High five to Lydia for pointing me to this.
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Inequality & Mass Transit in the San Francisco Bay Area
From the project’s github page:
A recent feature in The New Yorker juxtaposed New York City’s subway stops with their residents’ incomes. Like NYC, San Francisco has people of both extreme poverty and wealth, often living toe-to-toe. We wondered how those graphs would look in our neck of the woods. The results show the Bay Area’s economic inequality and its relationship with transit and urban form.
High five to Cousin Steph for this.
What’s Wrong With Having a Little Faith?
Vanessa Pinto, writing for the Huffington Post:
We live in a city where we are encouraged to try everything out, but God or religion is definitely not one of them.
And the Beat Goes On
Treasure Island, 2013.
Knitting on Muni
Japanese Retailers coming to SF (Finally!)
The Uniqlo store opens on Friday.
MUJI will open is first store on the West Coast in November right here in SF, SOMA to be exact. It will be the largest MUJI store in the US. I’ve only been to the ones in HK and Shanghai. I can’t remember if I went in Beijing.
Pier 39
Just going through some old stuffs.
Pier 39, San Francisco.
August, 2011.
Union Square
I miss being out and about. Almost there.
Photo taken at the end of June, a week before this whole ordeal.
Composite Photographs of San Francisco From the 1906 Earthquake and Today
In 1906, most of San Francisco was leveled by an earthquake and destroyed by fires that followed. Photographers captured scenes of the devastation. Photographer Shawn Clover created composite photographs that blend historical scenes from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and his own present-day captures of the same locations.
Light at the End of the Curve
Everyone else was shooting the super moon, but I was distracted.
Twin Peaks, San Francisco. May, 2012.
2012 U.S. Open
I was fortunate enough to go check out the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Yes, it was just a practice round, but cameras are not allowed during the actual tournament, only at practice rounds. So it’s a WIN for me. This was the second time I’ve seen Tiger Woods play. The first time was back in 2009 during the President’s Cup at Harding. This was a picture of him right before he pulled out a sandwich and started eating it.
I’m guessing he’s wearing his newly released (just last week) TW’13 pictured here:
Too bad I didn’t get to check out Andy Zhang, the youngest player ever to compete in the tournament. Nine over par after round 1–pretty good. Fourteen years old and whoa, he’s already six feet tall.
Taken this past Wednesday at the Japanese Tea Garden Perception is Not Reality
in Golden Gate Park. Admission is free before 10am on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Larry the Bucket Guy
First time we were finally formally introduced, he put on a show for me. In honor of “The Hunger Games Friday,” I should call this “Larry on fire.” Nice guy–and quite humble too.
You’ll usually find him at 4th and Market, in front of Old Navy.
Flag Football and Alcatraz
Half
Half a chopper and half a bridge.
Taken aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard during this year’s fleet week.
Verizon Commercial Set in Chinatown
Update (Nov. 14): Here’s the video with the armored vehicles that I saw at the Stockton tunnel!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yj9yisLa4ao
A while back, I tweeted about some mysterious black armored cars near the Stockton Tunnel. My uncle (who works in Chinatown) watched them film a guy in a black suit flying back and forth into the tunnel. Photo friend John found out they were filming a Verizon commercial. Turns out it was, indeed, a commercial for the new Droid Razr coming out, although you can’t really see much of anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ugLIkx1u5iY
The Bay Bridge (Western Span)
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, western span (as opposed to the eastern span).
Circa 2011.
S
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge “S” curve.
Big Dog
Ran into David and his dog Cinnamon yesterday while shooting in the Tenderloin. I suspect the dog would have been just as tall as David if they were standing on level ground. I usually roam the streets with my 35mm, but I had my 85mm on and didn’t back up fast enough so I chopped off the dog’s legs. Oops.
Academy of Sciences Tickets for $14.95
Cal Academy of Sciences Tickets for $14.95. To buy tickets, visit go to https://www.calacademy.org/tickets/admission.php and use code 900077. I personally have never paid to go in. But this might be good for non-San Franciscans.