moscone recreation center

according to the marina district's wikipedia page, moscone recreation center was "renamed after the assassination of mayor george moscone as a political payback to the conservative neighborhood activists in the marina district who opposed moscone's progressive policies." i don't know if this is true, but it makes me pretty happy.

the park is the former site of the tower of jewels at the 1915 panama pacific international exhibition. now it is mostly rich people's babies and little kids running around on the playground. the park has a putting green, which is kind of cool. the marina branch library is also in the park. i go in every once in a while when my work takes me that way. it was recently refurbished and is pretty nice inside, except that it seems to perpetually be kids' activity time, and there is always singing going on. i'm not big on libraries being completely quiet all the time, but its hard to think at all when 40 kids are screaming the words to "wheels on the bus." there is a designated area outside for strollers, maybe 20 by 20 feet, and it is usually packed.

there are things i like about working here - views, sea lions and pelicans, the nicest safeway in the city, funny tourists. then there are things that make me happy i can leave this bizarro neighborhood at 5 every weekday and head back towards my own.