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Union Square
Powell Street at Post Street
A 2.6 acre public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets - as well as upscale shopping (including Saks Fifth Avenue + Tiffany & Co.), theatres, restaurants, clubs, art galleries, and the famous St. Francis Hotel.
union square, san fransisco 2009
"You were chained to a girl that would kill you with a look
It’s a nice way to die she’s so easy on the eye
She said let’s get away, but you played it by the book
You’re a warden’s pet, she’s a screaming suffragette
“We ain’t in prison, we’ll just finish up and go home”
She said, “Not for me, I’ve got plans for later on”
So she belted the sarge and she jumped on a barge
You fell, you fell you fell you fell
...
She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like”
Go ahead and kiss her, you don’t know what you’re missing
You said “Baby, you’re special,
But there’s something not quite right.”
She’s a Venus in flares and you wanna split hairs!
“I am innocent, you are a rocket.
Things were ok till you took out the copper”
Leave me alone, and get used to the chains
You’re a pain, a pain, a pain, a pain"
White Collar Boy, Belle & Sebastian
Millions of bubbles fly through the air as adults and children gather at Union Square for a magical bubble battle. Loosely based on the Dr.Seuss Classic The Butter Battle Book.
The event was dedicated to seven year old Megan Summer who was born with a rare kidney disorder, she has had numerous surgeries to help elevate the blockage in her left kidney.
Should I have been arrested for taking these pictures? The police officer on site told me I was not allowed to take these photos, but when I told him to arrest me he demurred. One of his arguments: that I shouldn't photograph the scene because he was going to see his grandchildren today.
The incident spoke volumes about our relation to death and personal identity. I snapped these photos for my Blingdom of God and Uncivil Society blogs, to accompany a meditation on life, death and memory--this was a truly moving scene, as a life of despair is marked by what is left on the sidewalk, and then washed away.
The officer's response reflects, on the other hand, our all too human desire not to be confronted with the reality of death in our daily life. This was a street, a sidewalk, a place where people live--we should not remember death here; we should not memorialize the willful end of one's own life; we should not expose our children to all that this scene may imply--not least of all lest they, mimetic as they are, begin to see despair and death as preferential options.
Please join Baltimore Heritage for an evening under the stars in historic Union Square for Baltimore Heritage’s 2011 Awards Celebration, including historic open houses around the Square.