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For those fortunate enough to live in the San Francisco Bay Area and those who can only dream about it.

Saw this fellow busking at the Montgomery BART.

Saw this fellow busking at the Montgomery BART.

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Street performers outside 24th St. Mission BART on the night the San Francisco Giants won the World Series.

Street performers outside 24th St. Mission BART on the night the San Francisco Giants won the World Series.

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Holy crap that’s a fly ride. Spotted on BART…don’t suppose this could qualify for Lowrider of the Month.

Holy crap that’s a fly ride. Spotted on BART…don’t suppose this could qualify for Lowrider of the Month.

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Have you seen these ads yet at the train station? I saw this one in Oakland, maybe it was the 12thst BART station. The pretty paintings are sandwiched between the ads for dating sites and the diet pills targeting men with AID’s. The ads in the station are big enough to read from the seat on the train.
They always show someone riding the train and reading a book written by someone from the Bay Area. They’re subtle and beautifully executed, more of a print of a painting than an advertisement. The world of the book takes over the train, as in this one where the dogs from The Call of the Wild run by the man reading Oakland-native Jack London. There are (at least two) others, one for Amy Tan and one from Dashiell Hammett.

Have you seen these ads yet at the train station? I saw this one in Oakland, maybe it was the 12thst BART station. The pretty paintings are sandwiched between the ads for dating sites and the diet pills targeting men with AID’s. The ads in the station are big enough to read from the seat on the train.

They always show someone riding the train and reading a book written by someone from the Bay Area. They’re subtle and beautifully executed, more of a print of a painting than an advertisement. The world of the book takes over the train, as in this one where the dogs from The Call of the Wild run by the man reading Oakland-native Jack London. There are (at least two) others, one for Amy Tan and one from Dashiell Hammett.

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Nice ride, El Dorado. Seen at Fruitvale BART.

Nice ride, El Dorado. Seen at Fruitvale BART.

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  My friend Kat spotted this possible Banksy at the corner of Ashby and Adeline.

  My friend Kat spotted this possible Banksy at the corner of Ashby and Adeline.

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Stop driving graffiti near the entrance to the Ashby BART. Nice sentiment, but aren’t BART riders the wrong audience for that message? Just a thought.

Stop driving graffiti near the entrance to the Ashby BART. Nice sentiment, but aren’t BART riders the wrong audience for that message? Just a thought.

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Earrings for sale at the Ashby flea market.

Earrings for sale at the Ashby flea market.

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Cool homemade bike trailer spotted at the Ashby BART flea market. It’s another one of those things that would be a big deal if I lived anywhere else, but is actually somewhat common in the Bay Area.

Cool homemade bike trailer spotted at the Ashby BART flea market. It’s another one of those things that would be a big deal if I lived anywhere else, but is actually somewhat common in the Bay Area.

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Fellow playing the flute outside of the Montgomery BART station.

Fellow playing the flute outside of the Montgomery BART station.

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This art is on the way into one of the Mission BART stations, I think 16th Street.

This art is on the way into one of the Mission BART stations, I think 16th Street.

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