My Changing Neighborhood(s): mid-Market

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

ORPHEUM THEATER MAKEOVER

This was the Orpheum Theater in December 2015. Even though the facade is partially covered, you can see how dingy and dirty it had become.

Here's how it looked in January and throughout most of this year when it was doing the Christo-Wrap thing until this August

when it finally unveiled its newly-painted, clean, white facade

which fits in well with the continuing transformation of the mid-Market area of San Francisco, and does the old (90 years and counting) theater proud.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT (#25 in a series) – TECH FAIR SHARE TAX RALLY

Last month a Tech Fair Tax rally, complete with police, took place outside the Twitter Building (nobody calls it 1355 Market).

This sign, propped against the wall,

had this interesting bit of information:

That's a pretty good indication of how wealthy San Francisco is compared to the rest of america, where more than 50% of the people (almost 160 million) make less than $30,000 a year.

Friday, June 24, 2016

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT 2016 (#24 in a series) – HOMELAND SEC. GOV POLICE

The above graffiti recently appeared on the wall of Fox Plaza, which is currently being remodeled.

I have to admire whoever did this. They had to scale a 10-foot fence topped with barbed wire, erect ladders to block-paint the letters, take down the ladders and get back over the fence, all under the cover of darkness.

Well done.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

CONTEMPORARY SIGNS OF DISCONTENT 2016 (#23 in a series) – LABOR PROTEST, 1355 MARKET STREET

Friday, April 15, 2016

HOMELESS FORWARDING ADDRESS

Thursday, March 24, 2016

HOMELESS HEART POST VALENTINE UPDATE

The homeless heart at Market and Van Ness, adorned with ribbons for Valentine's Day,

has been de-ribboned and repainted in multi-colors

by the unknown person or persons who take care of it.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

HOMELESS HEART 2016

Once again, someone has filled in the homeless heart on the chain-link fence at Market and Van Ness for Valentine's Day.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AT THE HOTEL POTTER

I didn't get to publish these photos of the holiday decorations at the Hotel Potter at Mission & 9th street before year ended, so I'll just have to start the new year with a nod the one that just ended.

Exterior, Hotel Potter

Lobby Desk, Hotel Potter

Lobby Wall

Lobby wall

Front window with resident

Christmas Tree, Hotel Potter

Friday, December 11, 2015

DISPLACING SF – A PHOTO CONTEST

Sign announcing "A Photo Contest Depicting Gentrification in San Francisco", seen in store window at Market and 9th.

The date on the sign says entries are being accepted until December 15, while the website (click here for link: http://displacing-sf.com/) says entries are being accepted until December 11.