by Ricki Muñoz | Sep 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Even neater than the SF version (which it appears to have inspired.)
by Ricki Muñoz | Sep 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
via youtube.com
by Ricki Muñoz | Jul 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
With the impending demoltion of the Transbay Terminal making the news recently, I thought it would be good time to look at the vision of the new Transbay Transit Center. The scale of the new vision is undeniably massive. It starts with the Transit Center itself, but...
by Ricki Muñoz | Jun 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Caught this one driving past me on 16th in the Mission. A real time capsule. From an old article about the car: The DeSoto Custom Club Coupe, of which 18,431 were built, tipped the scales at 3585 lbs and was priced at $2,156. The 6-passenger car … had chrome trim that...
by Ricki Muñoz | May 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I encountered this nearly 40-year-old BMW in NOPA, on my way home from the Bay to Breakers festivities last weekend. This model is really the first of what we today know as BMW’s 5-series. I was impressed by the quality of the body and interior, and I think...
by Ricki Muñoz | Apr 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
This 60 Minutes piece is the most comprehensive look at the new Bay Bridge I’ve seen: an in-depth examination of the safety, economic, and political issues and concerns that have led to the 24-year span between 1989 Loma Prieta and the planned 2013 opening of...
by Ricki Muñoz | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
A tiny, globular, 3-cylinder concept car Ford revealed at the Beijing auto show. See the full gallery on posterousReally neat, original shape + details. Obviously not anything approaching what a real road-going, for-sale car would look like. But nonetheless, quite...
by Ricki Muñoz | Nov 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
via youtube.com I feel exquisite just watching it.
