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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jym/">Jym Dyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jym/55008843908/" title="20251226 fallen-papery-nest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55008843908_b7338dda69_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="20251226 fallen-papery-nest" /></a></p> <p>During the Christmas Day storms and wind, this <a href="/photos/jym/55008930229/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">papery nest</a> fell from the street tree. No angry yellowjackets emerged.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jym/">Jym Dyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jym/55008930229/" title="20250908 papery-nest-overhead"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55008930229_2727885516_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="20250908 papery-nest-overhead" /></a></p> <p>I noticed this papery nest in a street tree back in September, which made me nervous since we'd just had <a href="/photos/jym/54627635944/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">a yellowjacket nest</a> in too-close proximity. But I saw no yellowjackets at all here, and it's all ripped on the bottom.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thomashawk/">Thomas Hawk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/55008808360/" title="Fourth Time Around"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55008808360_e2811f1df5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Fourth Time Around" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thomashawk/">Thomas Hawk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/55007417577/" title="Hey Lady"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007417577_da413deeb2_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Hey Lady" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thomashawk/">Thomas Hawk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/55008609995/" title="Welcome to Superbowl 2016"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55008609995_a6153f647d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Welcome to Superbowl 2016" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/marinsd/">stevedisenhof</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/marinsd/55008280479/" title="The Training Ground San Francisco"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55008280479_16da3964fc_m.jpg" width="240" height="127" alt="The Training Ground San Francisco" /></a></p> <p>December 7, 2025</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/johnmightycat/">johnmightycat1</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/55007944533/" title="usa - oakland bay bridge san francisco 1988 JL"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007944533_9d36d42a90_m.jpg" width="240" height="118" alt="usa - oakland bay bridge san francisco 1988 JL" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/johnmightycat/">johnmightycat1</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/55007944543/" title="usa - inside chinatown san francisco 1988 JL"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007944543_fc4584f7aa_m.jpg" width="240" height="169" alt="usa - inside chinatown san francisco 1988 JL" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007614035/" title="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 09"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007614035_3802ca567e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 09" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007307356/" title="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 61"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007307356_87f68c3aca_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 61" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007614125/" title="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 30"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007614125_6f3c9a841d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 30" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007307426/" title="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 02"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007307426_2cc7416899_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Pier 39 - SF Fisherman&#039;s Wharf - 122625 - 02" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dalecruse/">dalecruse</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dalecruse/55007129571/" title="Still Water at the Pyramid’s Edge"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007129571_23b18c8057_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Still Water at the Pyramid’s Edge" /></a></p> <p>Tucked just off the financial rush, this small court beneath the Transamerica Pyramid feels like a pause written into the city’s plan. Water rises and falls in a steady rhythm, contained by clean stone edges, while redwood trunks hold the space vertical and quiet. The geometry here is deliberate but humane: straight lines softened by foliage, concrete relieved by reflection, movement slowed to something closer to breath.<br /> <br /> What makes this place distinctly San Francisco is the way architecture and landscape negotiate rather than compete. The fountain doesn’t perform; it murmurs. The trees aren’t ornamental; they’re structural, shaping light and scale as much as any beam or column. Through the glass beyond, the building’s interior glows with restrained color, a reminder that even the city’s most assertive landmarks made room for intimacy at ground level.<br /> <br /> From this vantage, the Pyramid itself is mostly implied—its presence felt through proportion, not spectacle. The space works because it resists grandeur. Instead, it offers enclosure without isolation, calm without retreat. Office workers pass through, visitors linger, and the city continues just beyond the frame, slightly muted.<br /> <br /> In a downtown often defined by velocity and ambition, this pocket endures as something rarer: a civic exhale. It’s a reminder that San Francisco’s best architecture isn’t always about what rises highest, but about what stays grounded—patient, intentional, and quietly generous with space.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/thomashawk/">Thomas Hawk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/55007112211/" title="The Summer of Love"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007112211_9fa3f5ecb5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Summer of Love" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/formlight/">Form &amp; Light</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/formlight/55007255213/" title="Stormy Day on the Bay"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007255213_7ec223032f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Stormy Day on the Bay" /></a></p> <p>San Francisco Bay, California</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/sunny16/">BECK17</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunny16/55006178452/" title="Philz Coffee 24th Street"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55006178452_22b17f496a_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Philz Coffee 24th Street" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007314765/" title="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 05"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007314765_bd9bf5e26c_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 05" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007007176/" title="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 07"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007007176_d7fff5a53b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 07" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/19159227@N06/">Stan-the-Rocker</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/19159227@N06/55007314790/" title="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 03"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007314790_cf255b62f0_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="SF Chinatown - 122625 - 03" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/quinnanya/">quinn.anya</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/55007084158/" title="The woods"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55007084158_cc389ccd4d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The woods" /></a></p>

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