I always mean to take more pictures of piles of junk on the sidewalk, but often neglect to. Luckily, le is on top of things. Link.
Update: I was so busy poking fun at the Weekly, I neglected to dig a little deeper. Turns out this photo is but one of many in Elly’s set devoted to discarded chairs on the streets of SF: chairs.
Also, this reminds me of Eric Slatkin’s payphones.
I’ve always wanted to do a similar photo study, but of only one object. The two I see most often abandoned on the sidewalks of the Mission: televisions and strollers. Now, televisions I understand, but why are strollers so disposable?
My guess would be, a broken stroller is not something you’d want to keep around. Cool dads, can you confirm?
i saw a guy walking down mission street using a stroller as a shopping cart…i mean, really, he was a full grown man, shopping mission street, and piling his stuff in a little pink stroller.
as an aging hipster with minor dependents, i think it’s because strollers are often hand-me-downs, and that takes away their value, so when they break…out they go. there’s always another one somewhere…
what i dont understand is why it’s OK to abandon all this crap on the street.
i personally see a lot of dressers.
i see a lot of chairs