SFist: Photo du Jour 43

AGinSanFran

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:54:01 -0800

Gotta revert Walgreens to the "Star Pharmacy" ... and the wonderful ladies who worked there with their uber-poofy hair. The #'s 24 and 33 MUNI were regular buses, not trolleys so there were no overhead wires except for the telephone type. The store (Diesel?) at Harvey Milk Plaza was the Bank of America -- no ATM in 70's. (Got cash at night and weekends at Safeway -- $40 maximum if your card was on file.)

bernsteinbears

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:57:10 -0800

The crew has been really great. They have been totally cool with the neighbors. They have made a point to be espeically nice to my daughter. That always scores points with us moms. It's fun to watch the Castro transform into my childhood days. I think it's great that they're filming here. IMO, parking and traffic are really no worse. Minor inconvienence at best. I have a few notes, but only ones due to accuracy. Clobba used to be a hair salon. They just made it a 70's clothing store for the film, and the Castro florist used to be up closer to Cliff's. But hey, who really cares? I'm the only one who will probably know the difference. Harvey Milk's camera store looks great. All in all, it's good times in the Castro. I just want to know if they are going to transform "The Glass Coffin" back to its non-tranlucent days.....bring back the 7-up billboard!

DC1974

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:54:21 -0800

Woo-hoo! Because I was thinking today about what pre-1980s Castro would mean: sex with anything that moves! better and cheaper drugs! and of course, chest hair. why couldn't i have been born twenty years earlier? the 1970s were the best.

RicardoSF

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:57:01 -0800

Actually, DC1974, the photo taken above is the scene where Harvey meets Cleve Jones (played by the adorable Emile Hirsch) as Sean, as Harvey, is passing out flyers to "Vote!" in front of the camera store, and shouting things like "Legalize pot!" to passersby.

DC1974

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:41:36 -0800

The question is: how are the drugs? Or does GVS not have that kind of attention to detail?

PRBurkley

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:33:23 -0800

It was cool to see the "retro-fication" of the Castro today. The sign on the Castro Theater looks FABULOUS! It is interesting that so little needs to change in SF to recreate the 1970s.

mattymatt

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:59:50 -0800

Or until the Castro stops being the west coast's leading vector for new and exciting STDs. Which will come first, I wonder?

Brock Keeling

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:26:57 -0800

until mid-february.

autojack

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:07:13 -0800

twosticks: they're actually putting plastic covers over the meters to make them look old. I saw one knocked off onto the sidewalk this morning. Brock: how long is every post you make referencing the Castro going to also reference staph? It? Is getting old.

andyc

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:02:03 -0800

they got rid of the bus shelter by castro station which was pretty awesome in the rain yesterday i saw a bunch of sweet old cars though including a 70s pontiac firebird

twosticks

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:13:05 -0800

I wonder how they are addressing making the smart-card parking meters look like they're from the 70s