Mike Doyle
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9:30 a.m. on a weekday morning, looking west along Geary Boulevard @ Webster. That's six lanes of empty -- not a common sight in San...
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Mike Doyle
Mar 1, 20191 min read
"My Nose Pressed Up Against The Window Pane..."
Actually it was my iPhone pressed against the outside of a window pane on the western edge of the Conservatory of Flowers. I often...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 28, 20191 min read
High & Dry.
A Stow Lake pedal boat is hauled out for repairs behind the boathouse in Golden Gate Park. The small boats like this rent for...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 28, 20191 min read
First Cracks In The Relationship.
This week in urban gardening: If you love something, let it grow. The root structure of this growing young tree is starting to slowly...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
It's A Garage Door, Not A Front Door.
A simple single-family home from the 1930's in the outer Sunset District. The bevel-and-diamond design is continued on the adjacent...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
High Density Housing.
Low tide reveals a crowded colony of oysters at China Beach, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Liquor Store Poetry.
"I dream of a butterfly dreaming of a man." On outer Geary Boulevard.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Going Against The Grain.
In the era of mass-produced, plastic, disposable products -- meet the Woodshop. " Four accomplished artisans who came together through a...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Life & Death.
The charred, blackened tree limbs in the photo are the results of an arson attack a few months ago in Golden Gate Park, beside the Polo...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 27, 20191 min read
"Central Casting? I Need A Getaway Car."
Came across it parked directly behind Ocean Beach Safeway, like an actual 1960's getaway car. Its bent front bumper just gives it more...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 26, 20191 min read
City Gardening: Weak Tea.
It's winter. I'm thinking this teapot topiary will be much fuller-bodied come spring. Outer Irving Street.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 26, 20191 min read
Official Start Of The 2020 Campaign.
Outer Irving Street, Sunset District, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 26, 20191 min read
The Best These Ocean Beach Condos Will Ever Look.
This condo complex was built on the old site of the legendary Playland Amusement Park at Ocean Beach, SF.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 26, 20191 min read
"I Live In The Hood."
A certain public building, that shall remain nameless, in the Avenues.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 25, 20191 min read
We're No Longer Amused.
A circular mural emblazoned on the front of the Ocean Beach Safeway, gives a nod to the Playland Amusement Park that dominated the...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Smokin' Hats.
Paul's Hat Works. Individually made -- like your head. Paul's has made fine hats in San Francisco since 1918. (Always at 6128 Geary...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 25, 20191 min read
I Hope The Kids Factored In The "Atmospheric River" Effect.
A newly installed rainwater cistern supplies the small urban garden that sits in a corner of the playground at Lafayette Elementary...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Wish I'd Held Up This Well.
Approximately 55 years later, this Ford Mustang looks great, and highly original. Down to the wheel covers. SF Car of the Day. On Balboa...
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Mike Doyle
Feb 24, 20191 min read
"Mural, Mural, On The Wall..."
This town loves its murals. This one is on Geary & Fillmore.
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Mike Doyle
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Pigeon Toed.
Apparently no living thing can resist the siren call of wet cement. Geary Blvd & Webster.
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