{"id":1378,"date":"2009-08-02T17:02:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T01:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/02\/street-life-in-san-franciscos-tl\/"},"modified":"2020-04-11T19:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T03:28:53","slug":"street-life-in-san-franciscos-tl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1378\/street-life-in-san-franciscos-tl\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Life in San Francisco&#8217;s TL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test_50mm_090802\/_w2w6668_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><br \/>\nA discarded couch rests like a parked car in San Francisco&#8217;s Tenderloin District.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">August 2, 2009<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The move was only supposed to be temporary, but here I am, three years hence and still living in San Francisco&#8217;s Tenderloin District.\u00c2\u00a0 One of these days, I keep telling myself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It took some getting used to after living a few oars lengths away from the Marina on the north side of town, but the TL&#8217;s central location, despite all the unpleasantness associated with human suffering, provides close proximity to BART, MUNI, downtown, Union Square, Civic Center and City Hall &#8211; the place I spend much of my time covering San Francisco politics for FCJ. Living here also means I don&#8217;t need a car and I&#8217;m free of all the associated problems and responsibilities with car ownership.\u00c2\u00a0 My 1993 vintage bicycle does me fine and I enjoy the exercise.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><!--more--> So, today, while I was rummaging through some unopened moving boxes, I stumbled upon an old 50mm lens a friend gave me when I announced I was changing careers back in 2003.\u00c2\u00a0 With some excitement, I went on a short stroll to get some lunch, and took a few shots along the way using my new found lens.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test_50mm_090802\/_w2w6662_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test_50mm_090802\/_w2w6659_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><br \/>\nA fellow Tenderloinian steps over a presumed past-out drunk,<br \/>\nlain strewn across the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test_50mm_090802\/_w2w6670_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nA Muslim place of worship on Golden Gate Avenue<br \/>\nhad its door window smashed some time ago.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6683_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6697_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6718_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6682_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6729_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6843_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/test2_50mm_090802\/_w2w6851_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2009\/iran_rally_090725\/_w2w6395_std.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nArtist Mona Caron puts on the final touches<br \/>\nto her mural masterpiece on the corner<br \/>\nof Golden Gate Ave and Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A discarded couch rests like a parked car in San Francisco&#8217;s Tenderloin District. 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