July 24, 2007

  • Monday, July 23

    I headed off after work south of Market.  I wanted to photograph a derelict church on Folsom Street.  There's a bunch of them in San Francisce.  Usually they've been shut down because of retrofitting expenses. This is St. Joseph's built 1913:

    It's a pretty church and I"m going to go with Spanish Baroque style.  There's still a large day care center on the grounds run by Catholic Charities and there'a a really pretty mosaic on one of the outer walls that I had a hard time getting a good picture of because of traffic.  Here are a few details:

    I headed over to South Van Ness to check out a the mansions that are on that street from about 19th to 23rd.  None of them look like they're luxury housing today, but maybe people will start renovating them because they are fabulous and well located in the Mission.  That neighborhood didn't burn after the earthquake and there are lot of Victorian gems to look at:

    Some of them were kind of fortress like.  I think the neighborhood's a lot better than it used to be and it's probably unnecessary:

      

    I was starting to get a flat tire so I cut my ride short.  I did some hills instead and went home via Liberty which is pretty steep!  I went home and took Rufus to the dog park and then we had dinner.  Then it was time to walk the dogs again.  Mimi was pretty good on her walk.  She barked at a couple of dogs but she's getting much less fearful I think and at the end of the walk we went back to the dog park and Rufus played with a Portuguese water dog named Maya and she only complained a little.  Then we went home and went to bed.