14 New Leases On (And For) Life On Union Street
The first comment from our post entitled The Union Street Blues (“according to the Chronicle 35 businesses “went under from the start of 2008 through the second quarter of 2009…
Mission District Streetscape Project: Final Plan And Declaration
Chicanes, bulb-outs, bollards, green gutters, rain gardens, living streets, and road diets are all part of the proposed the Mission District Streetscape Project, the final plan for which is now…
Noe Valley Close To Politely Removing Its Restaurant Cap
From the San Francisco Examiner with respect to the current cap on new full-service restaurants along 24th Street in Noe: With a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors repealed…
As The Sun Sets Over San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal…
As the sun figureatively sets over San Francisco’s old Transbay Terminal, and we look to the future, steelblue treats the plugged-in to a literal sun set over the terminal of…
Transbay Center Plans: Revised, Refined, And Unveiled Today
The revised and refined plans and designs for San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center will officially be unveiled today. From John King at the Chronicle: It’s a mark of today’s…
Alexandria Theater Plans A Few Weeks From First Public Screening
Recently designated a “vacant building,” and already looking a little less blighty, the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and detailed plans for the development of the long shuttered Alexandria Theater are…
Guest Editorial: Redonkulous Rincon Hill Development Fees?
It’s a guest editorial from Rincon Hill resident Jamie Whitaker related to yesterday’s Board of Supervisors’ approval of $1,844,273 in grants from the SOMA Community Stabilization Fund (funded by way…
21 Villa Terrace (Re)Joins The Clarendon Heights Contemporary Fray
Eighteen foot ceilings over the living room, dining “room,” kitchen and entry; big views from the windows and decks; and four bedrooms and four and one-half baths over four thousand…
Mission Creek Then And Now (And Remembrances Of RVs Past)
It’s a nice then (2003) and now look down Mission Creek to AT&T Park from the Chronicle. “The area next to the ballpark had just 540 residents in the 2000…
Treasure Island: Another Work Of Fiction Or Bounty To Be?
“The vision was conceived in 2005, and the most optimistic scenario has the first homes opening in 2013. Now, though, the push for approvals is gearing up, and the public…