Proposed Seawall Lot 337 Development Scrambling For Investors
With its retail space having been cut in half last year, the San Francisco Business Times reports that the proposed development for the Port of San Francisco’s Seawall Lot 337/Pier…
Time To Stick A Spork In 1050/8 Valencia? (Figuratively This Time)
The 1970’s construction at the corner of Valencia and Hill was home to Kentucky Fried Chicken prior to becoming “Spork” in 2006. And as is proposed, the one-story building would…
555 Washington: Round One Goes To The Opponents (But No KO)
San Francisco’s Planning Commission voted three to two against certifying 555 Washington‘s Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Commissioners Hisashi Sugaya, Kathrin Moore and Christina Olague voted against certification, Bill Lee and…
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble Over 555 Washington
We’ll call the divide rather apropos considering the controversy that surrounded the development of San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid right next door. And later today, “the commissions that oversee the…
Transbay Block 11A (Folsom @ Essex) Plans And Proposed Design
Jamie Whitaker scores the link to the design narrative and proposed schematics for Transbay Block 11A at the corner of Folsom and Essex in Rincon Hill. As proposed, the building…
Make That 441,469 Spaces: Proposed Curbside Cafe Conversions
“Curbside parking spaces in North Beach would be replaced with cafe seating in the latest initiative to rethink how streets are used in San Francisco – making them less focused…
Supervisor Chiu Sees The Light (At Least For Now)
Once again, sundry San Francisco tower and 555 Washington lovers take note: Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, who wrote the measure , told The Chronicle on Wednesday that he…
No Exemption (And Little Love) For Alameda Point Development
“With all precincts reporting, Measure B in Alameda lost, 85 percent to 15 percent. It would have allowed a one-time exemption to Measure A, a 1973 ordinance that bans anything…
Parcel P Update (Hayes Valley Farm Sprouts New Website) And Plan
While new dirt is being delivered, Hayes Valley Farm has already sprouted a new website. The new website is filled with useful information about the project and even includes contact…
A Future Postcard Row: Three Houses That Don’t Yet Exist
Speaking of San Francisco’s Postcard Row, as the Alamo Square Neighborhood Association noted in December, the buyer of 940 Grove (which sits across the street from 722 Steiner) plans “to…