Around Town

Play a game? Chess at Fifth and Market Street, courtesy of Mr. Floro Bagasala, who has been pushing a shopping cart loaded with tables, chairs and chessboards down to the corner since 2000.

San Francisco's hills—it can be difficult to get hills to show up in photos, particularly with a plain-old disposable camera…

The Tobacco shops in France all sport this sign out front. Apparently it's a regulation in France.

A Furniturama: Sculptor Brian Goggin's "Defenestration" (6th & Howard).

A DHR building on Howard (or Mission?) St.

Sunset at the Giant's new (2000) ballpark—great location, right on the bay and designed to have the best public transit access of any ballpark in the country. The stadium was also designed to minimize wind-chill and has free WiFi!

Around Town