Mr. Bing’s Cocktail Lounge. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
People walk past Mr. Bing’s Cocktail Lounge, San Francisco.
San Francisco is changing quickly. I’ve lived in the Bay Area long enough to remember when it had a very different and often somewhat more working class character, at least in the many neighborhoods where regular working folks lived. (There has always been a kind of wealthy upper class here, too.) Areas that are now considered quant tourist attractions used to be places where real San Franciscans lived.
So one thing I’m conscious of as I photograph in The City is that many features aren’t likely to stick around much longer. I’ve already seen many disappear. It wasn’t that many years ago that I walked south from into the Mission Bay district and found industrial sites, abandoned lots, old stuff that had been left to decay — but that area is now, a few short years later, filled with a new and wealthier group of San Francisco denizens. A year or two ago I started to see some changes along this section of Columbus — several venerable Italian coffee shops were closed or for sale. I know nothing about Mr. Bing or his cocktail lounge, but I have to wonder how long this establishment will be remain.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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