'Deepistan National Park(let)

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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
missionlocal.org

Are Parklets in SF’s Mission Really Public?

If all goes according to plan, the Mission will have five new parklets, which are miniature parks that slightly extend portions of sidewalk into the street to offer decorative seating to the general public, by early next year. That would give the the neighborhood 16 parklets in total, with 13 on Valencia Street. The Mission’s 12 existing parklets make up approximately 20 percent of the 57 parklets in San Francisco. But as parklets in the Mission have become popular fixtures for coffee shops and restaurants, some critics say that parklets have become too privatized — there for the patrons of the restaurants and cafes, but not really for the general public. The parklet in front of Dandelion Chocolate is nearly complete. Arizmendi Bakery on 24th and Valencia will install a parklet in front of its store in September. Two parklets — one in front of Samovar Tea and and another in front of Venga Empanadas — are awaiting approval from San Francisco ...

This is from last year, but still a good read!

Thoughts about Vandals & the Giants Victory & the Deeplet

Lots of questions & comments from lots of folks about my incident last night*. Thanks y'all. I really am fine, as is the parklet**, and my truly fortunate life continues much as it did yesterday, albeit very slightly bruised. I myself am contemplative (you’ve been warned!)…

There’s a lot of complexity in what happened last night and a lot of ugliness amidst a lot of joy. I’m a big fan of joy, and sports is a pretty good place to get it from (and better than many). So to most of my Giants friends who took to the streets, I salute you - I know how fun that can be**. To those Giants fans who took to the streets and used it as cover for stupid-to-horrible behavior, I wish your life wasn’t so small. And for the mob I encountered (who may have been fans or may have just been using the chaos for cover), I hope there comes a time when you think it through & are ashamed. You accomplished nothing but making the world a little worse for your time in it.

I also noticed a few people trying to help me last night, a few people picking up knocked over trash cans & cleaning up, and even a woman who tried to explain to someone why he shouldn’t be putting stickers on the parklet because it was so awesome. Did it balance it all out? Of course not - but to ignore those people wouldn’t be quite right either.


* see below for details.
** I’m a sports fan myself (just not baseball) & so I get raucous jubilation. I both create and participate in revelatory throngs of people and so I get those too. I know a lot of people for whom the Giants’ win meant a lot and was an amazing run & that’s awesome!


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The short version:
So the Giants won the World Series & the Mission (my neighborhood) started getting louder & drunker. I figured I should sit out front on the stoop to dissuade people from tagging my parklet (www.deeplet.org if you’re wondering what a parklet is). And I grabbed my laptop so I could get some work done. I actually stopped two different sets of taggers and cleaned off the tags immediately.

A little before midnight, the police sirens were getting heavy & a large crowd was walking down the middle of the street. A smallish woman ran out of that crowd and started spray painting the side of my parklet. I jumped up & ran towards her before I realized that she was part of a mob & before I put my laptop down (yes - dumb & dumb). I grabbed her and yanked her off and was immediately grabbed by a couple of folks who punched me a few times & grabbed my phone & laptop out of my grasp. Several other folks tried to separate us & also tried to tell people to give me my stuff back - but it was too late. I’m totally fine & not really roughed up at all, so please don’t worry.