And one of the most ethereally gorgeous things ever

[hifiguy]

This is the musical equivalent of a 22-year-old Catherine Deneuve (in the days of Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort) in a silk dress sashaying down the Champs Elysees on a perfect summer day.

[Lars39]

1. Mesmerizing!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. soooooo chillllllll

This is going into my collection, thanks!

[hifiguy]

3. You are entirely welcome.

Everything Air has done is worth listening to.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. I think you've made me a believer

[malthaussen]

5. Pretty wide street

Probably to accomodate all the streetcar tracks. I've never been to San Francisco, so I don't know if Market Street is still that wide. It sure isn't in Philly.

-- Mal

[hifiguy]

6. Nope, it sure isn't. I worked on a project in downtown Philly for months

back in '00-01. Still miss the cheesesteaks at Tony Luke Jr's. That might be the Champs Elysees in the 1910s or so. The CE is a mammoth street.

[malthaussen]

7. Market Street in SF, according to the video.

And you can tell the some of the signs are in English if you squint.

-- Mal

[Arugula Latte]

9. Yes, it's S.F. ... The Ferry Bldg. (now a foodie emporium) is still at the end of that street.

[malthaussen]

10. Yes, I know it is SF

The video description says so. What I don't know is if Market Street is still that wide.

-- Mal

[Arugula Latte]

13. Oh, okay, sorry.

Yes, it is still a wide street.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. I've looked at that old footage several times on youtube

It's wonderful. I wish I could go back into that era.

I also love this footage of downtown London and the incredible traffic jams of horse drawn vehicles from the Victorian era and the days of Sherlock Holmes.

[malthaussen]

11. Lots of interesting videos of that era on YT

How about a nice duel with epees over Madame Curie?

Still, considering the primitive dentistry and medical care fin de siecle, not to mention the non-existant labor laws, are you sure you'd like to have lived then? And then there's the whole Great War thing...

-- Mal

[trof]

12. Uh. OK. I guess.

[CrawlingChaos]

14. That really is beautiful

I went through an Air/Zero 7 phase some time ago, but I hadn't thought of them in awhile. This is perfect for today. Thanks for sharing the song.

I hear you also on the ethereal beauty of Catherine Deneuve in her youth. I would have picked Bell du Jour, I guess just because the languid, disaffected vibe she gives off in that film that, IMO, makes her seem even more lovely.

[Skittles]

15. 100 years later

[CrawlingChaos]

16. That was very cool

It looks a lot less seedy on video!

My tip for visitors: those Muni buses are death machines that would just as soon run your ass down as not. Proceed accordingly.

Thanks Skittles - I enjoyed that.