It’s All About Density (Okay, And Dollars) On Treasure Island
From the San Francisco Business Times today: The Treasure Island development team has increased the target number of housing units from 6,000 to 8,000, a move that could help attract…
Cesar Chavez Reconfiguration Update (And Some Objections)
An update on the redesign of Cesar Chavez Street via Mission Loc@l: The first phase, which is likely to start this summer, involves redoing the sewage system to reduce flooding.…
Coming Soon: Guidelines For Tending Concrete Gardens Out Front
From San Francisco’s Planning Department: Code Enforcement Staff is currently working to develop public outreach and downloadable guidelines with information on how to comply with the city ordinance (Planning Code…
Warm Thoughts Of A Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner (2009 Edition)
Our Thanksgiving time tradition has been thwarted in 2009 by a lack of gorgeous old stoves. So this year it’s the (semi) recent reduction (listed for $2,565,000 on 9/17, reduced…
2342 Broadway Returns Anew, “Green,” And Asking $14,000,000
It’s not yet officially listed inventory, nor is the address even mentioned on the Sotheby’s site. But a few doors down from 2306 and 2310 Broadway, and across the street…
It’s March Margarita Margarido Madness As 5950 Goes Live At $5.5M
With the flick of a switch and a plugged-in tip, The Margarido House (5950 Margarido Drive, Oakland) has officially gone from coming soon to on the market online. The marketing…
525 Golden Gate Avenue “Officially” Breaks Ground
Put on hold in 2008 due to rising costs and lower than expected efficiencies, earlier this year a plugged-in tipster caught the crews laying the foundation for the San Francisco…
Hating On Solar Panels In The Upper Haight
Four excerpts from the San Francisco Examiner: “After installation of the panels for the three-unit building …nearby homeowners filed an appeal with The City against the plans. The neighbors are…
Conservation Of Land When Cash Is King
“The of chaparral-covered land 15 miles outside of Marysville had been slated to be bulldozed for homes. But the bottom dropped out of the economy and the plan to build…
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…