SAN FRANCISCO | 706 Mission St. (Mexican Museum + Condo tower) | 510 FT | 43 Floors

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by peanut gallery

^^Thanks for that pdf. You get a much better sense of not only the museum glass (which will look amazing) but also the ground floor of the Aronson. Can't wait for this.

Don't get too excited. Renderings (and models) can be deceiving. Remember - this is the architect who brought us NEMA.

[peanut gallery]

Good point, but I have a lot more faith in Millennium than Crescent Heights.

[a very long weekend]

i'm glad to see it's going to happen after everything, but looking at the pdf's i'm really disappointed that they scammed their way into maintaining the mission street underground parking ingress/curb cut. has no place there and the original 3rd street plan was as near to perfect as a non-zero parking proposal could get. today, that ingress is already a big issue with automobile pedestrian conflict, it'll only be worse with that museum and a completed jessie square. so aggravating. if this were to be build just five years later, i doubt the city would have allowed the change, but here we are.

also disappointing is that so much ground floor space in the aronson building will be given over to the mexican museum. unless that gift shop will be open late, that space will be effectively deactivated at night, not what we need there.

[mthd]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

Why doesn't this fall under jurisdiction of the shadow ordinance, since it is right across from Yerba Buena Park?
...

since we're talking about shadows...

1. yerba buena gardens is not owned or controlled by the rec+park department, so the shadow ordinance doesn't apply.
2. shadows in SF *do* get cast in a slightly southerly direction in the early morning and late evening of the summer, so projects on the "north" side of parks do have issues, even considering that the ordinance excludes the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset.
3. the SOMA street grid is rotated almost 45 degrees, so this project technically does cast shadows on the open space for the center for the arts, but not any part of the traditional outdoor open space of YBG. again, per #1, not a planning code issues. they are disclosed in the EIR and have to be considered as an environmental impact, but they can be approved even if deemed significant.
4. the NIMBYs who opposed this project in the four seasons are the most transparent and despicable hypocrites in the real estate community. some of them are active real estate agents and advise developers who build similar projects to this all around the city... unless it happens to be near the building they live in.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

By the way, a little birdie told me this is financed now ... and construction is imminent ...

so many projects that seem could start any day now! here is this site for the moment...

[slock]

Some updates on permits:

- Received full building permit for tower
- Just received permits for partial demolition of Aronson Building interiors
- Haven't yet received permit for demolition of non-historic sections of Aronson Building
- Just filed on Wednesday 12/2 for excavation and shorting permits

http://dbiweb.sfgov.org/dbipts/defau...&ShowPanel=BID

[a very long weekend]

great news. still seemed like business as usual today at the parking garage and office entrance, so i guess we shouldn't expect any movement before january, at the earliest.

[timbad]

socketsite blurb. no real new news that we didn't already know

[edwards]

After 10-year wait, $500 million Mexican Museum condo tower in S.F. to break ground by March

[timbad]

wasn't sure if this was first signs of activity...

[crones81]

That's the first sign of action at this site. Very excited for this one to break ground.

[350Bush]

Update:
A yellow crane on site with a small loader. A blue Gradall by the left side entrance of the old building. Some drilling has started. I believe the site is still in its prep stage. More to come.

[fimiak]

Pictures are worth a thousand words.

[minesweeper]

SFHog has a few new photos: http://www.sfhog.com/706-mission-street-update/

Scaffolding is starting to go up around the Aronson Building.

[350Bush]

Some signs of drilling looming. Malcom Drilling equipment behind the site.

[simms3_redux]

Anybody walk by recently?

Renderings/discussion from 4 years ago when it was 47 stories.
http://sf.curbed.com/2012/7/16/10351...up-at-historic

[timbad]

this was March 6, most recent I have

[a very long weekend]

^ fwiw, i walked by yesterday around 7pm and it looked identical to this.

[patriotizzy]

Earlier this week I saw a crew of people taking a look at the tiny art pieces inside of the park right next to that building. They're probably getting logistics finalized.

[a very long weekend]

small update. so i talked with a couple workers on site last night and they told me that we're looking at internal demo for about another three months, then demo will begin on the parking structure. looks like my worst fears are to be realized: that mission street curb cut and parking ingress will remain. pisses me off so much, why do they need two ingresses for parking?? why didn't planning or the planning commission or jane kim just straight up prevent it?? yeah, we have a beautiful square and a new museum, just walk around the car idling on the sidewalk as he waits to turn onto mission street.

when i'm archon of san francisco, things will function quite a bit differently. my first order of business will be to feed the planning commissioners to the lions out at the zoo. and we'll force them (in chains) to take that excruciating muni ride out there to there too, so that they have a couple hours to ruminate before their doom.