Treasure Island: We Have A Plan, So Can’t We Just Have The Land?
It’s been over two years since we first plugged you in to SOM’s design for an ubergreen urban redevelopment of Treasure Island. And ever since then, The City has unsuccessfully…
From Cala Foods To “1401 California” By 2012 Or Bust As Proposed
Clearing up some confusion with respect to the current home of Cala Foods at 1401 California, the grocery store’s lease ends on December 31, 2010 (not 2009). And if all…
Pelosi And Schwarzenegger Type For A Transbay HSR Terminus
A plugged-in tipster reports with respect to High Speed Rail and the Transbay Terminal: Thought you should know that both Nancy Pelosi and [Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger] both sent strongly worded…
Designs For 200 Dolores Six Years In The Making (And Why)
While the developers had planned to demolish the dilapidated 1904 parish building at 200 Dolores in order to build more housing back in 2003, 115 neighbors rallied citing historical and…
Much Mirkarimi Ado (And Legislative Effort) About Relatively Nothing
After the Drew School got the go-ahead to remove three (3) of the city’s roughly 365,000 housing units in order to expand their campus, Supervisor Mirkarimi introduced legislation that would…
SFMOMA Snags The Fisher Contemporary Art Collection
After abandoning plans to build CAMP (Contemporary Art Museum Presidio) in July, the Fisher’s engaged in “hush, hush” talks with SFMOMA to expand their South of Market space (taking over…
Forward Progress For San Francisco Piers 15, 17, And 70
The Port Commission has approved a 66-year lease of Piers 15 and 17 for the Exploratorium (targeting a 2012 opening): The deal, approved unanimously by the Port Commission this month,…
150 Otis: From Temporary To Permanent Shelter As Proposed
“[Swords to Plowshares and the Chinatown Community Development Center] want to develop 150 Otis St., a surplus city-owned building, into permanent affordable rental housing for chronically homeless senior citizen vets.…
More Evidence Of A High Speed Snub For The Transbay Transit Center
Last November Judge Quentin Kopp, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, spoke out against extending California’s proposed high speed rail line beyond the current Caltrain station at Fourth and…
201 Folsom: Three More Years To Contemplate And Start Construction
Tishman Speyer has been granted a 3 year extension to start construction on two approved residential towers of “350 and 400 feet above an 80-foot podium, with up to 725…