Ghinlon / Transcope

Kaleidoscopes, randomly posted around the park in Hayes Valley– essentially a kind of community art project? Installed over a decade ago, surrounding Patricia’s Green park to offer passersby a «unique transformation of your perspective.»
Neat, fun, cool, and a little bit whimsy, just like this area of SF. Personally I’d be careful actually touching the scopes, because you never know what’s been peed on, but it’s an interesting part of the Octavia Boulevard Streetscape project.

By Po Shu Wang. The ones on Market Street are «scenic» enough, but I like the one just outside Straw
for before /​after you get your #goodtimes on. The one I like best is by the funky intersection of Fell and Octavia. It’s the most happenin’, and there are lots more things to do nearby. Bonus star for kaleidoscopes in everyday urban life.