Opposed by the Montgomery Washington Homeowners Association which argues the development “would be out of scale for the neighborhood and detract from some of its historic buildings,” the City College of San Francisco’s new high-rise Chinatown campus avoided an injunction but has at least one more legal challenge ahead.
The homeowners will have another chance to block construction when their lawsuit against City College goes to trial in April. Excavation has begun, but work on the high-rise is not scheduled to start until June.
College officials say the campus – a 14-story, 215-foot building on the northeast corner of Kearny and Washington streets, and a four-story building down the block at Washington and Columbus streets – should be completed in 2010.
And according to some, it’s actually the adjacent Hilton more than local “homeowners” that are leading the legal charge. Which considering the location, would make sense.
∙ Foes of CCSF Chinatown campus lose bid to block high-rise [SFGate]
Umm, that mapjack link is to Thailand.
[Editor’s Note: We’ve heard that before, but we can’t replicate the problem. Perhaps it’s a browser compatibility issue (IE?). Or sometimes MapJack seems to pre-load the last location viewed (or default) but will eventually zoom to what we’ve linked (give it a while).]
It’s like SF residents don’t know they live in a city.
Maybe the reality will be better than the rendering but I’m not a huge fan of the design.
To badlydrawnbear’s point, however, I can’t object to the size.
I didn’t even know there was as Montgomery-Washington Homeowners Association. I live on Montgomery so does that mean I can join?
Out of scale? The same location that has a 60 story 853 foot skyscraper since 1972 literally across the street?
Glad to see CCSF moving toward fruition despite the NIMBYs and Hilton. In this down economy, CCSF’s enrollment will skyrocket when people lose their jobs and have to go back to school to better position themselves.
As for the Hilton next door who is trying to block the college building plans, karma will bite you in the ass when tourism and business travel tanks leaving you with no business. All is right with the world again
The Thailand problem: I have that problem if I use FlashBlock. Do you use that, or something like that?
I use Firefox and Safari and I get the Thailand problem. It PO’s me because I’d rather be there. Maybe it’s a Mac thing?
The second time I tried it at work it came up correct and every time I tried it at home it came up correct. iMac and Firefox at both locations.