CHAPTER ONE

Skyscrapers in downtown || Embarcadero Center

Walking to The Embarcadero Center, It’s the heartland of the Financial District. We can see the amazing building group on the west and the famous Transamerica Pyramid on the south. I can image the busy streets and the heavy traffic at here. On the contrary, I think even in this area, people still want to find a good way to life their life.

The advantage of the modernization is convenience exist on everything. Shopping mall, restaurant, fitness center, cafe, those are what we get used nowadays.

Dining car || Winter Walk

The owner of flower shop || Macy’s Shopping Mall

It’s the beginning of one day’s work when I arrived and I saw it.

“Ok, let me grab my damx coffee and start to do the ‘ best’ work in the world!”

I had an internship in a financial company, I know and understand many people need to fight against the demon in their hearts. As a spectator, I hope them can realize the God is always fair. When you solve a problem, that always means you are in progress. The dark side of success is keeping forward. That’s so hard even for me. Personally, if we do not want to lose ourselves in this big city, the only way is to recognize who you are and find the good aspects in your life.

“I used to swim, but I’m ready to sink.”

That’s a lyric I heard recently. It is quite simple to being a nobody, but I want to be somebody. That’s the purpose of life.

“PEOPLE ALL WORK HARD HERE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DREAMS.”

A lady looks at the NIKE’S billboard || Union Square

The union square is a one of the most famous spot in San Francisco. It connects history and the modern civilization.

The giant Christmas tree and the winter walk appear at the December. It is the little joy and the break in our life. Flower store is much busier, that’s a good sign, which means more people spread their happiness to their friends, families, lovers, and to the world as well.

URBAN MEMORY SUCCESSOR

The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, California, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest. It encompasses about 50 square blocks, is a large wedge/triangle in shape (point faces East). It is historically bounded on the north by Geary Street, on the east by Mason Street, on the south by Market Street and on the west by Van Ness Avenue. The northern boundary with Lower Nob Hill historically has been set at Geary Street.

The Tenderloin took its name from an older neighborhood in New York with similar characteristics. There were many legends at here.