VALENCIA ST.....

transformation  is the keyword...

from 16th to the 20th st....

Friday nights will never be the same again...

and so are the other week nights and days...

beautiful developments for business and art ...
and the whole neighborhood

is shining with boutiques of all sorts...
and cafes and art galleries 

this is the taxidermy shop of african and asian

wild animals, insects, butterflies...

and south American pampobethus

otherwise known as tarantula...

some people think it would make an ideal gift for their ex's...

....good luck to that...

the transformation didn't happen overnight....

but was the result of slow flow of small

group of modest merchants over at least

7 years....that's when Jose Segura and I used to

hangout at the cafe on 21st and Valencia...

Now they have this barber shop reminiscent of 

those years when the barber also brought you the

news in the neighborhood as well as gossips

about the politicians and the big timers and their

women...note: it is in plural form....

The cafes/restaurants are also teeming with

local patrons...

....tonight Glenn Bachmann runs this art coop...

i met him last year when i was painting the 

conservatory of flowers with a cow grazing in the 

park...Glenn and the tourists had a kick watching

me do that particular lampoon art...

The photos on this wall are Glenn's ....

that's all there is for the moment folks!!

i'll keep them coming ...

catch you later...

jt