Mission Mission » Points of Interest http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Traffic lights coming soon to 19th and Dolores (the intersection where you’re always like “Why aren’t there traffic lights here???”) http://www.missionmission.org/2017/07/20/traffic-lights-coming-soon-to-19th-and-dolores-the-intersection-where-youre-always-like-why-arent-there-traffic-lights-here/ http://www.missionmission.org/2017/07/20/traffic-lights-coming-soon-to-19th-and-dolores-the-intersection-where-youre-always-like-why-arent-there-traffic-lights-here/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:35:27 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=64960 FullSizeRender 12

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RIP Sinbad's

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RIP Sinbad’s

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2017/07/14/the-pier-where-sinbads-once-stood-is-being-eaten-by-a-diesel-powered-claw/feed/ 0 Tranquil Dolores Park holiday weekend tableau http://www.missionmission.org/2017/07/03/tranquil-dolores-park-holiday-weekend-tableau/ http://www.missionmission.org/2017/07/03/tranquil-dolores-park-holiday-weekend-tableau/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2017 20:19:47 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=64884

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Ask and ye shall receive:

[Photo by Data&Politics]

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No response :(

RIP Sinbad’s :(

Jono’s show should be good though.

Now please read all these related posts if you wanna know more about Sinbad’s and Jono and ferries and stuff…

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[via The great Ariel Dovas on Twitter]

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(Leave the Mission more often!)

[via Eamon]

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[via Ana]

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2016/05/09/check-out-this-tiled-public-stairway-that-exists-somewhere-in-sf/feed/ 2 You live really close to Crissy Field don’t forget http://www.missionmission.org/2016/04/07/you-live-really-close-to-crissy-field-dont-forget/ http://www.missionmission.org/2016/04/07/you-live-really-close-to-crissy-field-dont-forget/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:46:04 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=62809 Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 9.42.27 AM

[via Paolo]

Now please enjoy this list of everything I saw while hanging out at Crissy Field for 2 days straight back in 2014.

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2016/04/07/you-live-really-close-to-crissy-field-dont-forget/feed/ 0 An idyllic valley somewhere in rural Northern California? Nope http://www.missionmission.org/2016/03/28/an-idyllic-valley-somewhere-in-rural-northern-california-nope/ http://www.missionmission.org/2016/03/28/an-idyllic-valley-somewhere-in-rural-northern-california-nope/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2016 18:35:33 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=62725 tumblr_o4qiagKAXr1qlwfxvo1_1280

It’s actually Glen Canyon, which is basically a mellow walk away from the southern edge of the Mission. Local blog Big Old Goofy World posted the above pic and the following explanation:

An idyllic valley somewhere in rural Northern California? Nope, this is Glen Canyon in the heart of San Francisco. I never went here much as a kid — maybe because the canyon had a seedier feel in those days. It’s now been restored to glory (no doubt through the work of many dedicated volunteers). There are miles of trails and wooden boardwalks, craggy dropoffs, thickets of willows and expanses of native grasses and other plants, like these California Poppies.

Read on for more.

Here’s a map:

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Now please read this stuff too…

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[via Dagga]

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2016/02/16/dolores-park-over-the-weekend/feed/ 0 What it looks like when you’re standing atop City Hall’s dome http://www.missionmission.org/2015/12/29/what-it-looks-like-when-youre-standing-atop-city-halls-dome/ http://www.missionmission.org/2015/12/29/what-it-looks-like-when-youre-standing-atop-city-halls-dome/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:23:58 +0000 Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/?p=62117 Screen Shot 2015-12-30 at 12.20.54 PM

I mean, to look exactly like that, you have to be Luke Spray, which… we can all dream…

But seriously, whatta view!!!

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It’s actually known as Mission Telco, as we learned in our post from last year called “About that big hulking building that blocks out the sun at 25th and Capp.”

And also, you can get a pin of it.

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I walked up there and got a closer look:

This helpful sign explained everything:

And if that’s too hard to read, I just realized the fine folks at Bernalwood have been covering this news for months.

[Top photo by Google Maps]

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2015/10/19/whats-that-big-superstructure-on-the-highland-street-bridge-all-about/feed/ 0 Represent your favorite local infrastructure http://www.missionmission.org/2015/09/16/represent-your-favorite-local-infrastructure/ http://www.missionmission.org/2015/09/16/represent-your-favorite-local-infrastructure/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:09:58 +0000 Vic Wong http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60925

Tired of the incessant Sutro Tower worship, Britta made these rad buttons celebrating our lesser-known local infrastructure.

I managed to get one of the last Bernal Towers (known to locals as “Sutrito”), but she was unsurprisingly fresh out of the more dreamy Mission Telco. Hopefully we’ll get a few more buildings by the second run! I’d personally like to throw SFFD Station 9‘s training facility into the hat.

We were into Mission Telco waay before it blew up, BTW.

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