School Photoblogging: Bessie Carmichael
Do you want to know why you can trust SFUSD with more bond money?
Take a look at what they have been building.
Today I spent some time wandering around the new Bessie Carmichael campus and the ajoining park. It is beautiful. Even on a foggy gray morning the new school architecture was warm, inviting, and intriguing. The shapes and colors and layout caught my imagination. Even without the kids, even on a quiet Sunday morning, this place was alive and fun.
We often remark about the beautiful architecture of our many older facilities. We've blogged shotos of Mission, Everett, Baloa, and many other notable landmarks. Bessie Carmichael lives up to that high standard in a refreshingly modern, novel way. Kudos to the architect and kudos to the people that built it.
Frankly, when I went there I was expecting to chronicle the dreadful ramshackle ghetto of trailers and parking lots that used to be the school before this new construction. I worked in that neighborhood years ago and always thought that the Bessie Carmichael facility was a bit of a scandal kept out of view. That bad memory may have feuled my excitement over the new building. What a contrast. What a beautiful addition to this growing, burgeoning neighborhood.
What better example could you possibly find to show why investing in our school facilities is a good idea. Next time you drive down near 8th and Folsom, take a little detour down Clevland or Sherman streets and take in the new school and the new park. Is there any doubt this city needs more of this? DO you really have any qualms empowering the same people that have bulit this project to do it again?
Take a look at what they have been building.
Today I spent some time wandering around the new Bessie Carmichael campus and the ajoining park. It is beautiful. Even on a foggy gray morning the new school architecture was warm, inviting, and intriguing. The shapes and colors and layout caught my imagination. Even without the kids, even on a quiet Sunday morning, this place was alive and fun.
We often remark about the beautiful architecture of our many older facilities. We've blogged shotos of Mission, Everett, Baloa, and many other notable landmarks. Bessie Carmichael lives up to that high standard in a refreshingly modern, novel way. Kudos to the architect and kudos to the people that built it.
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What better example could you possibly find to show why investing in our school facilities is a good idea. Next time you drive down near 8th and Folsom, take a little detour down Clevland or Sherman streets and take in the new school and the new park. Is there any doubt this city needs more of this? DO you really have any qualms empowering the same people that have bulit this project to do it again?
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