Comments on: "Never ever does this city seem likely. Never at all."

By: roller23rd

roller23rd — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:56:10 +0000

when I was kid (80s) we would skate all over this place. it was great except for the bums who would use us for target practice with their empties and a gang called Puente Vista Locos ( Bridge view Crazies) who didn’t like punks crossing their turf on the way to see punk rock shows The Farm. I go this way to work everyday and am stunned that none of us ever got run over my truck.

By: vizetelly

vizetelly — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:38:17 +0000

I would say ‘The Gauntlet’ would be a subset of ‘The Hairball’, particularly from the cyclists’ point of view.

I think this could be a item to be brought up at the the next MM nomenclature committee meeting, no?

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:49:15 +0000

what a maze….ah, city life!

By: Vic Wong

Vic Wong — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +0000

the timestamp thing is a wordpress bug. They don’t automatically adjust for Daylist Savings Time forcing you to manually remember to do it.

What is this, Windows 3.1? Get your act together WordPress.

In any case, thanks for the heads up. I *think* I fixed it. That is, until we “spring forward”

By: Kevin Montgomery

Kevin Montgomery — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:58:01 +0000

Everyone knows that place is called Bum Shoots

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:40:27 +0000

“The gauntlet” — I like that. Certainly an appropriate name for those two lanes of 280 traffic you have to cross to get to the 101N CC exit. Good thing I have secret alternatives.

By: poRtrero « Burrito Justice

poRtrero « Burrito Justice — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:31:40 +0000

[...] poRtrero Not exactly a new problem… [...]

By: hobocycle

hobocycle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:49:39 +0000

I and many others know it affectionately as ‘the gauntlet’.

A crossing area for cyclists heading to/from mission to bayview/22nd st caltrain/hp.

also a great place to hide out from the rain.

gotta love state property.

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:11:00 +0000

Now that half the comments are about it, you really ought to overstrike ~~Portrero~~ in the article.

By: kic

kic — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:51:52 +0000

thanks! now please figure out how to fix your timestamps so they’re not in the future!

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:44:18 +0000

"Portrero" -- a 150+ year old typo.

By: Kat Malinowska

Kat Malinowska — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:18:43 +0000

You win this round, kic. I’ve omitted the extra Rs for you!

However, you should edit your original question as well. It’s only fair.

By: billy b

billy b — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:57:38 +0000

those stairs are in bernal heights. didn’t think missionistas knew where — or what — bernal heights was. or is. or are.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:20:11 +0000

The 101/Potrero/Chavez/Bayshore mess actually has a name: The Hairball. (Really!)

By: kic

kic — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:40:55 +0000

How is it that a blogger about the Mission doesn’t know how to spell Potrero?

PORTRERO always bugs the shit out of me.