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Just in time for gift-giving season!
With the help our trusty craftswoman, Heather, we’ve restocked the Muni Diaries Etsy store with hella new wallets. Each has its very own authentic Fast Pass hand-sewn into it, with a backing of various old Muni maps and room for your Clipper card and a few other items. Only $10 plus shipping.
Get one for yourself, or to give to that special someone on your list.
Muni Diaries store on Etsy
Photo by Special*Dark
We always kinda expect New York City’s MTA to be years ahead of Muni (and BART, for that matter). True to form, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has a plan for musical subway turnstiles in the Big Apple.
“I’ve been fighting for now 14 years to try to do this, to make all the subway turnstiles make music. I want to make every station in New York have a different set of dominant keys, so that people when they grow up, later on in life, will hear a piece of music and be like, “Oh that’s Union Square.”
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Holiday Moratorium
Central Subway construction will pause on Stockton Street in Union Square and recommence in January 2014. All Union Square businesses remain open. Stockton Street and Ellis Street will be paved and reopened to traffic by Friday. One lane of Ellis Street between Stockton Street and the Ellis-O’Farrell Garage will remain closed during the holidays due to work related to the Central Subway tunnels.
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Photo by Eric Fischer
Wow, mellow weekend advisory-wise. What are your plans?
Salesforce Convention
The Salesforce convention will take place at the Moscone Center next week, from Monday, November 18 to Friday, November 22.
The following street closures will be required beginning 8 p.m., Thursday through 8 p.m., next Saturday, November 23:
From 8 p.m., Thursday to 8 p.m., next Saturday, November 23:
Howard Street between 3rd and 4th streets
From 6 p.m., to midnight, Tuesday, November 19 ONLY:
Northbound Terry Francois Boulevard between South Street and Pier 48
Both lanes on Terry Francois Boulevard between Pier 48 and 3rd Street
Northbound 3rd Street between Terry Francois Boulevard and King Street
Eastbound King Street between 2nd and 3rd streets
Berry Street between 3rd and 4th streets
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Photo by cjmartin