The handful of people just passing through the southwest 24th Street BART plaza late Friday morning had to squint in the harsh sunlight.
Everyone stationary gravitated toward the shade of two covered bus stops, or the thin shadow cast by buildings along the south side of the plaza. The two vendors had propped up umbrellas over their folding tables and chairs.
City workers abounded: Community liaisons in vests with neon yellow stripes waited at the intersection. A Public Works employee compressed cardboard boxes to load into his truck. Another cleaner in an orange vest rinsed the plaza’s tiles with a hose.
Most people in and around the 24th Street plazas did not want to say anything that would be in the news — they kept to themselves and quietly enjoyed the weather…