Photo by Lydia Chávez

It is 55˚ and expected to rise to 60˚ – coolish all week with possible rain. Details for the next ten days are here.

Today’s Block: 20th to 19th, Capp to South Van Ness.

Capp Street here is full of balconies, primarily because of a 1960s-style complex on the corner of 20th and Capp in which every street side apartment has a balcony so tenants have their Webers ready to go.  It is easy to get balcony envy and imagine what the Mission and life must look like from a different vantage point.

Also notable – again the repetition of styles, as if one builder came into a block, developed three to six houses and then moved on.

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.

Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Ouch! Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
The door bells have become iconic in the morning series. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Such a relief. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
MMmmm beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
What’s happening. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Ah, Benders, it’s been too long. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
A South Van Ness Beauty. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Future condo project? Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Love these curves. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Busy.  Photo by Lydia Chávez
Learning how to ride. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Learning how to ride. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez



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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.

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