Where are you going, Mr. Gold Hat Man?
And can you teach us all to be at least half as awesome as you are, dear sir?
Via Muni rider Karen: “I couldn’t even approach the glory of the gold top hat guy on the 5-Fulton.”
Muni and Wendy MacNaughton’s Meanwhile in San Francisco
Image via Meanwhile, in San Francisco
We met artist Wendy MacNaughton back in 2010 when she illustrated a series of gorgeous, whimsical, and very San Francisco drawings done on Muni and BART. Since then, she’s done loads of amazing work, including Pen and Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them, written with Muni Diaries Live alum Isaac Fitzgerald (watch his story here). Her latest book, Meanwhile, in San Francisco, is an ode to the city we all know and love. Featured prominently at the beginning of the book, of course, is the personal story of a Muni driver.
The illustrations shows a day in the life of a Muni operator in his own words. From Wendy: “The driver is my neighbor, Edmundo. he lives just up the street from me – so I asked if I could join him at work. I went at the crack of dawn with him one day – before 5 a.m., I think it was.”
We asked Wendy in an earlier story about why she draws on public transit: Read more
Transit News: Muni bus catches fire, alleged DUI driver arrested after crash into Muni stop
Photo by lynnfriedman
In this week’s transit news:
- Muni bus catches on fire in Rincon Hill neighborhood, no passengers were onboard (KTVU)
- Alleged DUI driver arrested after crash into Muni stop (ABC Local)
- Another proposal to give us late night transit hope (SFist)
- Central subway cost controversy, reported by SF Weekly’s Joe Eskenazi (SFWeekly)
- Muni floats focus on low-income riders (SFBay)
TBT: Ever heard of Muni’s 1-Sutter?
Wait, the 1-Sutter? We polled our readers about what they knew of this curious line, as seen in the undated photo via Flickr user Muni Better Late Than Never. Reader Lisa point out that the San Francisco public library has a partial list of Market Street Railroad route names, which includes the 1-Sutter, which had long been changed to the 1-California.
Reader Gary Soup commented about the origins of this curious little car:
The 1 Sutter-California was a motor coach line from July 1949 (when it replaced the #1 Streetcar line) until January 1951, when it was replaced by a trolley coach. In the late 70s the outer portion of the line was combined with the (newly electrified) #55 Sacramento motor coach line of fond memory to form the current #1 California. The #1 never ran on Market Street; the photo is obviously of an excursion or historic motor coach event long after the fact, judging from the presence of the vehicle with the creamsicle livery.
This post originally appeared in Muni Time Capsule. Got a Muni throw-back moment we should know about? Email us and tell us all about it!
New sweatshirt features Muni worm, your mom
Our Twitter followers pointed us to this new sweatshirt, featuring the all-too-familiar Muni worm. You can buy the shirt on Fabrily. I think there must be a “your mom” joke in here somewhere that I am not finding.
Want more Muni-inspired shirts? Here’s the “I Love and Hate Muni” T-shirt. And, of course, “Fuckin’ Muni.”
In case of a hot sauce emergency, contact this guy
Here’s to never having to fear bland food ever again. Dear Muni rider with the Sriracha sauce in your backpack, you win at life today. Photo via @daydayhurls on Instagram.
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