There are still climate killing cars on Great Highway Park four months after San Francisco voters, by a 55 percent majority, approved creation of the permanently car free sanctuary along San Francisco’s Pacific Coast shoreline.
Cars continue to pollute Great Highway Park four months after the passage of Proposition K. Cars should have vanished by now.
The OCEAN BEACH landmark near Great Highway Park
We took this photo montage the afternoon of February 18th. A graphic exposition of the land and streets nearby the newly voter mandated Great Highway Park.
Liz passes by an exercising couple.
Why the delay in implementation of the voter mandate?Where is it, San Francisco City Hall??
Hands up for Tai Chi.
Two old guys parley off the beaten path in the park while practicing martial arts.
San Francisco is full of fascinating people and places.Great Highway Park will add to the international city’s allure.
The well trodden path only a wanderer can appreciate.
Two elves in the bush.
During our trek, we met the genuinely friendly inhabitants of this great city. They were not sitting in their cars. They were out enjoying nature and cherishing the environment.
Liz sitting on a log in Golden Gate Park musing about Great Highway Park while birds sing in the background.
Lee stands amongst the remains of a fallen tree in Golden Gate Park.A group of young students learn about nature off the beaten path in Golden Gate Park near The Chain of Lakes.Liz was greeted by a Recreation and Park staff member in Golden Gate Park.
Explore the natural unspoiled scenery sans the Car of the two neighborhoods running the length of Ocean Beach.
A coot in her home territory.Orange mushrooms in the park. Colorful and potentially deadly.
It is as easy as a walk in the park when you toss your car keys and put on comfortable shoes and a backpack.
Lee surrenders to the impassable path in Golden Gate Park.
Be aware that the car-craving penchant to drive rather than walk to stores a short distance from your home may not be a common occurrence.
A Waymo leads the caravan of climate killing vehicles through a section of Golden Gate Park where cars can still pollute.
But be assured it’s a healthier life style than sitting in a car and experiencing road rage.
Luna and her owner greet Liz and Lee.
It’s always a Dog’s Day in Golden Gate Park.
Cycling on a beautiful February morning in Golden Gate Park.
Father and child enjoy a February cycle in Golden Gate Park.
The go-getter shopper expending the time and physical exertion to turn a shopping trip into an outing can show off their photos. To natives and tourists alike, giving insight into what’s uniquely San Francisco.
The San Francisco Fire Department hook and ladder truck. An essential tool for the safety of all citizens and animals.
Entrance to the now shut down Equestrian corral in Golden Gate Park.
A worker from Rec and Park, dog walkers, a legacy business dog stylist, the servers at the historic Java Beach Café where the colorful N-Judah train reaches the end of the line at the Pacific Ocean, and a fashion model-looking Hungarian shopping at Safeway, all are staples of San Francisco life.
Lee peers through a portal as the Muni Metro rumbles by.Portal to the San Francisco Muni Metro ‘N’ Judah line.
The end of the Line …or the beginning .. of the N Judah line in San Francisco.
We saw many aspects of the legendary San Francisco people oriented culture. From a Hippie mother and daughter reminiscing over lunch at the Café to a class of school children studying the habitat and wildlife of Golden Gate Park.
Liz and Lee enjoy their triple decker sandwiches at Java Beach Cafe.
The people oriented and the politically charged, the nostalgia for what’s gone and the anticipation for what’s to come. All juxtaposed together as only two San Francisco old timers can view and appreciate it. The genuine San Francisco as experienced during our adventurous outdoor trek through the Richmond and Sunset districts on a beautiful day in February.
A community wall of art at Judah and 43rd Avenue in San Francisco.
Liz swapped Italian heritage stories with Matt the dog groomer who bathed our dogs for years.
A colorful display drying food in the sun graces the front and balcony of a pink home.
An old house in the Sunset neighborhood displaying a poster, “VOTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.”
Newly constructed affordable housing adjacent to an old funky house with roped off CAUTION tape on 43rd Avenue
Our trek through the Park was ostensibly about shopping for staples at Other Avenues, a supporter of Great Highway Park, the worker owned co-op store, and the monolithic Safeway at Ocean Beach Supermarket at either side of Golden Gate Park.
Liz proudly displays her Miyokos plant butter. The alternative to saturated fat.
Soak in the occult at the bath soap section of Other Avenues Co-op.
Liz in Safeway at the Beach holds aloft her organic bananas at the end of the trek.
We are waiting for the scene of cars being towed from car free Great Highway Park. We have never owned a car.
A car being towed on Street Sweeper Day at 43rd and Irving. This is the fate which should await the motorists who violate The Great Highway Park sanctuary.
We won by a 55 percent majority. Open The Great Highway Park NOW!!!
Top photo: Lee stands frustrated as cars whiz by on what should be car free Great Highway Park.He’s been assured the car free oasis is coming soon.
Lee's Perspective 