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© by Chris Enquist 9/30/16
Friday, September 30, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
AUTUMN LEAVES
An unknown individual has taken to placing fallen sycamore
leaves on display in empty newspaper racks around the neighborhood, a modern update on pressing leaves between wax paper.
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© by Chris Enquist 9/27/16
Friday, September 16, 2016
NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSINGS 2016 (#13 in a series) – TOAST
Toast,
which opened only a few years ago at Polk and Sacramento,
has been suspended from operating for the "identified existence of imminent health hazard(s)" among other reasons, according to the notice posted on the door.
It appears that Toast is toast.
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© by Chris Enquist 9/15/16
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
WHAT'S IN A TECH NAME?
One aspect of the tech makeover/takeover of San Francisco has been the growth of unusual business names.
This
one, for example, is too
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| 1263 Mission |
by
half, while this one
is clever and eye-catching.
The name on this building makes me wanna
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| 707 Sutter |
is clever and eye-catching.
The name on this building makes me wanna
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| 180 Townsend |
what?
while this one states the obvious:
So do most
people, especially the poor and homeless.
Often, they're some weird combination of nouns, like this:
Often, they're some weird combination of nouns, like this:
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| 1735 Polk Street |
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| 1019 Market (The above photograph is from ceylon-amanda.com.) |
or this
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| 144 Taylor (photo from Piano Fight Facebook page, photographer unknown) |
This one I like:
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| 1465 Bush |
Now that's a cool name.
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© by Chris Enquist 9/13/16
Thursday, September 8, 2016
TOM AND JENNIFER SAY GOODBYE
Sign on the door,
Larkin Corner Market, 1496 Larkin Street.
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© by Chris Enquist 9/8/16
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
PAINT YOUR BUILDING
One
of the signs of gentrification, or at least being flush, is
repainting the building you own. There has been a lot of this in my neighborhood in the past several months.
The drab, lackluster exterior of 1105 Bush at Leavenworth
has been replaced with much sunnier one.
The 1909 Victorian at 1551 -- 1553
½ California Street
is now another picture-postcard painted victorian of san francisco.
The dun-colored 1589 Sacramento Street
has been transformed to this.
Even the Guitar Center building at 1645 Van Ness got a cleaning
and now looks bright as new.
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© by Chris Enquist 9/6/16
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