Out shooting in SOMA with John, just off Howard Street, Isaac wanders by.
"Hey man, could you spare a few bucks?"
"Sure, but.. first, well, look, you been in San Francisco long?"
"San Francisco? 15 years."
"Nice! Look, tell you what - do you mind if I take a photo?"
"Sure - where do you want me?"
"How about just in front of this door here? Nice hat by the way."
"You like it? I made it myself. I had some leftover fur and I hated to see it go to waste."
"Sweet! What's your name dude?"
"Isaac."
"Well Isaac - thanks, and it was nice meeting you!"
Event Photography - Corporate, Not-For-Profit, Media, Food& Wine, Public and Political Events - by Jon Wollenhaupt Photography, San Francisco.
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Event Photography - Corporate, Not-For-Profit, Media, Food& Wine, Public and Political Events - by Jon Wollenhaupt Photography, San Francisco.
Email: jonsw2006@sbcglobal.net
All Images are Copyright Protected
All Rights Reserved
No Unauthorized Downloads - Thanks.
Follow my photographic journey on Twitter:
twitter.com/SFPhotoguy
Find me on Facebook:
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Event Photography - Corporate, Not-For-Profit, Media, Food& Wine, Public and Political Events - by Jon Wollenhaupt Photography, San Francisco.
Email: jonsw2006@sbcglobal.net
All Images are Copyright Protected
All Rights Reserved
No Unauthorized Downloads - Thanks.
Follow my photographic journey on Twitter:
twitter.com/SFPhotoguy
Find me on Facebook:
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2011 in review: Castro Street Fair 2011, more here.
Also see: SF Pride 2011, Carnaval SF 2011, Bay to Breakers 2011, and the How Weird Street Faire 2011 and other San Francisco Madness.
Which part of this says "Parking Space"? The posts, the green paint, the sharrow markings, the "No Stopping" signs or the sidewalk? Hey, United States Postal Service, YOU CAN'T PARK HERE!!!
Change Your Life. Ride A Bike!
San Francisco Department of Public Works, just in case you didn't get the memo, YOU CAN NOT PARK IN BIKE LANES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ADJACENT TRAFFIC IS DRIVING MORE THAN 50MPH!
Change Your Life. Ride A Bike!
Occupy San Francisco encampment uprooted weeks ago. drizzling rain, a dozen police vehicles with their officers taking advantage of the opportunity to bleed the city of overtime..........
DEC 2011 030
Pepper spray cop completes the circle by going from photoshop job to meme and now back into real life. Always remember to keep a can of Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream handy, folks.
As seen on 18th St, Mission District, San Francisco.
I don't need no stinkin' hipstamatic - through-the-viewfinder shooting on a 1960's Kodak Brownie Hawkeye.
Van, as seen on 18th st, Mission District, San Francisco.
A once-promising "transit-first" bill for California's coastal areas had the transit-first language removed and is now being narrowed to only include one project.
Travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles using only local public transit agencies. Thanks to two new routes along the Central Coast it is now possible.
A bill that cleared the State Assembly’s Committee on Transportation Monday seeks to undo an obscure law that primarily restricts the power of one Southern California city from negotiating with the California Department of Transportation.
A new bill in the California State Assembly cuts off funding for high-speed rail until a new ridership study can be completed, which will throw federal funding-and the entire project-into jeopardy.
Parking In Motion, however, veers off the streets and into a different arena: parking lots. The free app (currently available for iPhone only) maintains a map of garages and lots near you, offers handy info on rates, and even compares those rates with other facilities in the area. In some cities, you can even reserve a parking space via your phone. According to the company's website, future updates will include:* Real-time parking availability (for both street parking and garages)* Street parking rules, restrictions, and meter locations* Pay your meter from your mobile phone!!!!* Save money with our mobile parking coupons
There are dozens of products and apps that can route you from one place to another by car. Many of these apps will even take real-time traffic into account and adapt directions to avoid congestion. What none of them can do is tell you where you're most likely to actually find a parking place once you're at your destination. That's what Parking In Motion is for.
The international conference Towards Carfree Cities is the flagship event of the World Carfree Network (WCN), a network of organisations and individuals dedicated to promoting radical transformations in cities in the quest towards urban sustainability. The conference focuses on alternatives to car dependence and to the urban planning and management policies and practices which reinforce that dependence. The reduction of human impacts on the environment and the improvement of quality of life are the main objectives.
In this article, Sara Zewde breaks down the disconnects between the discourse of bike advocacy and communities of color. The article is part of a new project on identity and urbanism called 'Plurale Tantum.'
Planners in San Francisco want to reconnect a neighborhood by building a deck over the 280 Freeway and redesigning the neighborhood for pedestrians, but progress is frustratingly slow.
The current operators of a nearly 150-year-old railway between San Francisco and San Jose are considering a number of measures to bridge a budget gap, and all of them are terrible. They will harm the livability of the Peninsula cities and leave a massive hole in the Bay Area's transportation network.
L.A.'s last diesel bus went out of service this week. We also have the scoop on a new rapid bus service and more criticism for California's HSR project.
Voters in two midwest states elected anti-HSR governors - as a result, California will get more than $600 million in federal money originally allocated to them.
This is Part Two of Livable Bay's coverage of the 2010 elections. This part provides information on local and statewide propositions affecting transit and city-life issues.
Where the automobile stops and your feet take over. A blog covering new and old ideas for transportation and its alternatives, infrastructure, urban planning and design within the metropolitan area.
After the recent death of an innocent man due to an accident near the 59th Street Bridge and Second Ave I have taken the time to pay attention to my actions on the road, and I must say at times I do not follow all the rules. So, I had to take a moment to ask myself why I keep putting myself in danger. As I looked around I had a pretty clear idea why, and as I was on my way home this evening around 5pm I decided to take my camera to the streets to get a snapshot of what it is really like as a cyclist in NYC, and share it with others.
You can be a driver in San Francisco without being a dick. Here are my personal rules for how to be a Driver in San Francisco. I share them with you in the hopes that, if you, like me, truly love driving and love San Francisco, we can together make it just a little better.
The Senate is considering adding an additional $50 BILLION to highway expansion in the latest stimulus package.
If the new Democratic leadership wants to be 'green', they'll recognize that highways aren't the answer- transit and smart growth are the 21st century solutions.
To show that, I remixed of the 70's 'Crying Indian' PSA. Originally for showing that litter was bad for the environment, it's clear today that highways, through pollution and urban sprawl, do far more damage than any amount of personal litter.
For more on how to stop the highway expansion see:
www.streetsblog.org
www.t4america.org
This has been happening every day, for much of the day, for a couple years (they're even visible in Google maps street view). I believe the vehicles are owned by, or serve, the Park Central Hotel. I have emailed them twice to try to get them to stop but I have seen no response or action.
I will post more videos of this same group of vehicles idling to show how it is a constant problem. It is, of course, illegal, and destructive in countless ways.
This video was recorded the morning of 2/3/09.
Time lapse video of my roughly 2-mile walk to work through SF's Potrero Hill, Showplace Square and SoMa neighborhoods.
Music: Royksopp - Sing A Song
Higher res: http://www.vimeo.com/2354287
Community Design Group is an urban planning firm specializing in bicycle and pedestrian planning, placemaking and urban design, and community engagement. They work with communities of all sizes to develop people-centered, asset-based and sustainable approaches to mobility and place. Antonio Rosell, director and founder, says that the purpose of the firm's work is to support the creation of humane, interesting, thriving and sustainable environments that allow our communities to grow and prosper economically, socially, artistically and ethically.
High speed pass before sunrise. Kent Ave is a race track and is without any NYPD presence. 18 wheelers pass each other just like this moron passed us and another car
Green Spaces and SPN: Blogging Sustainability Pt.3
Green Spaces hosted Blogging Sustainability in Partnership with the Sustainable Practice Network on June 26th, 2008. Over 60 people showed up to hear the take from leaders in blogging, take a rooftop tour and have some organic wine provided by the Greene Grape in Fort Green Brooklyn.
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor, Inhabitat.com
Jill Fehrenbacher edits Inhabitat www.inhabitat.com, and is a freelance designer and student at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her endless search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins, where she received an M.A. in Design Studies, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has been good for her obsession with rooftop gardens and vegan junk food restaurants.
Ken Rother, President/COO of Treehugger
Ken, President and COO, is responsible for bringing the vision and strategy of TreeHugger to life. Ken has been involved in the Internet since the early 90's when he co-founded Mountain Lake Software in Toronto Canada. Mountain Lake helped some of Canada's largest financial institutions take their first steps onto the WWW. Ken has held various roles including VP of operations responsible for all deliverables of their internet consulting division and later as divisional CIO introduced process altering technology to their globalization business. His interest in the environment dates back to his first summer job leading low impact canoe trips in northern Quebec.
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-chief Streetsblog.org
Aaron Naparstek works for the Open Planning Project where he is editor-in-chief of StreetsBlog.org. Aaron is a journalist, author and community organizer working on urban environmental issues in NYC. He is the author of Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage, a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the unique brand of motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Naparstek lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. He is a founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and an organizer of the Grand Army Plaza Coalition.
Green Spaces and SPN: Blogging Sustainability Pt.2
Green Spaces hosted Blogging Sustainability in Partnership with the Sustainable Practice Network on June 26th, 2008. Over 60 people showed up to hear the take from leaders in blogging, take a rooftop tour and have some organic wine provided by the Greene Grape in Fort Green Brooklyn.
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor, Inhabitat.com
Jill Fehrenbacher edits Inhabitat www.inhabitat.com, and is a freelance designer and student at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her endless search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins, where she received an M.A. in Design Studies, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has been good for her obsession with rooftop gardens and vegan junk food restaurants.
Ken Rother, President/COO of Treehugger
Ken, President and COO, is responsible for bringing the vision and strategy of TreeHugger to life. Ken has been involved in the Internet since the early 90's when he co-founded Mountain Lake Software in Toronto Canada. Mountain Lake helped some of Canada's largest financial institutions take their first steps onto the WWW. Ken has held various roles including VP of operations responsible for all deliverables of their internet consulting division and later as divisional CIO introduced process altering technology to their globalization business. His interest in the environment dates back to his first summer job leading low impact canoe trips in northern Quebec.
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-chief Streetsblog.org
Aaron Naparstek works for the Open Planning Project where he is editor-in-chief of StreetsBlog.org. Aaron is a journalist, author and community organizer working on urban environmental issues in NYC. He is the author of Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage, a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the unique brand of motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Naparstek lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. He is a founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and an organizer of the Grand Army Plaza Coalition.
Green Spaces and SPN: Blogging Sustainability Pt.1
Green Spaces hosted Blogging Sustainability in Partnership with the Sustainable Practice Network on June 26th, 2008. Over 60 people showed up to hear the take from leaders in blogging, take a rooftop tour and have some organic wine provided by the Greene Grape in Fort Green Brooklyn.
Jill Fehrenbacher, Editor, Inhabitat.com
Jill Fehrenbacher edits Inhabitat www.inhabitat.com, and is a freelance designer and student at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her endless search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Central St. Martins, where she received an M.A. in Design Studies, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has been good for her obsession with rooftop gardens and vegan junk food restaurants.
Ken Rother, President/COO of Treehugger
Ken, President and COO, is responsible for bringing the vision and strategy of TreeHugger to life. Ken has been involved in the Internet since the early 90's when he co-founded Mountain Lake Software in Toronto Canada. Mountain Lake helped some of Canada's largest financial institutions take their first steps onto the WWW. Ken has held various roles including VP of operations responsible for all deliverables of their internet consulting division and later as divisional CIO introduced process altering technology to their globalization business. His interest in the environment dates back to his first summer job leading low impact canoe trips in northern Quebec.
Aaron Naparstek, Editor-in-chief Streetsblog.org
Aaron Naparstek works for the Open Planning Project where he is editor-in-chief of StreetsBlog.org. Aaron is a journalist, author and community organizer working on urban environmental issues in NYC. He is the author of Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage, a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the unique brand of motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Naparstek lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. He is a founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and an organizer of the Grand Army Plaza Coalition.
7 miles of NYC streets, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, is closed to traffic and freed for use by everyday New Yorkers and visitors. We loved it!
This clip is in front of the south façade of Grand Central, which is usually only accessible to cars. Everyone was so thrilled to be able to take in the iconic view and see the Vanderbilt statue up close for the first time!
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