Lots of cameras at the 20th anniversary of Critical mass in San Francisco. This video is at Grant and Market and doesn't show the whole thing, but it's 20 minutes long. It took 30+ minutes for everyone to pass, so it gives a pretty good idea of how many thousands of bikes there were. The time on the video is off by one hour. It should be 7pm, not 6pm The photos are from Justin Herman Plaza just before it began
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Tuesday, September 25. 2012
Critical Mass 10th Anniversary, September 27, 2002
my own photos from the Critical Mass 10th Anniversary, September 27, 2002. Published for the first time, 10 years later. It will be the 20th Anniversary this Friday, September 28, 2012

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Saint Anthony's demolished
Demolition of St Anthony's dining room is just about complete. A new dining room will be built in it's place

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Sunday, September 23. 2012
Tenderloin symbols
This is the poster hanging on lamp posts throughout the Tenderloin in San Francisco. On the right is the North of Market - Tenderloin neighborhood Community Benefits District and on the left is the Uptown Tenderloin which was started by Randy Shaw and run by Tenderloin Housing Clinic

Most people around these parts probably wouldn't see any kind of symbol within these posters, but somebody did and posted it on Twitter yesterday
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Friday, September 21. 2012
Space Shuttle Endeavor over San francisco Bay
Here's my video from the municipal pier at the end of Van Ness. The final voyage of the Space Shuttle Endeavor
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Thursday, September 20. 2012
feeding the San Francisco garter snake
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Red Hot Chili Peppers at Civic Center
Here I am, minding my own business trying to interview somebody at the library and there's this damn concert next door and it drowned out everything. You can't even hear the interview, just people screaming. Don't you hate it when that happens?
Anyway, here's what's left of the interview....or not
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Wednesday, September 19. 2012
crackheads of the day #67
5:30am, Mid Market, San Francisco. All dressed up in white pumps in the middle of a puddle of pee
Welcome to the Twitterloin

Welcome to the Twitterloin

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Tuesday, September 18. 2012
Beach Motel to stay as tourist motel
The Beach Motel at 4201-4211 Judah Street will stay as a tourist motel after winning before the Board of Appeals rehearing on August 22, 2012
update. September 6, 2012, new article goes inter greater detail with an interview and also characterized Randy Shaw and THC as bullies
Randy Shaw and Tenderloin Housing Clinic lost this case after decades of litigation but this latest win for the Beach isn't being posted on Beyondchron. The last time Randy Shaw wrote about it was April 9, 2012 and April 12, 2012 It has been posted on Zacks and Friedman, who are the attorneys for the Beach
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Randy Shaw and Tenderloin Housing Clinic lost this case after decades of litigation but this latest win for the Beach isn't being posted on Beyondchron. The last time Randy Shaw wrote about it was April 9, 2012 and April 12, 2012 It has been posted on Zacks and Friedman, who are the attorneys for the Beach
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Monday, September 17. 2012
Tu Lan set to re-open in October, appeal cancelled
According to the latest sign on Tu Lan's door, the Board of Appeals hearing this wednesday, September 19, 2012 has been cancelled and they have worked out issues with the Health Department and are now scheduled to re-open in early October 2012


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Sunday, September 16. 2012
The Apple tree on Sunset
There is an apple tree on Sunset Boulevard in the Sunset district in San Francisco. They don't taste very good, but maybe in another month

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long lines at free day for California Academy of Sciences
The line to get into the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park as part of free Sundays was about 1/4 mile long today at around noon
It snaked all the way over to JFK drive

It snaked all the way over to JFK drive

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It Crawled From the Vault #56
rare video of John Lee Hooker and the Coast to Coast Blues Band, live at the Stone on Broadway, San Francisco, March 30, 1985, posted by the keyboard player that night, Jeff Vash
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1957 Market street fish parade with dead whale
This is from the Prelinger Archives
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Thursday, September 13. 2012
5th and Mission parking garage has photography issues
Some people at the 5th and Mission SFMTA run parking garage have problems with people taking photos and video
A contractor who has been using the garage had this encounter a few months ago. The complete story and write up of that is on Vimeo
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A contractor who has been using the garage had this encounter a few months ago. The complete story and write up of that is on Vimeo
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