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Going with the flow

Posted on January 30, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 33 hours during the past 3 days. During my shifts: I began to truly enjoy my graveyard (12am – 11am) shift. I whined at first because I didn’t retain a normal sleep schedule. Now I’m starting to realize … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged architecture, bars, building, business, cab, city, drinking, driving, earthquake, graveyard, hour, jobs, morning, partying, pubs, restaurants, risk, rush, rush hour, san francisco, seismic, seismology, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, weekday, working | Leave a comment

Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

(Photo Credit) Here’s another cool factoid from the amazing (out-of-print) book on the history of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. We know Upper Fillmore Street today as a bustling commercial district with high-end shops and restaurants married closely with its … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, transit | Tagged 1906, build, cable, cable car, car, development, earthquake, econ, economics, fillmore, japantown, line, lrt, muni, pacific heights, public, public transit, rail, rebuild, san francisco, sf, train, transit, transport, western addition | Leave a comment

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Going with the flow

Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.

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