do
On a bookstore salary
On a whim. Well, a whim with a budget.
Visiting the city that inspired me,
Where I live, is out of reach.
I rush through the halls
Of the museum of what I used to do,
As the speakers announce it will close soon.
David Nelson Fox
5/6/2015: 8:35 PM, 9:20 PM
I don't need to eat out
As often as I used to
Don't need a blow-out night
Of state-of-the-art sushi
Or French, or artful presentation.
It would be nice to afford
A day at the museum
A night of inventive dance
Or mid-run theater by a friend
A film or band, something odd
With a chance of spectacular,
Something I used to do
On a bookstore salary
On a whim. Well, a whim with a budget.
Visiting the city that inspired me,
Where I live, is out of reach.
I rush through the halls
Of the museum of what I used to do,
As the speakers announce it will close soon.
David Nelson Fox
5/6/2015: 8:35 PM, 9:20 PM
Copyright © by Chris Enquist 5/21/15
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