Comments on: SOMA ‘parkmobiles’ profiled by the LA Times http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: scum http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39130 scum Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:38:32 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39130 I for one will never use a parklet because I don’t need to hang out closer to auto fumes.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39119 Cranky Old Mission Guy Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39119 +1 on all counts.

]]> By: Mission Bitchsters? http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39114 Mission Bitchsters? Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:08:56 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39114 How typical of the LA Times. Run a story on San Francisco parklets and choose photos of the ugliest and arguably least function ones we have.

The line about “..filling up a curbside spot that would otherwise go to cars..” in a dense city sums it up. This LA Times hit piece killed two birds with one stone. Bad mouths parklets as they become more popular in LA, and gets in a defacto bash against San Francisco.

Too bad the paper as a whole is still better than anything we have here.

]]> By: Jose Arcadio Buendia http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39104 Jose Arcadio Buendia Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:06:19 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39104 I refuse to engage in a semantic dispute about whether a bench is a sidewalk.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39101 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:56:46 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39101 How do you figure? The bench portion is functionally an extension of the sidewalk.

]]> By: Jose Arcadio Buendia http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39099 Jose Arcadio Buendia Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:53:42 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39099 The problem I have with this dumpster parklet is that it doesn’t expand the sidewalk at all, and instead takes away from it when considering the legs of bench-sitters.

]]> By: MrEricSir http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39064 MrEricSir Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:12:23 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39064 I’m all for parklets, but a dumpster filled with plants? Put some effort into it, people.

]]> By: diction http://www.missionmission.org/2011/09/07/soma-parkmobiles-profiled-by-the-la-times/#comment-39056 diction Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:57:32 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=31458#comment-39056 i’ve been amazed at how long the one on minna has stayed tag free. amazed.

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