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Perhaps insisting what a mistake it would be to consider Child’s Play a “dated movie,” horror villain Chuckie made an appearance on Muni recently. Don’t laugh! Whatever you do, do not laugh.
h/t Muni rider Erika: “On @sfmta some guy holding a Chuckie doll like it’s no biggie”
Side note: One Muni Diaries editor (I’m not saying which one!) thought at first that this was Laughing Sal.
Because of course they do.
BART rider and artist Camila Valdez left these sculptures in the Civic Center Station recently. I’m wondering how those people standing by not looking can resist.
From her biography:
Her sculptures are inspired by the secret esthetics of everyday products. Objects, in this case desserts, express their feelings to Camila through their colors, shapes and styles. She says “If a Cupcake is good looking eyecandy, it says come and get me!”
Cool.
Photo by Camila
Do you like history? I like history.
Peter Hartlaub, Muni Diaries Live veteran and Chronicle writer, sends us the harrowing 1913 tale of a runaway streetcar, a “heavy motor truck,” and a bread wagon. No humans died, though two were injured. And the bread wagon’s horse became the first Muni fatality (that we know of). From SFGate:
“A runaway streetcar careening down three city blocks. A wagon full of bread that is obliterated into splinters and croutons. Terrified passengers, and a new driver in total control despite his massive head wound.”
Whoa! My favorite part might be that the “motorman” for Municipal Railway lived in a hotel.
Check out the post on SFGate for more exciting details. #cantmakethisup
Image courtesy SF Chronicle
The walk to pick up the bus looks normal enough. Maybe it’s because Muni rider Ileana asked to go “off the grid”?