I have been lucky enough to walk to work for 40 years in this city, so now as I parade through streets and avenues, my mind sees what was.
I got my first job in San Francisco nearly 40 years ago, in the Flood Building, at 870 Market Street. A chubby cheerful, uniformed lobby attendant pressed the elevator buttons for me. The lobby was marble and, oh wonderful, there was a Woolworth’s on the ground floor.
Before Door Dash and Uber Eats, people lined Kearny Street sidewalk to pick up their own lunch: egg salad on rye and egg cremes. streets. He looked like Popeye’s Bluto. Gruff and tough from working outdoors in all-weather but we always shared a nod, an acknowledgment. On rare moments, he gifted me gardenias at the end of the day, always without a word..
An alcoholic, his face sunburnt to the color of his hair, he would lie drunk on the piano bench on most foggy days, but beautiful weather revived him and he would play his heart out at Market Street and 7th Street at the Civic Center.: Juliette on bass and lead vocals and Bruce on guitar. She screamed so melodiously, it curled your hair. I walked all the way down Market Street on my lunch hour to hear her sing.
Halfway through my walk, I would stop for a short coffee break and read the newspaper. Back then in my working life, there were newspapers strewn around cafes.
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