Planning For The Upzoning Of SF’s Central Corridor, And Then Some
First proposed in 2005, the plan to demolish all the buildings along the south side of Harrison Street between the surface parking lot at 725 Harrison and west to the…
The Designs And Dollars For San Francisco’s Mexican Museum
If Millennium Partner’s proposed 550-foot tower at 706 Mission Street is approved for development, the “core-and-shell” for San Francisco’s Mexican Museum will be built at the tower’s base (click images…
SF Team Pedals Away With Portable Bike Corral Competition Win
With entries from around the Bay Area as well as Slovenia, Spain, India, and Iran, a team from San Francisco’s Academy of Art University has won the student competition to…
A Big Week And New Renderings For A Big SoMa Tower To Rise
With the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Millennium’s proposed 550-foot tower to rise at 706 Mission Street certified two months ago, this week San Francisco’s Planning Commission will hold a…
Cottage Charm In The City Listed For Under Four Hundred Grand
Set back from the street behind a flowering garden, we’ll agree. What the one-bedroom Bernal cottage at 129 Ellert Street might lack in terms of space, it makes up for…
How A Noe Valley Trophy House And Neighborhood Median Grow
Having sold for $1,252,000 in April of 2007, the 992 square foot pre-war Noe Valley home at 739 27th Street resold to a contractor for $1,150,000 this past August. With…
Nearly 50,000 More Employed In San Francisco Since 2010
Having ticked down to 6.0 percent in March, the lowest rate since November of 2008, the unemployment rate in San Francisco fell another 0.6 points to 5.4% in April as…
Apple’s Plan For A Flagship Store On Union Square
With Levi’s moving its flagship store to Market Street this summer, Apple has submitted plans to San Francisco’s Planning Department with designs to takeover Levi’s Union Square location at 300…
San Francisco’s Dying Palms Problem Could Have Been Avoided
As a plugged-in reader first reported two years ago: The palms won’t be there much longer. The city has fired all their educated arborists. Those who are left trim them…
Castro Street Makeover Plan Revealed And Rendered
As plugged-in people knew to expect, the Planning Department’s Castro Street Makeover plan does indeed include a reconfiguring of the crosswalk at Castro and Market Streets to align it with…