Paul's model

This is the last of the set of pictures of Washington and Hotaling...

More bricks and views of the gutted Belli buildings...

Behind Canessa, three wythes of bricks appear...

the front page: just to keep on toe, it's 111 Minna...

Telegraph Hill Dwellers - Events:
In the Rubble of the Past...
The Future Begins...

June 5-30, 2006

You are invited to view an extraordinary collection of photographs taken by North Beach photographer J.B. Monaco (1856-1938), documenting the 1906 earthquake and its immediate aftermath. These images capture the courage and determination of North Beach, Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill survivors who would go on to rebuild our wounded City.

Presented by
The Telegraph Hill Dwellers

Canessa Gallery
708 Montgomery Street at Washington
San Francisco, CA 94111
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
415/296.9029 www.thd.org

J.B. Monaco, the man in lower picture, is on view at Canessa through June. A North Beach photographer at the time of the 1906 earthquake and fire, his studio is still a part of the city.

TransAmerica Pyramid as it looks from Google Earth

Solstice June 21, 2003

Recently in Jackson Square...

Honoring a gay pioneer's contribution to San Francisco: "He would nightly close the bar via a signature sing-along; a rowdy rendition of 'God Save Us Nelly Queens.' Sometimes Sarria would lead out the bar's patrons and drag entertainers to serenade gay people being held in jail."

The Black Cat lives...

SAN FRANCISCO / Castro block renamed to honor gay pioneer: and this...

Muisti|kirja: My Back Pages: San Francisco, 1988, the poetic haunts of the Black Cat in the mist

Influences/Resonances: this is under the category of never name a restaurant a French swear word, but then you need a list if French does not come easily to you. Bug...

Amorphic Robot Works: Machines: Urge

Chico MacMurtrie's contribution to Yerba Buena Gardens is worth a visit with friends.