other random things...
the carnage that is Moscone Center
couple views of the alley next to the new Hotel Via across from the ballpark (where in the pics a crowd has gathered for the unveiling of a Barry Bonds plaque).
the hotel on the former site of the McDonald's (Third and Townsend) will soon be showing above the fences already, looks like
in Dogpatch, Abaca's Tennessee St sidewalk is getting some landscaping
one redeeming aspect of this project is that it is providing a mid-block passage between Third and Tennessee Streets that is supposed to be historically referential to the pier that occupied the site when it was a long, waterfront rope-making facility. (and apparently the building is trying hard in this respect in other ways - 'abaca' is not just a marketing name, as I had assumed in my ignorance, for example - it's a kind of fiber used in rope.) it's hard to make it out in this shadowed pic, but it will be here on the northern end of the current building
more of the southern Indiana St project has been uncovered, and some balconies added (which for the moment look sort of jarring; hope they get painted or something)
the other half of the project still has a ways to go