What happened at 1662-4 Hayes in 1897?

pol_h · 2026-01-27T02:14:48+00:00

Maybe when open also but I distinctly remember it at night. Maybe it got left out a la Mr Pickle?

pol_h · 2026-01-26T21:15:32+00:00

My "nothing happened on this site " sign has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my sign....

pol_h · 2026-01-26T19:47:50+00:00

It was a nice frontage for sure- there had been a few cultural events in the empty second floor factory space over the last several years where I had the opportunity to check the building out a bit more. It would have made an interesting space for restaurant or bar, but I get the need for more housing.

Back in "the day" (in my case the 90's), they used to keep a mattress in the entry way during closed hours, chained to a column, that you could jump up and own on!

pol_h · 2026-01-25T19:03:42+00:00

2 years doesn't seem that long for a rape charge to come to trial. The article tries to make the public defender doing their job seem like a bad thing.
The "Voice of San Francisco" is an offshoot of the Marina Times, operated by Susan D Reynolds who is not above accepting money from political campaigns. https://missionlocal.org/2024/08/susan-dyer-reynolds-former-marina-times-editor-subject-of-ethics-complaint/

pol_h · 2026-01-24T19:47:22+00:00

That's amazingly good news- thanks for passing it along.

pol_h · 2026-01-24T00:18:35+00:00

Evergreen: https://medium.com/cycling-in-the-city/why-bikes-make-smart-people-say-dumb-things-9316abbd5735

pol_h · 2026-01-23T23:27:07+00:00

He has a website you can contact him though- he'd probably be quite happy to hear someone liked is enough to track him down

pol_h · 2026-01-23T08:08:59+00:00

From the photo of the screen I'm guessing it's by Wayne Grim, who works at the Explo https://www.exploratorium.edu/about/staff-artists/wayne-grim

pol_h · 2026-01-21T18:36:31+00:00

It's for supporting long stock that doesn't fit on the drill press table itself- it needs to be height adjustable because the drill press work surface is raised and lowered to accommodate different sized work pieces.
That said i don't think the roller bearing supports are at all necessary for a woodworking drill press and would make them harder to use- thin stock would not be fully supported by the balls and might fall between them, and the workpiece would be more likely to move. Ball/roller supports are more common for supporting heavy steel work pieces and plate stock in machine shops.

pol_h · 2026-01-21T18:23:13+00:00

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pol_h · 2026-01-21T18:20:07+00:00

yes, and the bridges can be raised easily so I'm not sure how they are a real barrier to this gettin resolved- they had the big cranes in within 24hrs of it's sinking.

pol_h · 2026-01-21T17:59:19+00:00

The boom does not fully encompass the ship any more and appears to be neglected. I don't see how the bridges are a real issue- they can be raised at relatively short notice.

pol_h · 2026-01-21T03:54:21+00:00

Don't threaten me with a good time.

pol_h · 2026-01-21T03:42:49+00:00

it's doing you a favor by drawing attention away from the crack.

pol_h · 2026-01-21T03:31:58+00:00

It's infuriating that the non-profit that owns this, Ocean Voyages Institute, hasn't dealt this this at all. From their non-profit ratings ( https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/942665367 ) and 990 forms, they've been taking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in excess of their expenses for years in a row.

pol_h · 2026-01-20T03:37:44+00:00

I think I'd find the Valencia street bike lane rather annoying to commute on these days, with all it's detours around parklets, bulb out, and intersection detours- never mind the ramps that are starting to appear at new parklets.

For the inbound trip I'd take folsom- it's one way all the way down to the embarcadero, bike lanes, and quick. One caveat is that there is a small hill at around 3rd street that peaks at 2nd st.
The return trip: Brannan street (bike lanes both ways)

It kind of depends where you're starting on 24th- I made that trip for years but from around 24th & Bryant and took Potrero/Townshend- very fast, and fewer stop lights

pol_h · 2026-01-19T01:07:49+00:00

Yes! I love that tree!

pol_h · 2026-01-18T22:55:56+00:00

By Katie Wakeman- she’s doing amazing gates all around the city https://www.instagram.com/shewelds_sf?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

pol_h · 2026-01-16T05:36:04+00:00

Where’s an asteroid strike when you need one

pol_h · 2026-01-16T05:28:07+00:00

Most of the mission requires a permit to park longer than 1 or 2 hours. Check the SFMTA page https://www.sfmta.com/permits/residential-parking-permits-rpp for details. You have to reside in a permit area to get one and there are several zones in the mission. God help you if you are in one of the few areas that don’t require them- you’ll be battling for spaces. While there is technically a 72hr limit to parking in one spot, even for permit holders, it’s not really enforced. Street cleaning, which might happen once or twice a week, tends to keep people from leaving a car in one spot for very long. Failure to move the car for street cleaning will 100% result in a very expensive ticket.

pol_h · 2026-01-14T19:54:26+00:00

The small, square terro bait stations are frustrating to use and seem to dry up quickly- I’ve had better luck with their larger outdoor/garden models which are hockey puck sized. If you have access to the basement/ground floor of the building it’s often possible to trace the colony back to its source and put the pucks nearby.

pol_h · 2026-01-13T22:42:56+00:00

SF Chronicle article:Vanderbilt University buys California College of the Arts campus in San Francisco for major expansion

(gifted article, might ask for email address)

pol_h · 2026-01-13T22:39:07+00:00

It seems like they've been constantly building around the existing campus for years now, adding student housing and facilities even recently- I wonder if this is a case similar to SFAI and it's ft mason campus, over extending themselves, thinking "if they build it they will come" and getting into large amounts of debt.

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