A Move To Close All San Francisco Parks At Midnight
The hours at which San Francisco’s public parks are considered to be closed and off-limits are currently set on an ad-hoc basis, making it difficult to effectively police and enforce.…
Permits To Redevelop Entire SoMa Block Close To Being Approved
The permits to demolish the little maintenance buildings and three acre bus depot at 8th and Harrison in order to make way for eight buildings with 408 new rental units…
The Park Service’s Plans To Limit Off-Leash Areas For Dogs
A hearing on the National Park Service’s draft dog management plan for the Golden Gate National Recreation Areas which would greatly limit the off-leash activity areas for dogs at Fort…
The New Plan For 1601 Mariposa And 320 New Apartments
The plans for the proposed 320-unit Potrero Hill development known as 1601 Mariposa, which stretches from Mariposa and Carolina to 18th and Arkansas, have been tweaked a bit as have…
Five Story Building On Brannan Refined And Ready For Approval
As we first reported earlier this year with respect to the proposed development of the parking lot at the corner of Brannan and Stanford down in South Beach: Currently a…
Hidden Behind A Neo-Gothic Façade On Hyde Street
Behind the neo-Gothic façade of the single-family Russian Hill home at 2430 Hyde Street, a courtyard English Garden and renovated interior are hidden. The kitchen and adjacent mud room overlook…
Proposed Waterfront Open Space Meeting Postponed
The meeting scheduled for August 28 to discuss the designs for the concrete triangle at the end of Howard between Steuart and Embarcadero has been postponed. From the team behind…
Going To The Dogs Over At The New Brannan Street Wharf?
With the ribbon for San Francisco’s Brannan Street Wharf project having been cut last month, has the new park gone to the dogs? While the Wharf’s 400-foot lawn was intended…
Seeking Support For Waterfront Open Space (And Development)
As part of the 31-story condo tower project proposed to rise at 75 Howard Street, the existing concrete triangle at the end of Howard between Steuart and Embarcadero is proposed…
Hines And Boston Balk At Having To Pay For Transbay Park Upkeep
Having paid the City $160 million less than they originally bid for the land upon which they are building the 1,050-foot Transbay Tower, Hines and Boston Properties are now balking…