July 12, 2007
Steamy, Hot Construction Worker Scene On Stillman
Here you see an image of construction on Stillman and Third Streets that started a few weeks ago, more or less. (What was a precocious orphanage was violently burned to the ground to make space for a much-anticipated Bed, Bad, and Beyond! No, not really. We kid you.) A new overpass is going up in place of the old one, and we’re dying to know what it will look like. (Rumor has it that underneath the new overpass will be a lot for AC Transit buses to park, which is better than the drug outlets that resided there before.) The one that was demolished last year was pretty nifty as far as overpasses go -- pretty arches and all.
Any ideas as to how it will turn out? And will be built whisper-quietly? (Sigh.)
And surely it will be put up lightening-quick just like this year's seamless McArthur Maze reconstructive surgery, right? Right!?
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Where are the steamy, hot construction workers?
I work around the corner from where that picture is taken, and let me tell you (aside from the noise), the construction has been a god-send.
The bums that would hang around under the freeway (3rd between Bryant and Harrison) were increasingly belligerent over the past few years. The construction, and the lack of a place to sit/drink/harass has disappeared for the time being.
Keep in mind, I call these people bums, because I don't actually think they are homeless, and they act different from the guys that wander the neighborhood and DO sleep on the streets.
wow - looks like the view from my old apt....which i found out was the location of some seriously messed up activity before it caught on fire ~1999.
http://www.mistersf.com/notorious/index.html?notstjoseph.htm
ps - i soooo dont miss the sound of pylons being driven into the ground at 7am!
>>Where are the steamy, hot construction workers?
Ask Brock.
I'm disappointed at the lack of a photo to accompany the post's title ... anyhoo...
This sounds right .... those ugly ramps for the Transbay are coming down (as is the building soon) to make way for a sparkly new Transbay Transit Center with designs for Caltrain (if they can figure out how to make their trains electric instead of pollution spewing machines) and for high speed rail (good luck getting $40 billion for that) along with the various bus services for the bay area.
Patience, little angels. These surly workers get spooked (read: want to pummel my ass, and not in a good way) when I flounce by with my camera.
Soon, very soon.
The steamy hot construciton workers are relaxing with tall cold glasses of homemade lemonade at Brock's place.
I work on Stillman (inside, not on the construction site) and here's a gallery of photos (and a few tiny videos) of the demolition of the old bridge on-ramp.
guest #3: i'm speechless. and shaking. when did you live at said address?
guest#3 here....i lived there for about 1.5 years 2001-2002. roomie sublet my room for another couple years after, and the subleter eventually sent me an email with that link.
and i know i shouldnt say it, but i actually kinda liked the crack dealer in the santa hat that used to chill under the freeway. he would keep all the addicts away, cant do the drugs where ya sell em i guess.
and ya know, the brake dust and club goers pissing on my doorstep were way more annoying than santa, hehe.
"if they can figure out how to make their trains electric instead of pollution spewing machines"
No this is not the issue, money is. The rest of the industrialized world has had it figured out for decades
I'm sorry, but completely replacing the existing Caltrains engines is not really an option....
hmm... Caltrain tracks are set up for a diesel engine to run things. Granted money is an issue, but perhaps the bigger issue, if you can imagine, is coming up with a solution using the existing infrastructure (they're not going to have enough money to completely replace the existing tracks and the entire engine vehicle). Try again, sam.
tracks have nothing to do with it. They would be propelled by overhead
http://www.bayrailalliance.org/caltrain_electrification
and you really don't know what you are talking about SAM
I've lived on Stillman since 1999 and I never knew that about 96 Stillman...creepy!
As a resident, dirt and dust from the freeway and construction work is a major problem. It use to not be so bad until the city came along and thin out the trees so much that you can actually see people in their cars from the street now. The trees use to be full and pretty - and provided a good visual and environmental screen between us and the freeway. Now that's gone.
The homeless guys on our street are defintely bums (though, with serious mental health issues), but they keep to themselves. The ones I suspect who break into cars are the ones who never sit still long enough for you to catch them. You see new and unfamiliar "dudes" walking up our street constantly. Those are the ones who piss, puke, or shit on our street and never stay around long enough for you to figure out who they are (also, people from the baseball game and club goers from 715 Harrison engage in this behavior also.)
Club goers (again, always 715 Harrison) are the number one cause of break-ins, loud noise, and violence on our street. Period.
Also a hazard: speeding cars. People zoom up our street without a care in the world. They don't care if people live there - I guess we deserve to be treated like shit since we live where we live.
I think that's what makes me angriest - that people assume that since you live on this street that you must be some sort of low-life and unworthy of basic human respect and dignity.
But I am a San Franciscan and this is where I live and I love my hood, my city, my neighbors, the guys at the corner store (well, some) and even one or two of the bums.