Trader Joe’s In The Castro Currently Stymied By A Shack
Just down the street from 2001 Market, the tentative leasehold agreement to bring a Trader Joe’s to the Market and Noe Center (2280 Market) was set to expire May 7…
Closer To Reality For 2001 Market Street
A plugged-in tipster directs us to the most realistic couple of renderings we’ve seen for the proposed mixed-use development at 2001 Market and around to 14th. And while the BAR…
1601 Larkin: Comments, Responses And Latest Renderings
To quote Roseanne Roseannadanna Emily Litella…never mind. Apparently the Planning Department’s just published compendium of comments and responses to the proposed 1601 Larkin project contains outdated renderings for the project.…
1601 Larkin Reignites An Architects Versus Planning Design Debate
It’s not a new dynamic in San Francisco; in fact it’s one we first wrote about over two years ago. But an apparent impasse over the Saitowitz design for 1601…
Don’t Put A Fork In Spork Quite Yet (The Appeal Of 1050 Valencia)
Having already been postponed from April, on Thursday the Planning Commission will entertain a requested continuance until July 8 for the hearing of an appeal of the Planning Department’s preliminary…
45 Lansing: Busy As For The Bees As Another Extension Is Expected
As plugged-in people know, following a false start at the end of 2008 Turnberry has been shopping their fully entitled lot at 45 Lansing since 2009. The proposal was originally…
New And Approved: 900 Folsom/260 Fifth Street Project
As a plugged-in reader reports, the Planning Commission has approved the new and improved 900 Folsom/260 Fifth Street Project with “minor conditions.” We’re on a roll. ∙ 900 Folsom/260 Fifth…
Proposed Plans For The Nearly “Historic” House Lot At 1268 Lombard
A year ago a Russian Hill “historic” cottage at 1268 Lombard lost its battle with a wrecking crew over preservationists’ protests (and under “resourceful” circumstances). As we wrote at the…
Small Can Be Beautiful But…Will “SmartSpace” Sell In San Francisco?
“Zeta Communities will construct the housing for the 22-unit developments, planned for parking lots in Berkeley and San Francisco. The projects will feature tiny living spaces – 310- to 340…
900 Folsom/260 Fifth Street Project: The New New Design
A plugged-in tipster provides us with an exclusive peek at the slightly tweaked design (“reconfigured rooftop element, modulation of cornice line at Folsom Street, balconies at western end of project…