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Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

Hey Super Bowl 50 committee, Muni wires are actually beautiful

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The Super Bowl 50 Committee plans to ask SFMTA to take down the overhead wires on Market Street during the sportsball fiesta, but honestly, we think the overhead wires are kind of nice in a photo op.

Next year’s Super Bowl will be held in Santa Clara, but the eight-day fan village will be in Justin Herman Plaza, where the mayor told KCBS that there won’t be room for the homeless or anyone. The Examiner reports that Supervisor Jane Kim confirmed the Super Bowl 50 Committee‘s desire to pull down Muni wires.

No decisions have been made about the potential request, but the Examiner says that pulling down the overhead wires could cost a “seven-figure number” requiring “lots of overtime” to remove correctly. The F, 6, 21, and 31 lines run on overhead wires in the area.

I actually think Muni overhead wires make for really beautiful photos, as evidenced by several of the photographers we’ve featured on Instagram. Maybe the Super Bowl 50 Committee can take a look at a few of these beauties?

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Photo by @nyxnax

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Photo by @geoffreyupton

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Photo by @itsjustinsane

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Photo by @djsoul6

Top photo by @nonny1982

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Photo Exhibit Captures Change in San Francisco

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From an ongoing project following Shannon Fulcher in Oakland.

Photo by Sam Wolson, from an ongoing project following Shannon Fulcher in Oakland.

Status Update is a new exhibition of documentary photography and video about change, chance, and inequality in the San Francisco Bay Area. Curated by Pete Brook and Rian Dundon, the exhibition spans the work of 14 photographers who have been documenting life in the Bay Area, some of them for decades. The curators emphasize their “deliberate and slower approaches to documentary work,” more a “take a step back and look at what’s happening” than just relying on gut reactions.

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An illustration of things the N-Judah does that I like

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Muni rider Yian lives right by the N-Judah and created this pretty illustration about some of the things that the N-Judah does for her, aside from getting her around town. She says:

Here’s an ode to my (very loud and much beloved) San Francisco neighbor, the N Judah. The community building exercises are in reference to the many occasions when riders have had to get off and move cars out of its way. And my races with the N have often resulted in my victory.

Click here to see the illustration in detail.

We have a couple of rider-documented instances of the community-building, car-lifting exercise Yian refers to. Here’s real-life evidence of superhero Muni riders moving a car out of the N-Judah’s way. Seems it happens all too frequently …

Thanks to Yian for sending this to us.

Got your own artistic interpretation of life on public transit? Our inbox is open! muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com

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Muni station agent surprises kid with birthday gift

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Muni station agent Deborah Smith-Ross sees Elijah and his mom come through her station all the time, and when Elijah’s birthday came around, the Smith-Ross got permission from Elijah’s mom to surprise him with a sweet gift.

KTVU’s Frank Sommerville found her post, in which she said:

Meet my friend Elijah, today is his 8th birthday. He comes thru my station daily with his mom going to school. A month ago he told me his birthday was 10/28. Everyday we would count how many days till his big day. Well something was put on my heart to make this day special. I asked his mom if it was OK to give him a gift.

Elijah’s smile says it all.

Muni operators’ random acts of kindness can really make your day. Here’s a couple more:

A surprise party on the delayed 33-Stanyan
The day my Muni driver stopped the bus (and everyone loved him for it)

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Instagram Photographer Crush: David Root

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Instagram is a lot more than pictures of air-brushed macaroons and latte art in soft focus, and every day we meet photographers who do our city proud. Today’s Instagram photographer crush is David Root, who posts carefully selected black and white photos of San Francisco that show the tender and gritty moments we all see, feel, and know daily. We caught up with David to chat about taking photos in San Francisco. Follow him on Instagram at @david_r00t.

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