Outside the Window

Interstitial Alley

Outside

The exterior of the window at 24th and Osage, the showcase for Interstitial Alley. The third floor flat I have lived in for over a quarter of a century (!) is the top floor of a building that survived the first 1906 earthquake. Since the fires were stopped at 16th Street, this very old building, with its slanted floors and quaint adornments, is a stubborn landmark in the heart of the Mission.

I have rarely seen folks on the street scrutinizing this window. The terrain below certainly demands focus and concentration for hassle-free navigation of this busy and colorful street corner.

Outside Tape Log | Inside Tape Log

4:00		street view as pieces come out to street to load truck street fracas. Riot tape @ 24th and Bartlett, 1 cop car street action, close-ups continue, ambulance with perp in cuffs, then water rinse paramedic shampoo of perp long shot of scene with library cop at outdoor toilet, BART station sewer line machinery. Pipe being lowered, various tasks closeups of pipe workers, long shots finishing
5:00		shadows of street signs Osage /BART, drunks and passersby fx cycle through flag banner dance rehearsal, exchange with street guy pigeons in dirt ally near Fred’s flag rehearsal redux junkies and drunks at corner bench guys up to their hips in the street Lori’s late night exit, packing car rolling cable close up cable connector guy in cherry picker outside window white building through front window Bad art manifesto Dance Mission performers on firescape, crowd shots
5:30		serenaders down at front door View of City from roof of Dance Mission, Bay Bridge cop with gun drawn arrest Chris taking away the Enlargers in his red truck guy with lizard on head parade, Cinco de Mayo, peasant outfits, big hats feather headdresses, swirly skirts, horses Pigeon fly by Thoth violinist from window Green cleaning machine Wacky van Shoes hanging on electrical wire Dance practice in alley shadows of dancers in a line Performance of dancers with music cranked and flares sun breaking through fog over Twin Peaks, flare, 2nd angle of rolling clouds
6:00		Alley cleanup crew window daylight – clouds – no lightning – little bit of rain fire engine parade down Mission street from window (makes Rosie howl0 paramedics check out toilet a guy Day of Dead Inca feather dancers and percussion music at 24th and Mission, Skull puppet close-up with flashing eyes, stilt skeletons fire machine on wheels, flame close ups skeleton costume walks around in crowd long timbers being off loaded from truck to BART homeless guy with big pink gorilla at BART Thoth at BART plaza woman in alley cutting up newspaper with scissors from kitchen window Thoth makes way down street lit diamond windows of church painting of bus stop with stencils paramedics take passed out guy away on stretcher after math of CandeLight Shop fire, trucks in street angles of flat painted, finished white various angles of flat exterior sanded, painter on phone guy cleaning toilet, on roof with hose church peaks, power pole and sky, trees
6:30		drug dealer in alley back alley from back window, hanging and smokin Carnaval floats from Mission street vantage point, Kathy’s son Eli class parade, dancing straw head lady and group, striped clowns on stilts, beaded white silvery float queen, feather dancers, garbage can dance naked butt feather float and topless woman kids on rollerblades, insects parade Eli feathers and frills float, skaters butterfly dance, spider lady dancers leopard skirts and stilt gals, praying mantis puppet trailer
7:00		Rasta man big head puppet and dancing peacock puppet trailer black and red grass skirt and feathers, spear dancers dog chasing tail in alley Infrared, Tycocam – Lori’s window wedding across street woman on phone Lori’s window man on street Café Boheme women’s legs and boots
7:30		Helicopter placing/moving Walgreen’s sign from roof crane lifting escalator into BART first painting of alley mural, different stages orange cones and PacBell truck from window arrest from window, backlit car picketing at BART from window 2nd alley mural painting construction site, library pigeons in alley from window, Free feed Carrot Fire Truck at BART, close ups of kids Protest (trade sanctions at BART SuperSaturday, Bombings/Impeachment red truck Woman feeding pigeons in Osage alley Carnaval parade ’99 from window seat
8:00		skeleton puppets from window with Lori commentary slow motion parade at Day of the Dead processional sounds, drums and people talking bridal, horse blonde wig costumes big puppet disappears, music and fire twirler, music processional pipe and bones band skeleton in crowd projected image and sound of film projector unfocused lights and distant music skeleton puppet in crowd, costumes doves do swirl from window clouds moving over moon, different angles Carnaval parade, feather Mayans gold hula whisps marching band float with nude gals Stilted women and float xylophone and bell ringing cable car cartwheels, tumblers and jesters rollerskater plantation dancers jesters in green clown selling hot dogs red feathers scarf man and mostly nude dancers, butts, conga drums Hawaiian and feather chorus girls green Cheshire cat feathers and butts strolling and on floats green octopus from window after the parade big-ass costume plume Guy dancing away from parade purple stilt puppet
8:30
9:00		rehearsal, performance of aerialist dancers on side of building in alley, Women who Fly through the Air
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