SFMOMA Snags The Fisher Contemporary Art Collection
After abandoning plans to build CAMP (Contemporary Art Museum Presidio) in July, the Fisher’s engaged in “hush, hush” talks with SFMOMA to expand their South of Market space (taking over…
Forward Progress For San Francisco Piers 15, 17, And 70
The Port Commission has approved a 66-year lease of Piers 15 and 17 for the Exploratorium (targeting a 2012 opening): The deal, approved unanimously by the Port Commission this month,…
I Can’t Drive Build 55: Eyes (And Ears) On Upzoning Mission Street?
While we missed the Planning Department’s public meeting to solicit public comment on their thoughts of increasing building height limits on Mission Street between 16th and Cesar Chavez up to…
You’ve Gotta Have Shouldn’t Have Had Faith: The Follow-Up
The short sale of 110 Faith Street has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $550,000 or 24% under its purchase price in October of 2005 ($720,000). From the…
Care To Share Your Neighborhood Two Cents And Help A Reader Out?
You’ve seen the HOK design for a tower at 535 Mission, construction of which was suspended soon after the lot was cleared (now surrounded by a chain link fence). And…
Eminent Domain Suit Semi-Successfully Snatches Hugo Hotel
As a plugged-in reader noted a few days ago, The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency seems to have prevailed in their eminent domain action for the long-vacant Hugo Hotel on 6th…
More Evidence Of A High Speed Snub For The Transbay Transit Center
Last November Judge Quentin Kopp, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, spoke out against extending California’s proposed high speed rail line beyond the current Caltrain station at Fourth and…
Nine Years (Including Six Of Construction) In The Making: 2935 Pacific
Purchased for $4,125,000 in the year 2000 for the lot value, the newly constructed 2935 Pacific has been nine years in the making including six years (and nearly 100 vendors…
201 Folsom: Three More Years To Contemplate And Start Construction
Tishman Speyer has been granted a 3 year extension to start construction on two approved residential towers of “350 and 400 feet above an 80-foot podium, with up to 725…
San Francisco’s Housing Pipeline And 2009 Housing Element Report
According to the San Francisco Planning Department and its 2004 and 2009 Housing Element Report, San Francisco’s big picture (click to enlarge) housing pipeline is as so: ∙ 156 projects…