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From the Examiner with respect to plans for a new North Beach Library and upgraded Joe DiMaggio Playground: The City plans to demolish the old and create public parkland on…
Envelope A+D’s designs for a temporary “proxy” on Octavia Boulevard lots K+L: A placeholder for a more permanent building, proxy is a temporary two-block construct that imagines a vibrant focal…
The project description from the preliminary mitigated negative declaration (a good thing if you’re in favor of development) for the proposed development of 246 Ritch Street: The approximately 4,130 square…
“Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced legislation that would require the one-for-one replacement of any demolished housing units. The proposed law, introduced Tuesday, was inspired by the recently approved Drew School expansion.”…
A plugged-in tipster reports: “The owner of the Park Merced Shopping Center has decided to lease up the building after its to sale Peninsula residential builder SummerHill Homes fell through.…
As Curbed notes, a few more renderings for the proposed mixed-use development at 2001 Market Street have been uploaded to the 2001 Market Street site. We’ll add, the Prado proposal…
“The old Ortega Branch Library in the Sunset district is coming down, after an appeal to save the building failed.” (That’s the new design above and below.) ∙ Library appeal…
The Board of Supervisors has cleared the way for the Drew School expansion by rejecting a Pacific Heights Residents Association appeal of the plan’s environmental review and tabling an appeal…
“A committee hearing into the planned construction of a $190 million super-green San Francisco Public Utilities Commission headquarters will be postponed, after officials decided to add $47.4 million in additional…
Speaking of the redevelopment of Hunters Point, from the Business Times: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to put a United Nations center focused on global warming at Hunters Point…