Month: June 2010
Castro and Market, Then and Now
When better than the 40th anniversary of the first Gay Pride marches to look even farther back to the heartland of LGBT America: Castro and Market Streets? As part of our commemoration of the 150th anniversary of rail transit on Market Street (coming up on July 4), photographer Kevin Sheridan is matching locales along Market featured in historic photos with their contemporary counterparts. These will make up a great show at our San Francisco Railway Museum opening in mid-July (watch this space for more info).Here’s a sneak peak at one of Kevin’s pairings: a Castro cable car has just run the length of Market Street from the Ferry Building and is starting to turn left onto Castro, to continue over the hill to 26th Street. It’s sometime between 1888 and 1906, the dates of that cable car service. Compare it to Kevin’s photo taken just a couple of weeks ago. And enjoy the parade, everyone!
Now Boarding, the F-Express
Over the years, we’ve gotten a lot of suggestions for additions to the F-line fleet. But never one quite like this.
Gimme Shelter!
Great progress on the new shelter for historic F-line streetcars at Muni’s Geneva Division.
“The Clangor of their Coming and Going…”
Click on the photo to get a giant version that shows the great detail of this shot. It will take some time to download.
The Future of Fisherman’s Wharf
Market Street Traffic Trials Prove Successful
Even before changes were made to traffic flow, bikes made up more than 50% of the vehicles on Market Street while Muni carries more people than all other vehicles combined.
Historic Streetcar No. 1051 in Noe Valley
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