Photo by Lydia Chávez

It is 8 a.m. but these photos were taken at earlier.  It is now  52˚ and expected to rise to only 60˚. Details for the next ten days are here.

Today’s block:  Capp to South Van Ness, 26th to Cesar Chavez.   So here are the discoveries you make – I had no idea Capp and South Van Ness ended at Cesar Chavez. What good will this information do me? I have no idea, except that tiny feeling of, ah, so this is where two San Francisco streets give out.

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.

At the day labor center on Cesar Chavez, getting ready to work. Photo by Lydia Chávez
At the day labor center on Cesar Chavez, getting ready to work. Photo by Lydia Chávez
On Cesar Chavez - They look like they could be played. Photo by Lydia Chávez
On Cesar Chavez – They look like they could be played. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Really? More than $3 a gallon still? Photo by Lydia Chávez
Really? More than $3 a gallon still? Photo by Lydia Chávez
Two generations - one to the fight, the other to the performance. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Two generations on South Van Ness – one to the fight, the other to the performance. Photo by Lydia Chávez
At 26th and South Van Ness. Photo by Lydia Chávez
At 26th and South Van Ness. Photo by Lydia Chávez
On 26th Street facing West. A business that has lasted longer than many. Photo by Lydia Chávez
On 26th Street facing West. A business that has lasted longer than many. Photo by Lydia Chávez
At Capp and 26th. Photo by Lydia Chávez
At Capp and 26th. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A terribly messy angled corner on Capp. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A terribly messy angled corner on Capp. Photo by Lydia Chávez
I've always wanted outside stairs to sit on. Photo by Lydia Chávez
I’ve always wanted outside stairs to sit on. Photo by Lydia Chávez
The ways in which we mark home. Photo by Lydia Chávez
The ways in which we mark home. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Beautiful curves on Capp. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Beautiful curves on Capp. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Where Capp ends .Photo by Lydia Chávez
Where Capp ends .Photo by Lydia Chávez

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