Yey, we finally have some people hating Bush so much that they took Bush Street Signs!
Vandalism or Patriotic?
We will let you decide on that.
San Francisco officials said missing street signs for Bush Street may be a result of dissatisfaction with the current U.S. president.
Residents said signs are missing from the intersections of Bush and Kearny Streets, and Bush and Montgomery, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
“I have helped numerous tourists (and locals) trying to find Bush Street (and Montgomery), but they had no idea where they were because there was no street sign,” legal secretary Katherine Small said.
via upi
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San Francisco will be getting a new Transbay Terminal. Basically, it’s an eco-friendly structure/transit center that will be placed at 1st and Mission Street in downtown. Looks great but won’t be here for another 11 years.
SAN FRANCISCO.- The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Board of Directors today unanimously approved a professional services agreement with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects to design the new landmark Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco.
“San Francisco is both lucky and deserving to have the skill and grace that the firm of Pelli Clarke Pelli will bring to the design of the West Coast’s most significant transit facility,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom. “Through this forward thinking project, we can inspire change to an environmentally sustainable model of living while also enhancing economic growth in our City, region and State.”
The TJPA Board unanimously voted in September to enter into exclusive negotiations with the Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA) and developer Hines team following the TJPA’s eight month long international Design and Development Competition to select the lead architect for the Transit Center and Tower and developer for the Tower. PCPA’s “City Park” design was unanimously recommended by the Design and Development Jury, an expert panel of design, planning, engineering, transit and real estate development professionals.
[via inhabitat - artdaily]
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Google is having a Google I/O 2-way developer session at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
All you geeks please head over there next week to get some great insights and also talk to the developers at Google.
Details of the event:
Google I/O
May 28-29, 2008
Moscone West, San Francisco, CA
We’re excited you’ll be joining us at Google I/O. Please fill out this quick registration form to reserve your spot. Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Here’s another reason why San Francisco finished in Top 2 for the greenest city in the US:
Danny sez, “My pal, Paul Cesewski is “artist in residence” at the San Francisco City Dump. He’s spent the last few months picking through the city’s detritus and turning it all into interactive carnival games: there’s a rimshot bicycle, a human-powered ball run, and more. They’re opening up the dump to show off the giant toys this Friday and Saturday, May 23-24.
via boingboing
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Bateman, a 19 year old who works at In-N-Out on Fisherman’s Wharf, saves his neighbor and his cat from a deadly fire. He should get an award for this from the city.
The door gave way with one blow, and Bateman crashed to the ground, “halfway in, halfway out,” he said. “It was like a Jacuzzi. My hair was singed and so were my eyebrows.”
Moyles had already suffered burns to his hands and back, Bateman said. “The skin was peeled back,” he said. “He was black - he was so hot.”
He helped Moyles out, slammed the door shut and told his girlfriend to call 911. Then he looked back and saw that Moyles was just outside his apartment, anxious about something.
“He had a cat,” Bateman said. The men opened the door again and the cat ran outside, unharmed, he said.
Bateman alerted the other four tenants of the building, who made it out safely.
via sfgate
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Okay, here’s something really pointless and fun to do in San Francisco. Build a big lego boulder and run down while the boulder follows you…
Watch the video here
Ah LEGO, how much do we love you? Let me count the ways: five million. The same amount of million multicolored pieces needed to create this solid boulder, as big as the one in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then get a fake Professor Henry Jones (You call this archaeology?), fake Sallah (Asps. Very dangerous. You go first) and some other dudes to push it to chase a fake Indy down the streets of San Francisco. The result: an instant classic, even without the Hovitos. Let’s hope the actual movie is this crazy and preposterous.
[via techeblog gizmodo]
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The best place to park at Ocean Beach during a busy summer day is on the Great Highway, where you can access the “non-busy” part of Ocean Beach.
Well, I took the liberty of taking some colorful pictures of the unique little houses on the Great Highway on our way back from the Beach Trip. Btw, if you have 2 or 3 story house, you get a very nice ocean view.
But don’t let the size full you, each of these houses are probably more than $1-2 million if you wanted to buy one.
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Well, the other day was the hottest day in San Francisco with temperature reaching up to 94 degrees fahrenheit.
One thing about weather in San Francisco is that it can suddenly go from 94 degrees to 70 degrees in matter of minutes like it did today. The fog came over Sunset district in matter of minutes and the temperature just dropped like that.
I am glad I did go take my tent to the Ocean Beach the other day though, proud to say that I was the only person with a “real” tent. It tooks me about 10 minutes to set it up since I haven’t used tents in like 10 years.
Here’s some shots of Ocean Beach you can enjoy. It was very beautiful and unreal as the ocean mist (as you can see in the pics) covered the whole beach.
These are times I love living in San Franciso. I took a nice 2 hour nap while hearing the ocean waves, of course in my nice cozy tent.
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San Francisco is ranked as the second most green city in the US. I can tell that San Francisco would be such a city as most of the city buses are electrically powered, there’s thousands of Chinese people who recycle like crazy, and most importantly, everyone cares about the environment.
I see more electric cars and “share” cars in San Francisco than most other cities I’ve been to. (where they don’t have such things)
Well, congrats to all you San Franciscans, you should be proud that we live in one of the greenest city!
With Mayor Newsom trying to make it “not” illegal to recycle, (I personally that’s going too far) it’s no wonder SF makes it to the Top 5 list.
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