THE BAY AREA | Projects from San Francisco's Surrounding 8 Counties
 

I thought it would be worthwhile to start a thread devoted to the projects happening around the San Francisco Bay Area. Rather than figure a run down, I thought I would share one of the significant developments proposed in Oakland and add on as the days go by. Please contribute any information you have regarding this region. Thank you.

Mandela/ Grand Mixed-Use Project:

From:http://www.oaklandnet.com/government...mixed_use.html

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Project Description:

The project proposes the redevelopment of an underutilized industrial site for a new mixed use industrial village project on approximately 13.3 acres of land in West Oakland. The proposed project would contain approximately 300,702 square feet of predominantly custom industrial and light industrial uses and limited commercial and retail uses on the first two levels of the proposed buildings. High-density residential uses (1,577 units) are proposed above the ground floor industrial and commercial uses. There will be eight buildings containing residential units, include three 300-foot residential towers. The project would provide approximately 2,322 parking spaces in underground parking garages, above ground parking structures, and on surface lots.

Most of the existing structures on the site will be demolished (the American Steel Building and portions of the Pacific Pipe Building Complex) and eight new buildings will be constructed. The project would adaptively reuse the 47,000 square-foot original timber-frame structure of the Pacific Pipe Building.

The project would be developed in four phases over approximately 15 years: 2007 to 2022.

Planning permits required include an amendment to the General Plan Land Use and Transportation Element, both text and land use map; an amendment to the West Oakland Redevelopment Plan; a new zoning district and amendment to the zoning map; a preliminary development plan and final development plan; design review guidelines and approval; and a vesting tentative subdivision map and final map.

Article from http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...AGBFOOTMM1.DTL

http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/03...andelawest.jpg

Although, not an Urban infill project, I thought this would be a worhty mention since it would be Gehry's first Bay Area Project.

From the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/re...=1&oref=slogin

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...ft.xlarge1.jpg

San Jose Downtown Boom
 

I made this map awhile back ago to place the projects and proposals in San Jose. It's based on one that was done for Sacramento.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/...d3dec046_o.jpg

and here are most of the links to the projects:

1. Central Place- Under Construction
http://www.sjheartofthecity.com/block3_b.htm

2. City Heights- Nearly Complete
http://www.cityheightssj.com/

3. Axis- Under Construction
http://axissanjose.com/

4. 360 Tower- Under Construction
http://www.360residences.com/

5. City Front Square- Proposed/Approved
http://www.sjredevelopment.org/month...ts/housing.pdf

6. Park View Towers- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.tsgarch.com/

7. 99. W Santa Clara- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.hellermanus.com/portfolio...%22%24H6%5C%0A

8. 200 Park Avenue- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.mve-architects.com/page.cfm?pgid=7&catid=33&subcatid=36&pid=82


9. 1 S Market Street- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.amaa.com/portfolio/projec...Rmb2xpby8/IzE=

10. Market Gateway Tower- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.thecorecompanies.com/comm...regateway.html

11. First United Methodist Tower- Proposed/ Approved
http://www.saitowitz.com/

12. 8 E San Fernando St.- ?

13. Almaden Towers- ?

San Jose :omg:. The height limit sucks, but it looks like you are getting lots of action.

I know of 3 other high rise projects in San Jose that are unaccounted for on the map. The North San Pedro Project which will have 2, 15 story and 1, 12 story structure. That will be located just north of the City Heights project and is working its way throught the approval stages. There is also a proposal called Carlyse Tower, which will have 20 stories and 347 units. It's located NE corner of Carlyse street and Nortre Dame near the Axis Tower.

It should be noted that the 360 tower is under construction. The Park View Tower is getting closer to starting construction and City Front Square is getting closer to approval with one story shaved off the top.

There's a lot going on in SJ. I assume the colors designate status. Are the green ones under construction and blue proposed? What are the red ones?

Sorry, guess I should have made note of that. Blue =under construction, Red= Proposed approved/ proposed (sorry i didnt seperate the two, but i wasnt sure, and Green= unknown status.

I did this map in March so it may be a bit dated. I do know for certain that the following projects are still active though.

Under Construction:
1. Central Place
2. City Heights
3. Axis
4. 360 Tower

Construction to Commence in Fall:
6. Park View Towers

Up For Approval:
5. City Front Square

with 7-11 the status is only known to me, thru the developers website.

12-13 are old office proposals of which I am not sure are dead or still active.

New Renderings were recently added to http://www.dbarchitect.com/project_d...2520Tower.html for the Market Gateway Tower.

Here is a sample:

http://www.dbarchitect.com/images/dy...eshow_main.jpg

http://www.dbarchitect.com/images/dy...eshow_main.jpg

Thanks for the info and thanks for putting this thread together. I had no idea all these projects were under construction or very close to it. Now that I look more closely, I realize I could have read the status for each, which you already listed. So, I'm sorry for not reading more carefully!

Out of the approved/proposal projects, I'd really like to see City Front Square come to fruition. Filling that spot would add to the downtown atmosphere and it's been a parking lot forever. Plus, I like the look of it. I just don't want to see it conflict with the Montgomery Hotel next door. They did a nice job refurbishing that place.

I'm trying to picture the location for 200 Park Ave. I used to work across the street at Adobe and can't for the life of me remember what was in that little building that this would replace. Do you happen to know?

This was orginally posted by rocketman_95046 and its regarding the City Front Square Project. This is the one I'd also like to see happen.

More Mandela/ Grand images (aka Big West Oakland Project mixing condos, light industry, and some retail)

You can download the report where the images came from at http://www.oaklandnet.com/government...mixed_use.html

The architects website:http://www.hannum.com/

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New Tallest for Oakland, only 450 ft, but its a start!
 

Orginally posted by Oaktown:

42-story condos sought for lake
Developer’s high-rise would be the tallest building in city

Full article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000

graphic:
http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/200...ba_oakland.jpg

From:http://novometro.com/news_details.php?news_id=2285
http://novometro.com/uploaded_images...wArialView.jpg

Some North First Street, San Jose News
 

For those unfamiliar, North First Street is a massive redevelopment project North of Downtown San Jose. It would remake a portion of First st between Montague Exp and Brokaw Rd into a pedestrainized mixed-used district, sort of like a second linear downtown. As of Decemeber 2006, the legal barriers have been removed to allow the redevelopment to go ahead.

Images from the sites listed below:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1309/...def05c81_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/...de103191_o.jpg

For more information go to:
http://www.sjredevelopment.org/nsjtaskforce.htm

http://www.sanjoseca.gov/planning/nsj/

Some Key Elements:

Proactively plan for growth to allow more industrial development in a way that benefits current San Jose residents.

Allow up to an additional 27 million square feet of research and development and office space in North San Jose.

Bring up to 83,000 new jobs to San Jose, providing additional job opportunities for San Jose residents.

Concentrate up to 16 million square feet of the new research and development and office space in a 600 acre Urban Corporate Center core area along the North First Street light rail corridor, between Brokaw Road and Montague Expressway.

Develop an average 1.2 FAR in the core area with typical buildings of 6-10 stories.

Focus on high-tech and corporate headquarters development.
Create a rich pedestrian environment within the core area to encourage use of the transit system.

Generate approximately $520 million in funding for the construction of local and regional transportation improvements.

Provide new high-density residential development (up to 32,000 units) in close proximity to employment centers

The green one, Almaden Towers/Boston Properties Complex is in planning with the city's redevelopment agency, so it hasn't been shelved. BTW its multiple office towers totaling 860000 sqft of office space.

In terms of residential towers, The first tower of Tamien Place is under construction, I don't know when they're going to start on the second one.

http://www.barryswensonbuilder.com/p...l/tamien.shtml

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...o/SanJaws2.jpg

That's good to hear. I have seen other renderings of the project, although I never saved them. It looks like the complex will have 3 towers, of what heights I am not sure. I do hope it gets off the groud.

Do you ever recall hearing of plans Adobe had to expand on vacant land on the opposite site of the freeway? I thought I recall reading an article about that?

Yes they bought the land south of the Shark tank for future offices and condos...

these are two articles.. you have to pay for the full version becuase they are archived.

Adobe reportedly in talks to buy lot: S.J. PARCEL CALLED IDEAL FOR COMPANY
From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) Date: March 22, 2006
Byline: Jon Ann Steinmetz

Mar. 22--The last downtown property big enough to support an Adobe-sized office campus may find a familiar buyer: Adobe itself. Adobe Systems, downtown San Jose's most visible high-tech company, is in negotiations to buy some or all of a 5.5-acre parcel of land owned by the San Jose Water Co., according to individuals familiar with the talks. The site is across from the HP Pavilion on West Santa Clara Street. If a deal is consummated, it would set in motion the first new office construction downtown in years, on the only remaining land large ...

and...

Adobe to buy 5.5-acre tract in downtown San Jose for $25 million
26 April, 2006
San Jose Mercury News


Adobe Systems announced today it has agreed to buy a 5.5-acre site in downtown San Jose for $25 million from ...

(c) Copyright 2006, San Jose Mercury News. All Rights Reserved.

Thanks Rocketman :tup:. I knew I had heard about Adobe expanding west of the Freeway from somewhere.

Here are some information on developments for "the Peninsula."

From http://www.universalparagoncorp.com/brisbane.html

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You can download the Specific Plan at http://www.ci.brisbane.ca.us/html/ci...Dev/phase1.asp

Unfortunately for fans of the Built enviroment, the first phase of this project may leave you "wanting." As you can see from the image I have posted below (from the specific plan download); the mid parcel is going to be an auto mall, the commercial section at the bottom will be a suburban campus (not unlike those the populate Silicon Valley and nearby South San Francisco), Big Box retail will take up nearly half of the entertaiment sub area, and a lot of space is given to parking lots. But if memory serves me well, I have heard this section of the bay lands is extremely contaminated, and thats why they have decided to go with this scheme.

I am, however, interested to see what happens in the future phases of development. The area north of the huge traffic circle is slated for a mixed use transit development. That might end up being something to look foward to, although it probably end up having a single developer. There is also potential in the area surrounding the baylands, with executive park being redeveloped nearby as well as the old 49ers statdium, Vistatcion Valley has a small redevelopment area and the old cow palace will most likely come down. There are also more talks for redeveloping Sierra Point nearby and allowing housing. I would also hope to see something done around the Caltrain station in South San Francisco. They are all very disjointed now, but with good planning (yes i know!) they could be a good whole. Guess time will tell but the potential is exciting, I think.

Here is the image from the specific plan:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/...4372b03e_o.jpg

Here is some news regarding Sierra Point just south of the baylands.

From http://www.examiner.com/a-797547~Bri...t_a_plaza.html


An image from http://www.sierra-point.com/aerial.htm
http://www.sierra-point.com/images/aerial.jpg

Is that skinny yellow box at the very top of the Brisbane plan a train station? If so, it's a shame it's not more centrally located in the development. Better than no station at all I guess, but odd.

^ Yes I believe that is the train station. I agree its inconvient, at least to the first phase of the development. If you look at the plan, there is a graphic that shows a muni metro rail line going down an extended Geneva Ave (which is shown on the map above). If that is there plan, it would seem more cost effective to have the Caltrain station closer to the planned Geneva Ave extention. That way they wouldnt have circle Muni Metro around to reach it. But I when the station was relocated they didnt have a plan for the area.

P.S. that rail line in the graphic extends up Geneva Avenue then crosses the freeway to Executive Park, into 49ers stadium.

wow...there is some really great info in this thread.

Those Mandela/Grand and Emerald Views Images are stunning! Go Oakland!!!!

I have to admit, with all the action going on in San Francisco, I've been so caught up with it that I've forgotten most other areas. For this reason, I'm thankfull that time was taken to create this thread that shows projects from around the Bay Area. Mandela and Sierra Point look very intresting. With that being said: Great work, thanks for all the information and I look forward to more. :)

I hear you about Brisbane
 

[QUOTE=San Frangelino;3025129]Here are some information on developments for "the Peninsula."


But all considered I don't know if we can expect much more. I see South City densifying so that is hopeful that they will move forward from surface lots at least. I hope they at least orient themselves to the Caltrain station (though its a ways away-is this the future TOD they are talking about or some sort of bus system???)

if they need the big box stuff and the automall to help pay for redevelopment so be it (though they are lacking in vision it seems to me) but at least I hope they consider that if they want the future workers to take the train and patronize their little strip mall/downtown without driving they need to make the environment accommodating (though this is some distance from the existing Caltrain stop I think)

When I worked at Oyster point the most frustrating thing (other than public transit) was the lack of anywhere to eat (save for the corporate cafe) or walk to. I would take a shuttle to work from Bart and then I was literally stuck

Yes
 

The station location might be older than the town of Brisbane which is near to the stop. This open land used to be the dump I believe (by the way which map are you referring to-I don't see transit at all on what was posted)

They are moving the station at Hillsdale in San Mateo to better match development so it is possible

Its tough in the Bay Area with everything so fragmented but in a perfect world I don't see why this station couldn't move???

If Caltrain become what it could be (something akin to Bart) and we had more comprehensive planning we could plan pretty intensive development around these stations. Caltrain's corridor is a great asset that we are greatly under utilizing.

With regard to the light rail being extended that seems to me to be another waste. People in Bay View and Viz Valley aren't working these jobs. Most people live on the Peninsula, come from the East Bay or live in the trendy parts of SF. If you lived near downtown would you ride the T for an hour to get to a Biotech job in Brisbane? The whole T thing sucks and is a huge waste of resources

Traffic
 

traffic is going to be a bitch if they build all of these plans and just pay lip service to future TOD

I'm referring to this one:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/...4372b03e_o.jpg

It looks like they are adding a station here. Perhaps you're right that they are actually moving a station here. I don't recall offhand where all the stations are along this part of the peninsula.

You're right that the Caltrain corridor is underutilized. Part of that is because for so many years it was strictly a freight train line and cities always turn their backs on those. But it is changing, slowly but surely, in places like Redwood City and Mountain View, etc.

A little something interesting I found at http://www.stanford.edu/group/gpj/cg...pal/?q=node/73


For those unaware, the Marina Shores Project was approved but defeated in citywide vote 3 years ago. The projects most prominent feature would be housing in the form of 17 towers 15-23 stories tall. It was to be east of the downtown Redwood City and the freeway, but quite a ways from the Caltrain station. If you would like to download some old documents http://www.redwoodcity.org/cds/planning/ms/

Here are some old images of a model made for the project @ http://www.creatormodels.com/landplan.html

To find out more about the Peninsula Park Project http://www.ci.redwood-city.ca.us/cds...ark/index.html

http://www.creatormodels.com/images/landMarina_2.jpg

http://www.creatormodels.com/images/landMarina_1.jpg

(Double Post)

Also @ http://www.creatormodels.com/landplan.html Images of the office and Harvest Hall that are suppose to happen at Jack London Square.

http://www.creatormodels.com/images/landJack_2.jpg

http://www.creatormodels.com/images/landJack_1.jpg

and here is an image and rundown from http://www.portofoakland.com/realesta/deve_01i.asp

http://www.portofoakland.com/realest..._deve1i_lg.jpg

I believe I read in the Business Times that the Harvest Hall will now mostly be offices rather than a large market. There is a good rundown on what's happeneing there at http://www.tndwest.com/jacklondonsquare.html

Another find from http://www.urban44.com/bart.html

West Oakland BART Station

http://www.urban44.com/images/bart.jpg

Redwood city project
 

as much as I am for development I really would like to see them focused around mass transit

The Harbor project will be 10o% auto dependent as will Sierra Point in Brisbane

Yep. That's the problem I have with the Redwood City thing. Sure, it's dense. But It's totally disconnected from everything except roads. I suppose they could add ferry service, but I really don't see that happening anytime soon.

If these Proposals from http://www.northpointdevelopment.com..._projects.html are legit then San Jose will have 3 sets of Towers to add to its stock.

From: http://www.northpointdevelopment.com..._projects.html

88 North First Street, San Jose, CA
http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/north1st_1.jpg

http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/north1st_3.jpg

300 South Second Street, San Jose, CA.
http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/south2nd.jpg

http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/south2nd_3.jpg

Fifth Street Tower, San Jose, CA.
http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/fifthSt.jpg

http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/fifthSt_2.jpg


Delmas Tower, San Jose, CA.

http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/delmasTower.gif

http://www.northpointdevelopment.com/delmasTower_2.jpg

Thanks for digging those up San Frangelino! There is so much going on around downtown SJ.

Do you happen to know if the rendering for 300 South Second is looking west on San Carlos? I hope so, as it would put the taller tower right on the corner.

That last one looks like a horrible location from the satellite photo. Perhaps it's not actually as bad as it seems. But in that image it looks like they're dumping 10 story condos in the middle of a bunch of single-story, single-family, detached homes. It looks totally out of scale and character with the surrounding environment.

BTW: you picked up the Second Street map URL for the Fifth Street Tower. You might want to edit that.

Hard for me to tell. The website doesnt really note a standing location.

Thats what I thought too, but apparently the Delmas area just west of downtown and south of Diridon station is being up sized with infill projects. http://www.dbarchitect.com/ just finished an 8 story building in the area that I thought seemed out of place, but I suppose now if they want to add 10 story towers nearby, it wouldnt be. I just wonder what the residents of the single family homes feel about it.

Heres an image of the area. Note: the proposed towers would be adjacent to the freeway on the street a block south of David Baker's 8 story building.
http://www.dbarchitect.com/images/dy...eshow_main.jpg

Thank you for noting that.

I guess we're just seeing the growing pains of densification. I didn't realize how close that location is to Diridion. It makes sense to go vertical around there. I imagine the current residents don't like it too much.

From:http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg.../MN1SS8P0A.DTL

New A's ballpark in Fremont would be surrounded by upscale eateries, shops
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
(09-18) 21:56 PDT Fremont -- At the A's proposed new ballpark in Fremont, home runs wouldn't fly into the bay or the salt flats. They'd land in your plate of spaghetti at an upscale Italian restaurant.

If approved by Fremont's City Council, the $450 million Cisco Field would open in 2011 in a now-vacant lot in the city's Irvington district. It would be surrounded by high-end retail stores, restaurants overlooking the outfield, and housing for at least 3,000 people, A's officials told Fremont Tuesday night.

"This is the biggest project Fremont will ever see," said Mayor Bob Wasserman. "If it's approved, it will create a pride here. It will make the city a whole place."

Though finances weren't part of the discussion as the A's outlined the latest details of their 200-acre, $1.8 billion development plan to Fremont officials and residents at Fremont City Hall, the team has asserted that a new ballpark would raise millions of dollars a year in public and private revenue.

On Tuesday, the A's said they would comply with city officials' request to move a proposed elementary school closer to the stadium. It had been planned for several blocks away.

Cisco Field - which would be located 25 miles south of the the team's current stadium on Oakland- would seat 32,000 and be the smallest ballpark in Major League Baseball. Almost the entire outfield would be rimmed with elevated seated. That way, pedestrians, shoppers and diners walking in a mall area below could watch the game for free through windows beneath those elevated seats.

The team, tentatively to be called the Athletics at Fremont - at one time it had been the Silicon Valley Athletics at Fremont - would play in a classic ballpark with plenty of bricks reminiscent of Boston's Fenway Park or AT&T Park in San Francisco, said Keith Wolff, the A's co-owner.

"On game days, the ballpark will provide energy and excitement," Wolff said. "On nongame days, it will be like a sculpture or a park."

The public would also be able to watch games for free from a public park just beyond center field. That park would even have its own scoreboard.

The development would include 11,000 parking spaces cloaked by four- and five-story residential buildings, with more than 3,000 units in all.

Most of the 60 or so Fremont residents who attended Tuesday's meeting supported the project.

"Fremont, for many years, has needed something to keep people here," said Bill Rinetti, owner of Massimo's restaurant there. "People will stay here and spend their money here, and the whole city will prosper."

Not everyone was thrilled with the project. Some complained that the ballpark wouldn't be close enough to BART - it's five miles from the nearest station - and that the shopping area would attract too much traffic.

There were also environmental concerns.

"Everyone here seems to be intoxicated with the idea of bringing a professional ball team to Fremont," said Vinton Bacon of Fremont who works for the Sierra Club. "This project brings more suburban sprawl and is inherently environmentally unfriendly."

The A's plan to submit a formal development application to Fremont within four weeks, Wolff said. The A's have said they are leaving Oakland because they couldn't secure land for the expanded development the owners envisioned.

"We tried to do it in Oakland. That was our first choice," Wolff said. "The officials were great, our fans are amazing. We just couldn't get the land."

E-mail Carolyn Jones at carolynjones@sfchronicle.com.

I find the whole A's staduim thing to be a shame on many levels

More bad planning

That's no worse than them potentially being called the Athletics at Fremont. And I thought the Angels name was rubbish.

Agreed. I even thought "Fremont A's of Oakland" had potential, but this is just sickening. I also dont like the size of the stadium in terms of seating capacity, it should be able to sit at least 40000. The development around the stadium seems like a good idea, but the central point of focus is all wrong, in my opinion.

If it becomes a stadium in a bland suburban environment, then it is a waste. If it becomes the centerpiece for a bustling new neighborhood and spurs urbanization in Fremont, what's there to hate?

From:http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci...nclick_check=1

the lack of transit for one thing
 

I have a hard time envisioning this becoming anything more than a Baseball Disneyland or having any real connection to Fremont. As I understand the site it's greenfield and miles from any public transit and across the freeway from developed Fremont

Its a real shame this isn't going into downtown Oakland or similar site. There you would see real revitalization

This is a particularly strong opinion I have about baseball. It is a perfect downtown sport. I have no problem with football moving to the suburbs

there is no public transit at Sierra Point in South San Francisco

Your understanding is incorrect. It is going into an already cleared and turned lot that was going to be a Cisco campus anyway. It is bordered on three sides by existing mixed use development. If not already, this area will be serviced by AC Transit when the stadium, village and housing gets built. ACE and Capitol Corridor run right past it and the plan includes a new station here. The only drawback is that it is 5 miles from the current Fremont BART station and at least a mile from the planned Warm Springs station. Shuttles are fine for the airport, but with the volume needed before and after games, I don't know how that would work.

I agree that it would have been preferrable in downtown Oakland. Unfortunately for the A's, Jerry Brown had other plans for the one realistic site: Uptown. The rest of downtown Oakland is built out, and the team and city officials weren't willing to employ eminent domain.

On the plus side for Fremont, this area could become that city's de facto downtown. Something it is lacking today.

From:http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...l?surround=lfn

From:http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com/property_plan.cfm
http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com/ima...g/siteplan.gif

Does anyone know if T 5-6 is available to build on? I always thought it would a great spot for vertical mall and a tall mixed-use tower.

Older Renderings of the aforementioned from http://abetteroakland.com/ as pointed out by Dimondpark.

Apparently via the blog above the design has changed. It was to be 378 feet, making it one of the tallest on the Oakland skyline. Not sure what the height will be with the recent submission it's mentioned to be 23 stories.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1112/...6d918c36_m.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1440/...ce185a37_m.jpg

Yeah about T-12! Say goodbye to another downtown surface lot! T 5-6 I believe is a mostly underground parking garage. I thought they wee tearing it up last time I was down there, but I could be thinking about another block.

First some bad news from:http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/...08/story3.html

More Development for Oakland's Fruitvale District.

This via:http://www.oaklandnet.com/government...community.html

Gateway Community Development Project
29th Ave @ East 12th Street ( south side of East 12th Street, roughly between 26th Ave in the west and Derby Ave in the east)

View Looking South (Sorry it's all in B/W)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/...33da303f_o.jpg

Site Plan
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/...da84e8e9_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/...c394106c_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/...2a54b925_o.jpg

Project Description
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1244/...b2b7f31f_o.jpg

There is also this from:http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/eastb...08/story7.html