The Bulb

The Bulb
Originally posted on: August 31, 2013

⚠️ Note: This post is over 10 years old. It was originally published on August 31, 2013. It may contain outdated information on my skills, or reflect my views at that time, which could differ from my current perspectives.

While researching Drawbridge (more) I caught word of an giant homeless community that lived on a peninsula called "The Bulb." The wheels were in motion and soon I found myself on this sociological oddity of a land mass. Supposedly The Bulb was once a land-fill garbage dump slowly clogging up the bay. The project was shut down and the landfill was covered up and forgotten about. The city never developed it. Soon a community of homeless moved in, and makeshift shelters and tents started cropping up. They even have a take-something-leave-something style library that is run by one of the residents, who built the library (which is also his home) out of a ship wreck. Luckily he was home whenwe visited, and we got to meet and interview him for a bit. The residents there seem friendly as long as you keep your distance from their private space. They're used to outsiders exploring, as locals have re-purposed the bulb as a place to walk their dogs off leash. There are several geocaches and art installations scattered around the bulb, both professional and DIY. Someone even built a cement castle there, which has about 5,348,932 layers of graffiti paint.

The Bulb


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