Mission Mission

[via The Tens]

[Photo by Dolores Park Works] [via Uptown Almanac]

Curbed SF reports:

No bathrooms or drinking fountains, folks. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officials said that the water needs to be turned off because of construction in the park’s playground area.

Read on.

On the bright side, perhaps no Dolo Butt (pictured) this weekend?

[via The Minutes]

SFist has the details (and startling photos) of this massive house fire at Haight and Fillmore.

[Top photo by Jennifer H.; bottom photo by Lindsey A.]

[Photos by Helen Tseng]

Lots more after the jump:

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SFist delivers the good news:

The legalization of Medjool’s rooftop party palace comes with a few stipulations. Namely: fewer people allowed up there, a smaller space and no more live music.

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At least one commissioner (rightly!) agreed we need to have more roof top bars in San Francisco, but pointed out the commission should probably figure out the size and noise guidelines for approving those first so we don’t end up with more of these drawn-out battles.

So, see you guys at Medjool as soon as we’re done with work/our DJ party? Cool.

Read on.

[Photo by Kevin Hahn]

Says the LA Times:

The two bright-red dumpsters, 16 feet long by nearly 6 feet wide and filled with greenery, have been placed in a busy downtown neighborhood where they throw a little shade, elicit regular double-takes and fill curbside spots that otherwise would go to cars.

The grandly named “parkmobiles” were rolled out earlier this summer, the first in a fleet of itinerant oases in one of America’s densest cities.

My favorite detail is the lifelike sculpture of a modern San Franciscan included with every parkmobile. So realistic! Here’s hoping the taggers don’t muck ‘em up. Read on.

[via Matt MacDonald]

Now I’m hungry for coconut and cinnamon toast.

[via lmc]