Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Golden Gate Velo

By Matthew Roth | Jan 15, 2010 | No Comments

Photo: meligrosa Thanks to all of you for contributing these wonderful photos to our Flickr pool. We hope you’ll continue to upload scenes from our streets so we can showcase your good work. Also, we’ll be taking Monday off in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and will see you back on Tuesday. Don’t […]

Eyes on the Street: No Parking, San Francisco

By Matthew Roth | Nov 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

Created with flickr slideshow. One of the most ubiquitous admonitions in the urban landscape is the No Parking sign. Many are your garden-variety plastic number, for sale at the hardware store, hardly creative. All over San Francisco, however, folks have taken matters into their own hands and crafted some excellent variations. Whenever I’ve got my […]

Which is the Steepest Street in San Francisco? Hint: It’s Not Filbert

By Matthew Roth | Nov 11, 2009 | 17 Comments

"Look kids, Coit Tower!" Photo: jinazaki One of my favorite memories from childhood was the first time my grandparents took my sister and me into San Francisco. We were country bumpkins who grew up on a ranch in northeastern Nevada and were mesmerized by the cacophony and tumult of the big city. My grandfather took […]

Painting Eyes on the Street: Debut of SF’s Art in Storefronts Program

By Matthew Roth | Oct 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Artist Chor Boogie puts the finishing touches on his mural at 1028 Market St. Photo: Matthew Roth Building off Jane Jacob’s maxim that more eyes on a street make the street feel safer, the San Francisco Arts Commission has commissioned numerous artists to display their projects in abandoned storefronts as part of the Art in […]

Eyes on the Street: Week in Review

By Matthew Roth | Oct 16, 2009 | No Comments

Photo: plug1 Here’s your weekly round-up of photos from our Flickr pool. Thank you as always and please do send more our way. A selection of others after the jump.

Eyes on the Street (and in the Sky): Week in Review

By Matthew Roth | Oct 9, 2009 | No Comments

Proud young pedestrian. Photo: busbozo Great to see so many children out for Walk to School Day this week. An absolutely beautiful photo of this little girl above. And good lord was it intense to get buzzed by the Blue Angels! I never want to be on the target end of our military. Thanks as […]

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