the way we were
the way we were
We’re all here to take the same photo.
Fillmore Street, San Francisco
Fillmore Street, San Francisco (by Dizzy Atmosphere)
House movers, Fillmore Street, San Francisco (by Dizzy Atmosphere)
street lamp, sunset (by sarahwulfeck)
Historical Map: San Francisco Market Street Railway Company Routes, 1931
An absolutely stunning overhead perspective drawing of San Francisco in this old cable car company map of services. The Golden Gate bridge does not exist yet, and fares to any part of the city (including transfers) are just five cents.
Have we been there? Yes, but the remaining cable cars are now just a sad, touristy reminder of what there once was.
What we like: Just about everything. The draftsmanship, and detailing is extraordinary - this is all drawn by hand! The unusual aerial perspective of the city is both effective and eye-catching. Nice use of limited colours: this looks like a three-colour print job (black, red, green).
What we don’t like: Perhaps a little difficult to decipher individual services, but it seems this map is part of a booklet that provides greater detail on other pages, so even this is not much of a fault.
Our rating: 5 stars!
(Source: Eric Fischer/Flickr - visit to see a high-res version!)
“The Macondray Lane playhouse, easily unique among little theatres anywhere in the world, originated adventitiously in circumstances as blithe and impromptu as can well be imagined. Burkhardt, one day in 1927, decided to build a hand-ball court in the basement of his house, and solicited the help of several neighborhood friends. Someone observed that the basement had a naturally sloping floor (being on a hillside) and that with very little trouble it could be converted into a theatre. The initial project was therefor [sic] abandoned. On the moment’s impulse they constructed a playhouse in miniature, of course, but furnished with necessary theatrical equipment; a stage whose backdrop afforded a view of San Francisco Bay as seen through a window. Patrons of this house, unconventional even to the home-made benches used in lieu of chairs, gained admittance through a door so low they had to pass through it stooped”
