Landmark Sarcasm Update: Hope For North Beach Pagoda Theater?
It was a little over a year ago that a plugged-in reader dished the scoop on the history of the boarded up Pagoda theater in North Beach and the new…
Fourth and King Railyard: Now You See It, Perhaps One Day You Won’t
While the Planning Department’s recommendations for building heights and development surrounding the new Transbay Terminal is currently the center of attention, don’t forget that the potential for San Francisco’s Fourth…
JustQuotes: Potrero Hill Power Plant Plan Paused (For A Week)
“Mayor Gavin Newsom asked city legislators to delay a vote on a controversial plan to build a new power plant in Potrero Hill that will replace an older, more polluting…
Stem Cell Research Funds New UCSF Building Outside Of Mission Bay
By way of a plugged-in tipster and GlobeSt.com: “The University of California at San Francisco will receive approximately $34.9 million from the . It will combine the grant it with…
A “Gut Check” Then And Now? (869 Alvarado Facing Foreclosure)
Described as a “gut check for SF realtors” when it sold on 6/1/2005 (establishing a new Noe Valley neighborhood comp at $1,500,000), 869 Alvarado appears to have been refinanced a…
JustQuotes: Redevelopment Plans For Hunters Point Public Housing
“Six residential towers will stretch up to 65 feet above the highest peaks of Hunters Point providing enviable views of The City and Bay, under newly released redevelopment plans to…
The Early Comment/Question Of The Day: The Anti-Chain Weak Link?
“Here in the Castro, there are over a dozen empty storefronts and more expected. Yet, the hood chased WaMu out of a great (now empty) space. So, are people really…
Contempt For Chains At The Expense Of The Current Neighborhood?
Two months ago we plugged you in to some neighborhood resistance to ICI Paints plan to open a retail outlet at 1575 South Van Ness (currently a shuttered Hollywood Video…
One Rincon Hill: Spring 2008 Newsletter And Construction Update
According to the latest One Rincon Hill Newsletter (Spring 2008), construction on the first tower should be complete by the end of September (with common areas complete by late summer)…
A Plugged-In Reader’s Report: Crime Starts Hitting Closer To Home
A plugged-in reader reports: I was in Baretta restaurant on 23rd and Valencia last night while it was robbed at gunpoint. The gunman had us all lie on the floor…