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Rescue Me From Blight (Seriously)

It’s 1947.  You have neither TV nor blogs — how do you evangelize?  Posters and pamphlets of course. Eric Fisher brings us scans from the 1947 campaign to redevelop the Western Addition, aka “raze a...

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In Smog and Thunder, The Great War of the Californias – SF vs LA

California was teetering on the edge of doom. Animosity between Los Angeles and San Francisco had grown out of control. War was looming in the hearts of men and women from Petaluma to Pacoima. Then, in...

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Farallons via SF (and vice versa)

Wednesday was beautifully clear — I was stunned at how clearly I was able to see the Farallons, 27 miles away. From Daly City, above Pacifica via iPhone + binoculars (but the field of view is pretty...

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History 1, NIMBY 0

A grand debate is brewing over at Bernalwood over a classic Coca-Cola mural and NIMBYs who shall remain nameless. The NIMBY has complained to the city that the (to me) obviously classic mural is an...

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Behold! The Panorama of Panoramas

Behold, a tiny panorama! Wait, while tiny, it is extremely wide. What is it? Could it be… the view of San Francisco from the Farallons? Click, if you dare, for a TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND PIXEL WIDE...

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Sutro Stripey Sunset Timelapse

Hey Patrick Gibson and Brad Ellis — this is REMARKABLE.  SF sunset colors as a time stripe, Sutrofied. Time running top/down, left/right, about an hours worth. Totally jealous and in awe, wish I’d...

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The Flags of San Francisco

Hey, did you know San Francisco has a flag?!? (I mean, other than the Castro flag.) Lots of history behind this — the very wooden early San Francisco burned down many times: 1849: Dec 24 1850: May 4...

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Steamships, Clipper Ships, Lego Ships, Space Ships

We here at Burrito Justice have a soft spot for infrastructure aquatic, and this map of worldwide steamship lines in 1914 fulfills this requirement. This is pretty awesome. Map of Steamship Routes of...

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Coronorama

Full 360 from the top of Corona Heights. Click for 10,200 pixels that go round, round, right round. Also a fun little 360 gyroscopic (at least on the iPhone / iPad) view I took via Occipital. .

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HSR, You Are My Density

Quick, what’s this? I was going to be an ass and make you wait until tomorrow, but I’m in a good mood. If you guessed the relative lengths of high speed rail lines, you’d be correct. As for which is...

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