Comments on: 200th Bike Rack, Bombed http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Doctor Popular http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106663 Doctor Popular Fri, 08 May 2015 01:07:22 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106663 Great write up, Jefferson. I love her work, but ever knew anything about the artist.

]]> By: Brillo http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106587 Brillo Sun, 03 May 2015 01:57:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106587 Mission Bicycle shop, Valencia at 19th

]]> By: SFrentier http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106575 SFrentier Sat, 02 May 2015 00:59:35 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106575 You don’t know, she could be independently wealthy, and doing this for fun and fulfillment. Millionaires have a heart too.

]]> By: Wheresmejumper http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106568 Wheresmejumper Fri, 01 May 2015 18:25:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106568 During the economic downturn a lot of public departments/corporations used financial fear mongering to push through radical changes. Muni was one of those culprits. They “suspended” several major bus routes around the city calming they were underutilized. Since that time Valencia street has evolved into one of the city’s most popular destination spots, so by Muni’s own reasoning that should be justification for reinstating the 26 line. Maybe they’re too busy figuring out a way to appropriate that $6.8MM subsidy Google provided for the youth ride free program.

]]> By: Colonel Sanders http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106562 Colonel Sanders Fri, 01 May 2015 03:43:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106562 Winner winner chicken dinner!

PS: whatever happened to my awesome edible art project on Valencia Street?

]]> By: Truth http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106559 Truth Fri, 01 May 2015 00:12:39 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106559 MUNI is having capacity problems as it is, you really think having all those people in the private buses riding on MUNI instead would make things better for everyone? Have you ridden MUNI, BART, or Caltrain during rush hour lately?
Where’s your outrage for the buses that transport art students all over the city? What about the ones that take hospital employees to work? How about all the biotech companies that have transportation? What about tour buses? Let’s force them all to ride on BART and MUNI and watch the city melt down because there are people who had the audacity to move here after you did.

]]> By: david http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106558 david Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:50:51 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106558 people are still doing cool things…

[some people are just bitter and unhappy and will always find something to complain about]

]]> By: Emily http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106557 Emily Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:38:49 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106557 Yay! You got it!

]]> By: dave http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106556 dave Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:25:05 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106556 You’re right. It is sad. This is a great story, best I’ve seen on MM in a while, but I find something like the opposite of inspiration in it. There used to be a lot of people like Emily doing cool things all over the Mission and other neighborhoods. Maybe there still are. But now the city doesn’t have time or space for them. It’s like spotting a wild condor and trying to get excited about it while knowing the sky used to be full of them not too long ago.

But I disagree about the non-sequiter tech bashing. I hadn’t really seen the Google buses in full glory before. I thought there were maybe five or six of them around the area, but I was on 24th and Valencia at 5:45pm last week, and they came roaring by one after the other on Valencia. I stopped counting after 12, but they kept coming. Is this what they ripped out the 26 line for?
As an example of found time for knitting, Emily herself mentioned watching a MUNI bus pass her by because it was already full. So, the notion of declining MUNI and ascending tech busses is already there in the piece.

]]> By: arse http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106555 arse Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:45:48 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106555 1991 you say? kurt cobain’s sweater. or shirt.

]]> By: Emily http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106553 Emily Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:11:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106553 That’s not it…but I wish I had been that clever, it would have been perfect!

I’ll give you a little hint–it came from 1991!

]]> By: Wheresmejumper http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106552 Wheresmejumper Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:49:15 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106552 You had to go there with the non-sequitur tech bashing. It is sad that you couldn’t find any inspiration in Emily’s story.

]]> By: Maria http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106551 Maria Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:35:37 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106551 You’re right Dave. Thank you Emily, you should get reimbursed by the Bike Coalition, the SF Arts Commission or MTA. I’m going to visit your work or Art after work.

]]> By: ELO http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106550 ELO Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:32:26 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106550 Green bike lanes pattern!

]]> By: dave http://www.missionmission.org/2015/04/30/200th-bike-rack-bombed/#comment-106549 dave Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:16:35 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=59360#comment-106549 Interesting that she mentioned doing her knitting during the found time after a full MUNI bus passes her by. She’s definitely not one of the Mission One Percenters. It’s ironic that a working class bus rider spends so much time beautifying Valencia when city busses aren’t even allowed on Valencia anymore but Google busses. are.

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