Mike Doyle
Who Put That Idea In Your Head?
"When We Were Very Young," children's books through the ages. An exhibit in the Skylight Gallery of the SF Main Public Library in Civic...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 5, 20191 min read
City Gardening: Official Plant Of The Outer Avenues.
Succulents: The U.S. Marines of the plant world. Low maintenance, and high survival rate. They seem to thrive in the harsh cold and fog...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 4, 20191 min read
SF Car Of The Day: Back-From-The-Dead Category
Definitely Not-A-Prius. This is a 1957 English Ford Squire. I walked by it in the Sunset District off Noriega. Then I came across a...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 4, 20191 min read
If It Feels Better, It Is Better.
On Noriega Street In The Sunset District.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 4, 20191 min read
87,000-Square-Feet Of Change.
This was the flagship retail location of Bank of America. Corner of Montgomery & California, in prime downtown SF Financial District real...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 4, 20191 min read
Bikes With Character: Retro-Futuristic
Quite the mashup seen on Balboa Street: Retro-Futuristic, Bicycle-Motorcycle, Pedal-Electric. The only thing that doesn't defy...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 4, 20191 min read
Once Again, Extinction Will Come From The Sky.
A colorful T-Rex is seen, between spring showers, on 21st Avenue in the Richmond District.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 3, 20191 min read
Emperor Norton Slept Here.
This is Empire Park @ 642 Commercial Street, near the waterfront in San Francisco. Between 1860-1880 it featured the "Eureka Lodging &...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 3, 20191 min read
Breaking It Down.
This is artwork on the west wall of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. This lesson in the etymology of the term, "Civic Auditorium," is...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 2, 20191 min read
There Have Been Some Breakthroughs Since This Sign Went Up. Like The Tourniquet.
This is 101 Grove Street, the San Francisco Department of Public Health building. It's directly across from Civic Center Plaza. I like...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 2, 20191 min read
"He-Whose-Teeth-Chatter"
This close-up detail of the totem pole in front of the Cliff House is enduring yet another fog-swept afternoon, fed by a wind-whipped...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 2, 20191 min read
"You Are Hereby Sentenced To A Public Education."
This detail is on the front of the former Commerce High School building at 135 Van Ness. It was built in 1926, and with dwindling...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 1, 20191 min read
Late Night Coffee.
The front window of "Simple Pleasures Cafe" on 36th Ave & Balboa. In their words, " A San Francisco original bohemian coffee shop...
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Mike Doyle
Apr 1, 20191 min read
"Bentleys & Lambos & Jags -- Oh My!"
Not everybody in San Francisco is on Muni or a scooter. This is 901 Van Ness Avenue.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 1, 20191 min read
The SF Public School Budget Is $889,600,221. And This Is Their Sign.
Just sayin'. Today on Van Ness near Market.
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Mike Doyle
Apr 1, 20191 min read
This Is A Can't-Miss Proposition.
The self-cleaning public restroom at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco.
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Mike Doyle
Mar 31, 20191 min read
The Face That Launched A Million Baths.
This specially commissioned italian ceramic sculpture of a classic muse once graced the ornate walls of the Sutro Baths. The former...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 30, 20191 min read
The Last Supper.
This time it's personal. After nine years and hundreds of delicious meals, particularly my beloved "Black Pepper Chicken," Jade Garden is...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 30, 20191 min read
Her Business Is Underwater, And She's Thrilled.
Meet Stephanie Ernst Scott. Steph. Her dad started Gus' Discount Tackle on 38th Ave & Balboa about 70 years ago -- Steph has been running...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 30, 20191 min read
When Not Diving With Great Whites, Ron Likes To Hang Out At The Library.
The is Ron Elliott. A 64-year-old retired commercial diver, who for the last 30 years has been diving, solo and without a shark cage, off...
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