Further Down “Art Alley”, Henry’s Camera Catches One Of The More Striking Images.
…Notice At Center, The Heart ❤ Shape, That Makes A Rainbow Colored, Four Direction Burst!!

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Further Down “Art Alley”, “Alley Art” Is Unending!!

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Further Down “Art Alley”, “Alley Art” Continues Unending!!

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Further Down “Art Alley”, Henry’s Camera Catches Another Striking Image.

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Further Down “Art Alley”, Henry’s Camera Catches Yet Another Striking Image.

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Further Down “Art Alley”, Within Sight Of Its END, Steel Fences Protect The “Alley Art”, Which Officially TWICE GIVES ITS NAME!!

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024: … Finally, Worn Out By The “Alley Art”, AND The Heat & Bright Sun, We Walk Some 5-10 Minutes To A Cool Restaurant.
…Please Send Email, If You Know The Name Of This Restaurant, and Its Location.

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Added July, 2004 … A Facebook.com Page, Which Was Created By Charles Pitts, To Show Dennis Gary’s ''H2O Café”. '

… Click Here, To View ~10 Photos Of Dennis Gary’s Daily Work Arena, Where He Used His Laptop Computer, At San Francisco’s (Now Closed) Internet Accessible H2O Café. Mr. Gary worked daily at the H2O Café, From Approximately Oct 25, 2009, To Several Months Before His Death Jan 9, 2020,

...AFTER the Blue Link above comes up, you may view additional self-portraits of Dennis Gay, created by Dennis himself.…

…ALSO, As You Scroll Down this above-mentioned Facebook Page, you will see 3 Posts by Charles Pitts, each with a small photo of him, which ClickOnThisSmallPhoto, to Bring Up his own Facebook Page, with 2 good photos of him.

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Added July, 2004 … Above Google Satellite View Shows David Matos & Henry Gurr Travel Route => San Francisco’s Trader Joe’s Sourdough Bread, San Francisco’s Metreon, Node Sculpture at Yerba Buena Gardens, And Dewey Monument, In Union Square.

…NOTE1: At Left Is List, Supplied By The User, To Easily and Nicely Create This Travel Route On This Google Satellite View. As Henry Was Placing The List, The Illustrated Route Was Clumsy & Very Long, Until Clicked “Walking” and Then Reordered The List Several Times.

…In /\Above/\ Photo, At Lower Left Is => A View Of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens.
…In Distance At Left, Is Seen The Back Wall Of The AMC Metreon Theater Building. And At Right, The Marquis Marriot Hotel.
…To Better Understand The View Of The Garden Itself, Please Study The Large Photo At Top. Click Here.

NOTE2: Just over a block from Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco created a new Subway Station, called The Yerba Buena/Moscone Station. This Station building is itself quite unique appearance, but just inside the entrance is => A Striking Art Piece Called Face C/Z. by Leslie Shows. Click Here, And Scroll Down To.2nd photo. This art piece is an enlarged photographic image of iron pyrite captured by a flatbed scanner. The piece includes mirrors, paint, engraved glass, sheet metal, and gravel."
…The above Blue Link also has good description about the station, and how it helps the traveler, avoid traffic congestion on nearby reads.

NOTE3: The WebPage Explore Yerba Buena With New Central Subway Connections, Has An Alternate Description, With Additional And Different Photos. Click Here.

NOTE4: Google Maps, has An Extensive Collection Of Yerba Buena Gardens Photos, Click Here, …. A few of these photos, show how The Yerba Buena Gardens is physically arranged, with a sunken area and Water Fall!! …. And some photos show this is a popular place, with lots of people sometimes.

NOTE5: The Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy WebPage, Click Here. , Has A Huge Variety Of Visitor Information, What To See & Do, Including A Map, And That Fact That There Is => FREE WiFi at Yerba Buena Gardens !!!

NOTE6: Reflecting the historical fact that this Pacific Ocean Coastal Area of Spanish California, Click Here, starting some `240 years ago, was An extension of Mexico, called Alta (New) California, and Spanish speaking, Click Here. =>
…The word Yerba, comes from the Spanish yerba or hierba meaning vegetation or herb, ultimately stemming from the Proto-Indo-European root *gheH meaning to grow or to become green.
…Of course the Buena is ALSO Spanish, meaning good or nice.
..And, the origin of word California =>
…….The name "California" originates from a 16th-century Spanish romance novel, Las Sergas de Esplandián (1510) by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, which featured a fictional island named California ruled by Queen Calafia. Spanish explorers likely applied this literary name to the Baja California peninsula in the 1530s, believing they had found the island described in the popular story.
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…You May Bring Up The Above Satellite View, And Conduct Your OWN ClickDrag Exploration (Plus Zoom In For More Detail). Click Here.

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … In Morning Sun, While Waiting For Charles Pitts, We Again Walk To The Address of Dennis Gary’s Residential Hotel Herbert, 161 Powell Street (415) 362-1600, Where We See This View Of “The Herbert”.

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … Cluttered By The Overhead Electric Power Wires For City Buses, We See This Prominent Building, Which On City Maps Is Identified As A Grand Movie Theater Named => AMC Metreon 16. Having =>
…IMAX Dolby Cinema, with Laser at AMC. This AMC Has => Signature Recliners, Reserved Seating, Open Caption (On-Screen Subtitles), AMC Artisan Films, Plus, Food & Drinks By Mobile Ordering.
…At 135 Fourth St, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94103.
… To Learn More About This Grand Movie Theater Named => AMC Metreon 16. Click Here.

EXPLANATION:
….. We Are Walking Toward ANOTHER Entrance Of Metreon, Where Charles Pitts Wants Us To Talk To Sammi W, Because She Knew Dennis Gary: We Hoped That She Would Tell Us More About Dennis, And The H2O Café, Where She Once Worked.

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … While We Wait For The Merteon’s Doors To Open, Henry Photographs This Panorama.
…About The Metreon, Wikipedia Says =>
The Metreon is a shopping center located in downtown San Francisco, California, United States at the corner of 4th Street and Mission Street. It is a four-story 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m2) building built over the corner of the underground Moscone Center convention center. Metreon opened on June 16, 1999, as the first of a proposed chain of Sony "urban entertainment centers", aggregating dining, games, music, exhibitions, shopping, and movies.
… For Complete Wikipedia Article About The Metreon, Click Here. =>

MORE EXPLANATION:
… Once Inside The Metreon, They Were Still Opening Up For Business.
…Charles Pitts Soon Spotted Sammi W, Who Was Working At A Small Food Concession, Flattening Cardboard Boxes.
…When Asked About Dennis Gary, She Immediately Said => “Yes I Knew Him At The H2O Café!” We Said We Wanted Her Email Address, So She Could Tell Us More About Dennis. She Willingly Did This, But Unfortunately, She Never Answers Any Of The 5 Emails Henry Gurr Sent To Her. On Feb 28, 2026 a follow-up email was sent.

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … A Panorama View Of Street Scene In Front Of San Francisco’s Downtown, Trader Joe Store, Seen As Charles Pitts Was Leading Henry & David To Find Sammi W.
…When He Saw This Trader Joe Store, Henry Remembered =>That Trader Joe’s Sourdough Bread Was Well Spoken Of:
…After Seeing Sammi, We Returned This Way And Henry Was Able To Find & Purchase Very Good Sourdough, This Along With Other Need Food. .

EXPLANATION:
….Both Henry Gurr & his son David have developed a liking to, even a preference for, the distinctive flavor of, San Francisco’s Sourdough Bread.
…In fact, back in mid 1990 when David would come home from San Francisco, he would bring home, a huge suitcase, crammed tight with ~20 loaves! These were most often from his favorite, Colombo San Francisco Sourdough Bread.
…So, Henry knowing he was going to be in San Francisco, well before departure spent several hours Googling the qualities of Sourdough Bread, from different Bakeries and where to buy.
… Soon it was apparent that the Colombo Company no longer existed, and their genuine product unavailable. :-(( …. But this so-named bread seems to be still available, over the internet, albeit likely not anywhere close to David & Henry’s well remembered, highly desirable, distinctive flavor, of the original Colombo Company.
…And in reviewing several discussion webpages, the following brands were favorably mentioned => Acme, Jane on Fillmore, Firebrand, Josey Baker, Avast, Rize Up, Midwife, The Baker, Raymond's, Arizmendi, Tartine, Boudin, Steiner, As Kneaded, Seven Hills, Base Camp.

CONCERNING SOURDOUGH BREAD: OTHER COMMENTS FOUND =>
…”My bread connoisseur friend loves Santa Cruz Sourdough. She picks it up from the local Safeway, it’s called Alfaro's Santa Cruz Sourdough.”
…”So it's Safeway now for the sourdough French bread loaf, baked daily, and actually totally reminiscent of Colombo's famous and wonderful source dough French loaf.:
…”Here's a review of San Francisco sourdoughs by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, from a few years ago. It doesn't say which ones are extra tangy, but it does say which ones are less sour, so you can remove those from consideration.”
NOTE: Although Google could not find above-mentioned “review by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt”, this link looks close => “ Serious Eats Names Tartine's Sourdough the Best in SF by Allie Pape Aug 21, 2013”. Click Here.

NEXT PHOTO HAS => MORE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT SOURDOUGH BREADS:

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … The Front Entrance Of San Francisco’s Downtown, Trader Joe Store. Photo Compliments Of Google Maps.

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PANORAMA PHOTO:
…OTHER GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT SOURDOUGH BREADS:

“Old-Style” San Francisco Sourdough Bread Is Discussed By => My Newest Quest. By dmsnyder 10 Oct 2016.
…..”Colombo, Parisian, Larraburu. These bakeries produced the bread that made “San Francisco Sourdough” unarguably the most iconic bread produced in America. They are all gone now, and while San Francisco is still (again?) home to some amazingly delicious sourdough breads, the only place to get that old-style San Francisco Sourdough bread is at the Tadich Grill restaurant. Theirs is especially made by Boudin Bakery and is not available anywhere else.
…The methods used by those old bakeries are documented in the bread science literature. There were studies of the bacteriology of San Francisco Sourdough cultures published in the 1970's while those bakeries were still in business. The bakery formulas and methods were incidentally included in some of these articles. The methods were quite different from those prescribed in currently popular bread baking books which are modeled on French approaches largely, I think. While those certainly produce great bread, they have very different crumb structures and flavor from the San Francisco Sourdoughs of the 1950 to 1975 era, which is what I grew up on and loved.
… I have previously attempted to produce San Francisco-style Sourdough, and, while it made good bread, I have never closely followed the methods described in those articles. It's time I did so.”

Wikipedia Has A Good Overview => History Of California Bread Making.
… For The history of California bread as a prominent factor in the field of bread baking dates from the days of the California Gold Rush around 1849l Click Here.
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ULTIMATELY, By Henry Gurr:
…Henry was able to find & purchase San Francisco area Sourdough Bread Loaves => Trader Joe, Boudin, and Santa Cruz Sourdough, from a local Safeway, Near Santa Cruse.

POST LOG, By Henry Gurr:
…Strange & sad to say, none of the above-mentioned purchased loaves => Had the well-remembered Good distinctive flavor of San Francisco’s Sourdough Bread.
…It is not clear if these bakeries have lost the old-time correct yeast, or if perhaps the current-day customer, by purchase feedback choices, have gradually moved, the customer’s desired flavor away from what Henry Gurr & son David well remember.
…But of the 3 purchased. Trader Joe’s version was the best for Sourdough Flavor, albeit NOT what we had hoped for or our remembered expectation. :-(( ….
FOR MORE GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT SOURDOUGH BREADS: Click Here.

TIME MARCHES ON! …. A DISAPPOINTING NEWS FLASH, By Henry Gurr:
…For this report, Henry Googled … “ Trader Joe Sourdough Bread ”… And near top was this =>
“Did Trader Joe's Discontinue Sourdough Bread?”
…The year 2024 was a rough one for Trader Joe's aficionados, with the chain's popular Patio Potato Chips being discontinued.
…That's to say nothing of the heartbreak when news emerged that TJ's had quietly removed its fan-favorite San Francisco-style sourdough bread from shelves. Written Mar 1, 2025”

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Added July, 2004 … We Say Goodbye To Charles Pitts, And As David Matos Drives Away From The Downtown, Henry Gurr’s Ever Ready Camera Catches “The Sights”!!! … The First Being As Follows =>
…The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets. The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey and commemorates his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War. Work on the monument began in 1901 and it was dedicated in 1903.
… Wikipedia Has Full Description, With 6 Photographs. Click Here.
…To Learn About The Image Of Glorious Victory As Being Feminine AND Supported , On One Foot Tiptoe., Please Study This => Winged Victory of Samothrace. Click Here.

A COMMENT BY HENRY GURR:
…This splendid, refined, graceful, beautiful, even feminine, statue representation of “Victory”, is of course =>To solidly imply the same wonderful qualities ALSO apply to Admiral George Dewey’s war actions & win. And, of course, many people, continue to see it this way!!
…However, Henry Gurr’s son David, reminded of the Philippine Islands & Battle of Manila Bay, immediately thinks of the absolutely brutal treatment of the people of the Philippines, which started with this Dewey battle, and unfortunately has continued for many years.
…Even to this day, the Philippines, remain, to their considerable disbenefit, under the crushing domination of the USA.
…. And David thinks that => All this, should be seen as a part of the larger militaristic force of world USA imperialism & domination. It’s called Manifest Destiny, as if it is the God-given right, even privileged duty, to do world domination & conquest!
… And David also thinks that => This brutal treatment (near genocidal), of persons of color, has been and continues to be actively pursued, worldwide especially in Central & South America, by the racists oriented whites of USA.
… The so-called, “School Of The Americas”, being one such deadly institution. It should better be named => “The USA Genocidal, Terrorist, & Destruction Training Camp”. This Included Disposition Of Native People’s Rightful Land Ownership,

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>Friday, July 26, 2024: … Henry Gurr’s Ever Ready Camera Catches “The Sights” Second As Follows =>
…This Controversial, Crazy, Art Sculpture Creation, Named “Node”, Is One Of 10 Pieces Of Art Commissioned For, The Dedication Of The New San Francisco Central Yerba Buena/MosconeSubway Station. Click Here.
…And This “Art Sculpture Creation, Named “Node”,” Has Been Placed in The Three Block Long Yerba Buena Gardens, Where, Just Under A Block Away, Is The Entrance Building Of The Subway Station Called “Yerba Buena/Moscone Station”. Click Here.
… The Yerba Buena Gardens, Are A Beautiful Haven In The Heart Of San Francisco’s Downtown Art District, Click Here.
…These Gardens, let you experience San Francisco on a human scale. With its acres of sprawling greenery, the Gardens is an easygoing spot for you and your family to play, dine, recreate, shop, and take it all in any time of year. Whether you want to visit a popular museum, sit in a theater or a café, view public art, hang out with your kids at The Fun Zone, or stroll the beautiful lawns and gardens, there’s always something new to experience and enjoy. Come visit our three city blocks, bordered by Third, Fourth, Market, and Folsom streets, any day of the year.

See Also =>
…A) Named “Node”, A Piece Of Art Commissioned For The New San Francisco Central Subway Station. Click Here.
…B) Yerba Buena Gardens Is The Name For Two Blocks Of Public Parks Located Between Third And Fourth, Mission And Folsom Streets[Citation Needed] In The South Of Market (Soma) Neighbourhood Of San Francisco, California. With 6 Photos. Click Here.

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Added July, 2004 … A Google Satellite View Shows David Matos & Henry Gurr Travel Route => Yerba Buena Gardens, San Fransico, CA TO Shopping Center, Aptos, CA TO Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay, CA THRU, Los Banos, CA BY I-5 TO Sacramento, CA.

…NOTE1: At Left Is List, Supplied By The User, To Easily and Nicely Create This Travel Route On This Google Satellite View.
…NOTE2: The Above Stated ,Travel Visit Locations, Are Where David & Henry Actually Traveled, During July 2024 … EXCEPT For “Los Banos”, which had to be added, to achieve a shown Blue Travel Route, close to David & Henry actual July 2024 Roads.
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…In /\Above/\ Photo, At Lower Left, Showa => A View Of A 45 Foot High Aquarium, Seen Inside The Monterey Bay Aquarium Building.
…To Learn About Monterey Bay Aquarium, In Monterey, CA, Please Study Wikipedia’s Monterey Bay Aquarium. Click Here.
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…You May Bring Up The Above Satellite View, And Conduct Your OWN ClickDrag Exploration (Plus Zoom In For More Detail). Click Here.

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Friday, July 26, 2024: … A Distant White Cloud Of California Cold Coastal Fog Is Seen, Two Minutes After The Last Two Of Henry Gurr’s “The Sights” In Downtown San Francisco, As David Matos & Henry Gurr Drive South, & Then West Along I-280 Freeway.

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