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"Livable City"
“I was here first.” Harry J Aleo
Continue Reading → Long before I moved to (the outer reaches of) Noe Valley, I was familiar with its safe, traditional, almost suburban atmosphere. 24th Street is a showcase for middle-of-the-road eateries, shoe shops, flavored lattes, and fleecy weekend wear. It’s also the site for one of the premier [...]
Well, the experiment is finally over, though our “Year of Living Abroad” didn’t even last a year. We moved back to SF two weeks ago, weary, like urban anemics, for the invigorating air of a city, even a small one. Maybe it speaks poorly of us, or maybe there is something [...]
Continue Reading → Though it is spartan, even strangely adorned with vehicular impedimenta, I find this space very beautiful. It’s the drill court at the Armory, an incongruous building at 14th and Mission in a city that seems to celebrate such architectural discord.
The moorish castle-inspired building was originally [...]
