Can You Say San Francisco Earthquakes?
Site prep for the construction of 1,400 homes on Hunters Point Parcel A is expected to be completed by the end of the year with first occupancy around 2012. At…
Pier 27 Public Workshop On Pier 1 Tonight (7/30/09)
The Port of San Francisco is holding a public workshop tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Pier 1 to discuss their conceptual designs to transform Pier 27 into…
The Drew School Addition Rendering Scoop: Its Living Wall And All
A plugged-in tipster delivers the renderings (click image to enlarge) for the proposed expansion of the Drew School along with a few details on its proposed green wall and roof:…
Drawings For A Proposed Drew School Expansion Along Broderick
The context and massing for the Drew School’s Broderick Street elevation at the corner of California in Lower Pacific Heights as it currently exists: Its expanded massing and context as…
SFJAZZ Snubs San Francisco’s “Jazz District,” Targets Hayes Valley
According to The Examiner, the nonprofit SFJAZZ is proposing to raze the auto body shop on Franklin between Linden and Fell in Hayes Valley and replace it with 40-foot-tall “three-story…
Best-Case Scenario For 55 Laguna: A Ground Breaking Mid-2011
According to the San Francisco Business Times, A.F. Evans is in talks with Related California to partner on the on the development 55 Laguna. Related California President William Witte said…
Visions For Empty Lots 2.0
John King continues to riff on what could be done with the myriad undeveloped and stalled out lots currently dotting San Francisco, this time soliciting visions from teams of architects…
San Francisco Developers Land $96 Million In Infill Grants
In the last round of California Proposition 1C infill infrastructure grants, which voters approved in 2006, “San Francisco developers won seven state grants worth $96 million” versus one grant for…
The Fishers Break CAMP With Respect To The Presidio’s Main Post
According to John King, “Gap founder Donald Fisher and his family have decided to abandon their efforts to build a contemporary art museum at the Main Post of San Francisco’s…
Japantown’s Better Neighborhood Plan Update: Draft Acknowledged
While 3D Investments’ redevelopment of the Japan Center Mall and Peace Plaza was pushed back by the economy late last year, the Planning Department’s Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan has been…