It is 10:14 a.m. but these photos were taken earlier this morning. It is now 56˚ and expected to rise to 63˚. Details for the next ten days here.
Today’s block: York to Hampshire, 23 to 22nd Streets. When I was in high school, I felt all I needed was a Porsche and $500. I have no idea why I thought that amount of money would get me anywhere and why a Porsche was in the picture since I have never been into cars and don’t own one now, but I remember thinking that. Maybe I picked it up from a song or an interview and repeated it and made someone laugh because it is preposterous.
At any rate, I thought about this on today’s walk and how simple life can be – a bird feeder, a motorcycle, a succulent garden, all some need to make them happy.
With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on to document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what day and block you would like at info@missionlocal.com.
You can see a map of all of the blocks here. The blocks in grey are being saved for others who have signed up. Let us save a block for you as well.
Love the small flower in the window. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A pole bandage. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Flipped bin. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Power, a bike, a palm – who needs more. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
I remember walking by this place at noon one day when some of its residents were barbecuing and enjoying one another’s company. Now the place reminds me of friends. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A fancy car. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A guillotine? Photo by Lydia Chávez
A succulent garden on Hampshire. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A buzzer. This is repeated Mission image, the line up of buzzers. Others have done a lot better job of this image. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Daphne was turned into a Laurel tree, but on 23rd Street, this god or goddess was turned into a Palm Tree. Everyone needs a god or goddess – especially after they’ve turned into a tree. Photo by Lydia Chávez
I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.
As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.
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