Delving Into Great Ground Floor Design
From the introduction to David Baker and Amanda Loper’s Focus on the First 20 Feet photo essay in the Urbanist, a compliment to Benjamin Grant’s piece on the importance of…
An Additional 16,732 Votes And The Outcome Remains The Same
An additional 16,732 vote-by-mail ballots which had not been counted by the end of Election Day have been added to the tally. While the total voter turnout is now up…
Troubling Findings From San Francisco’s Transportation Task Force
At the risk of rubbing salt in the wounds of those affected by today’s “sick out” by Muni workers which has left two-thirds of Muni’s vehicles stuck in the yards,…
Largest-Ever 3D-Printed Model Of San Francisco Unveiled
A 3D scale-model which encompasses over 115 blocks of San Francisco’s Financial and South of Market districts has been printed by Autodesk and Steelblue for real-estate developer Tishman Speyer. Based…
Market Street Prototyping Festival And Open Call For Ideas
Armchair and professional planners, architects, designers, artists and makers take note: San Francisco’s Planning Department is partnering with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to produce the Market Street Prototyping…
Parties And Parking At Pier 27 Or A Loss Of Over $2M Per Year
The construction of San Francisco’s James R. Herman Cruise Ship Terminal at Pier 27 is scheduled to be finished in August and the Crown Princess is slated to be the…
Calle 24: San Francisco’s Latino Cultural District
Unanimously approved by San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday, the resolution to designate the area around the Mission’s 24th Street commercial corridor as the Calle 24 (“Veinticuatro”)…
Summary Of Measure To Reset The City’s Transportation Priorities
The proposed ballot measure “to restore the transportation balance in San Francisco” by establishing a number of pro-car policies, including limiting the operation of parking meters and establishment of a…
Private Shuttles Are Easing Congestion, But Causing More Potholes
With an estimated reduction of over 45 million vehicle miles traveled per year, a big benefit of the private shuttle buses running from San Francisco to the Peninsula is a…
San Francisco’s Deficit For Hosting America’s Cup Doubles To $11.5M
Having failed to account for $5.5 million in net costs incurred by the Port of San Francisco, the City’s revised deficit for hosting the 34th America’s Cup has risen from…