Issue 188, Summer 2009 - Telegraph Hill Dwellers

North Beach Unique continued from page 19Hanna Chedyak’s Fog Hill Market to get the in-depthnews from overseas. When Chedyak bought the marketsome years ago, the previous owners were alreadystocking newspapers from abroad, a tradition he hasmaintained. Now such publications as The Observer,The Guardian, Paris Match and L’ Equipe allow customersto keep up with everything from House ofCommons diatribes to Italian soccer scores. Fog Hillstocks all of these and any other papers neighborsrequest. “There’s a group of people who come inregularly for their French language fix,” Chedyak says,adding, “We also stock High Times, but maybe in SanFrancisco that doesn’t qualify as unique.”1300 Kearney 781-8817Schein & ScheinNeighbors know that Jimmie and Marti Schienbring an artistic eye to framing a work of art. Theyalso know that Jimmie and Marti will sell you a rarebotanical print, an antique map, or a 1947 copy ofThe Ladies Home Journal at a reasonable price. Theyfurther note that Jimmie seems just as happy providingbrowsers with his informed audio tour of a 19 thcentury San Francisco Zoning Plan Map as he doesin making a sale.So what would the Schiens identify as uniquein their little shop of wonders? Jimmie settles on therecently acquired Modern Electricity Atlas, publishedin Germany in 1900. It’s a pop up book for engineers.Here Jimmie fingers the layers of an illustrationof an Electric Locomotive, a digital (in the oldsense) journey that will show him what is inside theengine’s wheels and what’s inside of what’s insidethose wheels.Jimmie says the atlas links up to the “history ofGermany as an emerging industrial power duringthese years. An engineer at the timecould get accurate and detailed informationjust by peeling back the layers ofthese renderings.”1435 Grant, 399-8882The Beat MuseumThe Beat Museum seems to becollecting more significant memorabiliaevery day. There’s a customer who scoursflea markets for items for Beat stuff andbrings it to shop owner Jerry Cimano.And, says Jerry, the recession has unfortunatelyled some people to give up theirtreasured Beat era items in order to paythe rent. The museum is something20 Issue #188 • Summer 2009