The Chronicle reports on a plan to "ruin" the Albany Bulb. This is the best (and most affectionate) portrait of the Bulb's current state that I've seen in the mainstream media. I will never forget my first visit to the Bulb (back in 2001, when the Sniff pieces were in much better shape and not, it seems, as well known), and the place has grown quite dear to me since then. I hope that its freewheeling nature — indicative of much that is special and good about the Bay Area — can be preserved.