Problems for the Bold New Irish Cultural Center as Proposed
San Francisco’s Planning Department has just completed its preliminary review of the bold plans for an all-new United Irish Cultural Center to rise up to 96 feet in height on…
Inflation in the Excelsior and on the Boards
While plans to raze the 20-foot-tall discount store building at 4550 Mission Street were first drafted back in 2006, the ground has yet to be broken. And the former Woolworth’s…
Historic Addition Further Refined, Recommended for Approval
Having undergone another round of refinements, as newly rendered by Leavitt Architecture below, the plans for a five floor addition atop the historic Key Klub building at 850 Bush Street,…
Budget for Electrification of Caltrain Hits $2.44B
Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the projected budget for electrifying Caltrain, which had already ticked up to $2.3 billion earlier this year, has just…
A DUM Remodeling “Mistake” That Could Be Rather Costly
Purchased as a vacant two-unit building for $690,000 in September of 2001, a permit to remodel the kitchen on the main/second floor of the rather lovely Victorian at 1016 Pierce…
Opposed Noe Infill Project Recommended for Approval
Purchased with a faulty foundation for $1.925 million in January of last year, plans to demolish the little 1,270-square-foot Noe Valley home at 228 Vicksburg Street were soon drafted by…
Planning Supports Stonestown Redevelopment (But Has Notes)
San Francisco’s Planning Department has completed its preliminary review of Brookfield Properties’ proposed Master Plan for redeveloping the 41-acre Stonestown site, a plan which would yield around 2,900 new residential…
Joe’s Cable Car Site and Approved Project Back in Play
While plans for a contemporary four-story development to rise up to 45 feet in height upon the Excelsior District parcel on the northwest corner of Mission and Tingley were approved…
Tower May Conflict with Skyline Policy, Alternatives Sought
Engineered by Planning and adopted back in 2012, San Francisco’s Transit Center District Plan (TCDP) was designed to limit the number of tall buildings that would rise above the city’s…
Right to Negotiate for Half of Coliseum Site Has Been Awarded
Oakland’s City Council has granted the Oakland-based African American Sports And Entertainment Group (AASEG) the right to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) for the City’s undivided share of…