China Basin

A shot of the operator's house at the Fourth Street Bridge in China Basin. The bridge is currently being seismically retrofitted and renovated. The bridge was originally built in 1916.

Chinatown

Drydock

At the former Union Iron Works, San Francisco

Sunrise

View from my kitchen window.

Doorbell

Seen in Dogpatch, Potrero Hill.

San Francisco Streetcar

This streetcar saw years of service in Milan, before it was purchased by Muni to run the Market Street F Line. Most of the Milan cars are orange, this one is an exception.

Levin Scrap Metal

This scrap metal dealer on Third Street seems to have gone out of business, and it looks like something new is going on inside the building.

Old Truck Trailers

These old trailers belonged to the FJ Burns trucking firm. There are quite a few old trucks and trailers parked around the Burns warehouse, and seem to have been sitting and rusting there since the early 80's.

Tin Building

Steam plant, Pier 70, San Francisco waterfront.

Abandoned PGE Plant

Land of the Free

Mission Street

Chinatown Sidestreet

San Francisco Neon by Night

Chinatown



Bush Street, Nob Hill



Buddha Bar, Grant Street, Chinatown



Leavenworth, between Bush and Sutter Streets



Ritespot Bar, Folsom Street



Guerrero and 17th, 500 Club

Slovenia, Potrero Hill

Squirt Bottle

Hidden Past

This old sign for - presumably - a drug store, is now showing through, after the paint that had covered it wore off. This is at Valencia and 22nd, where Boogaloo's now operates.

Abandoned Waterfront

Exterior of Warehouse 6


View of Crane 27 from Warehouse 6


Office in Abandoned Warehouse


Safety Board Outside of Shipyard


Pair of Shipyard Cranes


Interior of Warehouse 6


View of Shipyard Through a Gate

Cleaning Day at the Firehouse

San Francisco Neon by Day

Market in North Beach/Chinatown

Tenderloin Diner

Tenderloin Bar

Neon sign in Chinatown

Chronicle Box and Checks

Berlin Eberswalderstrasse

Train leaving the station in Berlin. The street art on the station wall caught my eye.

Little Chairman Mao

Spotted in a Chinatown shop window.

Sunny Afternoon

A sunny afternoon South of Market. Homeless man reading a newspaper in a back alley.

Potrero Hill Part Two

This building was demolished on Potrero Avenue a few weeks ago. For a while this elevator shaft remained standing, but it's gone now, too.



Side Wall of a Potrero Tavern



Greasy Spoon in Potrero



Roof and porch of an old farm house on Potrero Hill.

Potrero Hill

Front door at Anchor Brewery, reflections in the glass from St. Gregory's across the the street.


Houses on the hill


Old ad for Shasta orange soda next to gas station



What we don't have

Vintage Bike

Spotted in Jackson Square, San Francisco

Sweet Potatos

Taken near Stockton Street, Chinatown

USS Mercy

This Naval Hospital ship is in drydock in San Francisco. The shot is from an area of abandoned warehouses on the waterfront.

Homeless

This shot of a homeless man pushing a grocery cart was taken in a back alley in SOMA, near the Chronicle building.