You didn't know what you were looking for
till you heard the voices in your ear. : )
I heard them here, standing in the median in front of the Ferry Building, where a little time warp opens up at night after most of the traffic is gone and the lamps are glowing; here on what was once the old Lincoln Highway, nearing its endpoint after crossing the continent; right here where each night vintage streetcars meet and turn the corner, first one and then the other.
Don't know if you can sense it from the picture, but it was crazy wonderful to be standing out there. I thought sure I was either on the set of an old Hollywood movie or in the Wayback Machine. Strange magic again! A lone street musician was over in front of the Ferry Building blowing Puttin' on the Ritz into his trumpet. I would have been perfectly happy to stand there for hours just watching the streetcars pass. Wish I could have, next trip I will.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway operates an amazing collection of restored heritage streetcars. Have a look at the fleet here. My favorites are the iconic PCCs, as seen in this shot. Streamlined beauties, nostalgic treasures, delicious eye candy!! They were made from 1936 till WWII halted production, and then after the war to 1952. You can read a bit about them here.
Oh, and what did the voices say? This moment, this ride - it's why you came, what you were looking for. Stay . . . just a little bit longer? Have another hit of this wrinkle-in-time elixir? I wanted to. You can't get the good stuff at any old corner drugstore, you know. And it was just what I needed too. Just. What. I needed . . .
But no, had to go. What a cheap trick, huh? ; )
You didn't know what you were looking for
till you heard the voices in your ear. : )
I heard them here, standing in the median in front of the Ferry Building, where a little time warp opens up at night after most of the traffic is gone and the lamps are glowing; here on what was once the old Lincoln Highway, nearing its endpoint after crossing the continent; right here where each night vintage streetcars meet and turn the corner, first one and then the other.
Don't know if you can sense it from the picture, but it was crazy wonderful to be standing out there. I thought sure I was either on the set of an old Hollywood movie or in the Wayback Machine. Strange magic again! A lone street musician was over in front of the Ferry Building blowing Puttin' on the Ritz into his trumpet. I would have been perfectly happy to stand there for hours just watching the streetcars pass. Wish I could have, next trip I will.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway operates an amazing collection of restored heritage streetcars. Have a look at the fleet here. My favorites are the iconic PCCs, as seen in this shot. Streamlined beauties, nostalgic treasures, delicious eye candy!! They were made from 1936 till WWII halted production, and then after the war to 1952. You can read a bit about them here.
Oh, and what did the voices say? This moment, this ride - it's why you came, what you were looking for. Stay . . . just a little bit longer? Have another hit of this wrinkle-in-time elixir? I wanted to. You can't get the good stuff at any old corner drugstore, you know. And it was just what I needed too. Just. What. I needed . . .
But no, had to go. What a cheap trick, huh? ; )