Housing Policy Hypocrisy In San Francisco?
While the Mayor’s Office has agreed to spend a potential record-setting amount to purchase a Mission District development site in order to build 72 units of affordable housing, the City…
17 Acres of Opportunity in San Francisco, and Then Some
Back in 1940, four single-story industrial buildings were built upon 17 acres in west Bayview, a total of just under 450,000 square feet of building space which is currently 96…
The Massings For A Not So Massive SoMa Development, By Design
Rather than representing some ubermodern Sleeper-inspired design, the massings for the proposed SoMa development to rise on the corner of 9th and Howard are simply rendered to provide a sense…
Is The Identity Of The Castro Under Threat?
With thousands of units under development or already opening their doors along Market Street, and “the impossibly hip Hayes Valley, Mission, and Noe Valley encroaching on all sides,” a reader…
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The Fate Of The 8 Washington Street Site: What Happens Now?
With voters in San Francisco having overturned the approved plans and increased height for the development of the 8 Washington Street site above and some bad information making the rounds,…
Planning To Fill The Geary Underpass And A Cranky Citizen’s Concerns
On the agenda for San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee this afternoon, a hearing to begin planning the filling of the Geary underpass between Webster and Steiner Streets,…
It’s Not About Vanity, It’s About Valuation
The proposed Warriors Arena to built upon San Francisco’s Pier 30-32 isn’t a vanity project, it’s a shrewd financial move on the part of the team’s ownership. As a plugged-in…
Are The Big Plans For San Francisco’s Central Corridor Big Enough?
With a pressing need to support the City’s projected job growth and continued economic development, San Francisco’s Planning Department has spent the past two years developing the growth plan and…
The New Mission: Don’t Fear The Multiplex (Or Change)
Under the framework of the plans for the New Mission Theater, we promote a plugged-in reader’s comment to an editorial on “The New Mission,” not only in terms of the…
The 280 Seventh Street Scoop (And Evolving Neighborhood Editorial)
A little while back the owners and operators of the Café in the Castro purchased the Rawhide II club building at 280 Seventh Street, once “the largest and…only Country Western…