Lupine Ave, Laurel Heights

Lupine Avenue is a very short L-shaped street (when looking at a map). This street runs between Euclid Avenue and Wood Street. Lupine Avenue may be noisy or busy at times because it is near three busy streets, which are Masonic Avenue, Euclid Avenue, and Geary Boulevard. Lupine Avenue seems to be a clean street, with much vegetation, which is a plus on its appearance. There are mainly houses and apartments on this street. No stores or restaurants are located on Lupine Avenue; they are all on Geary Boulevard. Overall, this street seems peaceful (aside from the busy streets nearby).

Have you ever visited a place that seemed so out of character with it's surrounds that you had to take a moment to remember where you are? I have, and it happens every time I visit Lupine.

Let me qualify that a little. I love San Francisco. I have an almost unhealthy obsession with it in fact. I'll sing her praises to anyone who'll listen. I think given what the town planners had to work with, they did an amazing job at laying out the roads.

Now I'm the first to tell you that I don't know what the history of Lupine is. It seems to me like it was almost an afterthought. There's a couple of pockets like this over on this side of town. You locals will know what I'm talking about, right? What's more, the architecture just doesn't ... fit. It's so bland and uninteresting. Granted, there's a lot of questionable architecture in this area, but much of it can be reasoned off as a bad dose of the '70's. Lupine is newer and shouldn't need the same excuses. Maybe I'm being too hard but it just feels like I've driven into a totally different city.