Capp St.

Ice Cream Cart at the End of the Rainbow

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

There’s a mural up on my block.  Luckily, a reader who provides a more interesting narrative than that chimed in:

The jackass who owns the graffiti magnet apt. building on 23rd and Capp finally figured out if you can’t beat ‘em, join him.  He got tired spending $1,000 a month on paint and hired a crew to put up a mural on his building.  Actually, not a crew, he got Francisco Aquino a.k.a. Twick to do the mural. Nice.

I’m definitely interested in seeing this when it’s done, especially since I don’t have to go very far to check it out.  That said, I don’t see a lot of cowboys selling ice cream.  Herding ATMs on the other hand….

The neighborhood is VERY EXCITED.  WITH CAMERAS.

New Tag Going Up at 24th and Capp

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Not sure I can bother calling this a mural.  But it’s commissioned, so is it a tag?  I’m at a loss here.

Anyways, seeing this piece go up reminded me of discussion that went down last week about the new Reyes mural on the 23rd St. Walgreens:

#1: “Another Publica Art which intends to show no representation of humans, their condition, their spirit, intends to show no specific content outside of formalism, and intends to speak to nothing relative to the time, place, or circumstance in which it was created. gr8.”

#2: “Obviously posted by someone from Precita Eyes. What the fuck do those lame ass Precita Eyes murals “speak to”? They look like they were painted by kindergardeners and deny the proud Irish history of the Mission.”

What do we think?  Is it time for a little more diversity in our Mission murals?  They are sort of getting redundant.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

Could Capp Street Get Pretty?

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I know everyone is saying “no one gives a fuck about Capp St.”   But, besides being a street I live on and a major North/South bicycle freeway in the Mission, this could be a great step towards making more of SF’s side streets that already parallel more car-friendly streets into bike/people/resident/prostitute-friendly streets.  If this plan is implemented, you could have sex with your trick / smoke crack on my front porch, Alito park OR at the base of a palm tree.  Sweet!  Let’s make it happen!

More information on the Mission Streetscape plan’s website or go to the 18th street Women’s Building’s auditorium at 6pm on Wednesday to hear more about it.

 

NEW FAVORITE SF BLOG

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Someone was telling me that there is another blogger on Capp St., making this strip of tragedy home to both the highest quantity of crappy bloggers (4 that I know of) and hookers (countless) in the city.  The GoBlog has absolutely nothing to do with the city but everything to do with okay-jokes.  Yeah, their site is definitely circa 1998 and they center their text BUT they talk about outdoor gear and hiking and stuff and that helps me feel ‘connected’ to white culture.

EXAMPLE:

Marmot: The New Choice For The Thug Life?
One of our 12 faithful readers, not including the +5,000 a day that come to the site looking for naked pictures of Julia Mancuso, sent this little item in to us. We’d post his name, but he’d probably not prefer to be identified as a GoBlog reader to maintain his reputation as a dude. Anyway, usually when one thinks of the preferred jacket to wear while committing a crime or the preferred jacket to steal during a crime, The North Face puffy jacket comes to mind. That or an acid wash jean jacket with a confederate flag. We lack hard statistics of course, but our crack reporting turned this up on our first Google search regarding a recent homocide in NJ:

The gunman was wearing a gray and white North Face jacket, and was described as black, 5-foot, 8-inches tall, with a thin build.

Of course the sartorial tastes of criminals can change swiftly and without notice.  What’s considered cool to wear while you stab someone to death in the Fall season, could drastically change by the Summer season. And god forbid you’re on an 6 season fashion calendar. That wrecks havoc on the average gangster’s wardrobe.

(OH WAIT THERE’S MORE)

Blood All Over Capp

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

530pm on a Tuesday (Seriously?).  Multiple people stabbed.  Allegedly a mother was stabbed repeatedly in the face in front of her child.  Allegedly gang-related.  Must have been at least half of the on-duty Mission Station police OTS.

Ridiculous amount of blood was coming out of her face and arm

Getting handcuffed

Capp Cooper's Hawk

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Yesterday at 4pm, I was amusing myself with the idea of finally taking a shower when I spotted my neighbor holding a rocket launcher attached to a camera.  Turns out he was just taking shots of a Cooper's Hawk digesting a meal, not taking out Boo Radley's house once and for all.  I learned a lot of interesting things, like there is a bird called Cooper's Hawk and hawks commonly defecate 2 minutes prior to flight.  Normally I'd make some comparison to hipsters taking a crap 2 minutes before going to Kilowatt, but that just seems too obvious.

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Side note: you can see badass birds on Capp St. 24/7 if you're looking to move.

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