A Short-Sighted Plan For Western SoMa?
Home to Slim’s, Beatbox and the DNA lounge, current zoning along Western SoMa’s 11th Street Corridor between Folsom and Harrison doesn’t actually allow for nighttime entertainment as a permitted use,…
Planning’s Vision And Development Plan For Western SoMa
The sister project to San Francisco’s adopted Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, the Western SoMa Community Plan has been in the works since 2004 when East and West were split and the…
Transbay Tower Tweaks, Cuts And Timing
Shrunken 130 feet earlier this year, the revised design for the proposed 1,070 foot Transbay Tower has added “a deep vertical slit…up each side of the crown, backed by perforated…
8 Washington Approval Upheld But Now On Hold Until 2013 Election
Returning from their summer recess yesterday, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to uphold their previous approval for the proposed 8 Washington Street project. As such, the qualified referendum to…
8 Washington Stalled As Anti-Development Referendum Is Qualified
Having been financed by neighbors whose views would be blocked, the referendum to effectively quash the approved development of 8 Washington, or at the very least limit its height to…
The Money And Motivation Behind The Anti-8 Washington Measure
As a plugged-in reader wrote last month with respect to the threatened anti-development referendum that seems to have materialized in an attempt to thwart the approved development of 8 Washington…
Planning’s Towering Transit Center District Plan Decision: Approved
As plugged-in people know, San Francisco’s Transit Center District Plan would permit up to six new buildings with heights ranging from 700 to 1,000 feet to rise within the area…
Art Agnos’ Open Opposition To The Development Of 8 Washington
Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos came out swinging today against the proposed and Planning approved 8 Washington Street development. From Agnos’ open forum letter published in the Chronicle: City…
8 Washington: Special Meeting And Votes To Approve This Week
With the replacement tennis courts having been shed and number of groups opposing the development, San Francisco’s Planning Commission will hold a special meeting this Thursday at 10 am to…
Western SoMA Community Plan Outlined And Up For Impact Review
The sister project to San Francisco’s adopted Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, the Western SoMa Community Plan has been in the works since 2004 when East and West were split and the…