Name That Spot
Take your guess in the comments.
UPDATE: Guess this one was a little too easy. theCara, from the comments, got it and got it fast.
Tipped & Smashed Streetcar, circa 1920
From the collection of the father of Flickr user fastfreddy. Does anyone have any details about this image?
San Francisco Girls on Bikes
![Girls on Bikes, San Francisco; from the Flickr stream of "[Zakka / Mikael]"](http://spotsunknown.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bike-skirt.jpg "Girls on Bikes, San Francisco; from the Flickr stream of \"[Zakka / Mikael]\"")
I'm not sure why the Kevin Smith post marks the start of a flood of female images, but there you have it...
BTW, here's tons more girls on bikes in San Francisco.
When She Had a Face
I really dig this close-up shot of the purple elven diva we linked to here. And I love seeing how she used to look (2007) before HATERS uglified her.
(Spotted @)
Historical Heart-Throbs of San Francisco
Just in time for Valentine's Day! View the complete gallery on Flickr. Know of others? Link to them in the comments...
The Marina Shows It Cares About Haiti
Way to sympathize, guys!
It is recommended that people donate money, not stuff. The above pic is perhaps the best possible demonstration of why.
Aside from all that, though: ew.
(Spotted @)
Today’s ‘06 Lesson: Mission Dolores
Something about the empty space in front of San Francisco's oldest building, pictured above in 1881 according to the caption on Flickr, draws me in. It was made of adobe. The brick-construction Gothic Revival replacement next to it crumbled in the '06 quake:
Most Unfortunate Business Timing Ever?
These fine fellows look like they're feeling on top of the world in their well-stocked glass shop at 18 Sutter Street, San Francisco. The year? You guessed it: 1905.
As the story goes, the business didn't survive the quake of '06 and the family relocated to Los Angeles. Ironically, I'm sure there was a tremendous demand for their product as the rebuilding commenced.
(Spotted @ the Flickr stream of bcgreeneiv)
Bay Bridge Pretty in Pink
A scanning project to capture 100 years worth of family photography includes some shots of San Francisco in the '50s and '60s, taken by the scanner's grandmother. I love that she kept the pink hue on several of them, which I assume is from improper film development. (It would have been too easy to grayscale them in Photoshop.)
(Spotted @ the SU Flickr pool.)
Joey’s
Nothing gives me a hankering for ice cream espresso sausage like doing the laundry!
(Submitted by S. Scott Ethersmith)
Filthiest Spot in San Francisco?
So thinks the photographer, Troy Holden.
From the Flickr set:
After years of deterioration and absence of modern operational systems, the [Fleishacker] pool did not meet health and safety standards and closed in 1971. Consideration was given to refurbishing and reopening the historic landmark, but usage studies showed low interest, and the high annual operating costs could not be offset with the expected revenue. In 1999, the San Francisco Zoological Society was granted ownership of the pool house, and it is not known what might become of it. The swimming pool itself was filled with rocks and gravel, with the space now serving as a parking lot for the zoo.
Free Ride!
Wow, I guess this really happened. Gotta say, I've never seen this particular breed of Awesome in the 14 years I've lived here. (From the Flickr stream of Jeremy Brooks.)
Name That Spot
Make your guess in the comments.
UPDATE: And, BAM, commenter Lemon nailed it, the side of Alioto's, Folsom and 14th.
Name That Spot
From the Spots Unknown Flickr pool. (Thanks, Generik11!)
UPDATE: Named by catester - Supremo Pizza.
George Lucas Procrastinates, Too
I had a long-time employee of his confirm afterward that this is him, in line in front of me today at Borders at the Westfield mall. He's got some courage coming out in public right now with this thing going 'round the sphere:
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