SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed - Page 455

gillynova · #**9081** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 7:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by minesweeper

The 2017 Census metro area estimates are out.

San Francisco's population increased 8,260 to 884,363, up 9.8% from 2010 (805,235). The nine-county Bay Area increased to 7.76 million, and the 12-county CSA increased to 8.84 million.

Where can I find stats for other cities in the Bay Area?

fimiak · #**9082** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 9:54 PM**

If only we could annex Brisbane and Daly City we would be over 1 million by now.

minesweeper · #**9083** Posted **Mar 28, 2018, 12:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by gillynova

Where can I find stats for other cities in the Bay Area?

Only county and metro estimates were released. City level data will be released in May.

View of 400 Folsom and Park Tower cores from South Beach today:

viewguysf · #**9084** Posted **Mar 28, 2018, 12:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by fimiak

If only we could annex Brisbane and Daly City we would be over 1 million by now.

Why would we want to do that? We are a Charter City in our own county. I don’t want their problems or issues in addition to our challenges.

Pedestrian · #**9085** Posted **Mar 28, 2018, 4:42 AM**

^^If the additional land could be developed more intensively to satisfy the demand for housing in the city, it might make sense. But as things are we can't even build anything west of Twin Peaks and in substantial swaths of the city east of Twin Peaks. Annexing Brisbane and Daly City would just mean adding to the vast tract of the Sunset and other low rise neighborhoods that are essentially off limits to development.

RST500 · #**9086** Posted **Mar 28, 2018, 5:43 PM**

SB 827 impact map (including how it would affect SF and its suburbs) put together by Sasha Aickin:
https://transitrichhousing.org/

Jerry of San Fran · #**9087** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 7:05 AM**

I managed to get a view through the fence today of the progress at the former site of the Flax store.

1699 Market Street by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

mthd · #**9088** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 8:00 PM**

Current status of the skyline...

aerial photo from above YBI by me.

original is almost 70 megapixels.

colemonkee · #**9089** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 9:06 PM**

^ Wow. Fantastic!

I love how from that angle, One Rincon Hill and Transamerica bookend the skyline.

Pedestrian · #**9090** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 11:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

^ Wow. Fantastic!

I love how from that angle, One Rincon Hill and Transamerica bookend the skyline.

Great! New wallpaper!!!

timbad · #**9091** Posted **Apr 6, 2018, 4:32 AM**

oh OK, since it seems to be a slow news week...

SFO has lots of plans for renewing itself, but what seem to be the three major projects ongoing currently are

- an on-site hotel, the Grand Hyatt at SFO

pretty sure that is what this crane is for, tho you can barely glimpse the activity

- converting the area of the old tower into a viewing deck

no close-up, but the crane for this is pretty prominent from many angles as one taxis around

- expanding terminal 1

MayorQuinbee · #**9092** Posted **Apr 6, 2018, 9:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

oh OK, since it seems to be a slow news week...

SFO has lots of plans for renewing itself, but what seem to be the three major projects
....
no close-up, but the crane for this is pretty prominent from many angles as one taxis around

Taxi'ed pretty close to a lot of this both early last month, and in early Feb. Seems to be a pretty massive addition. Thanks for the photos

Fvn · #**9093** Posted **Apr 6, 2018, 11:56 PM**

Anyone able to get/find a better picture of that tower crane? looks unique with the red/white jib. Seen a lot of cranes at airports that didn't need to have the boom colored like it appears that one is. It does, however, look about twice as tall as other tower cranes I've seen though so I guess that the FAA required it because of that. In fact, if I recall the crane that built the new air traffic control tower at SFO had just its standard yellow jib and it was the same height if not taller.

viewguysf · #**9094** Posted **Apr 7, 2018, 5:23 PM**

My live shot of the Terminal 2 tower crane isn't as good as timbad's so I'm not posting it, but this older Terminal 1 shot is at least colorful.

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SFO Terminal 1 by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Pedestrian · #**9095** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 4:38 AM**

I'm out of town for another 2 ½ weeks so I don't know if this has already started but:

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In early 2018, construction will begin on the (Asian Art Museum's new addition): a new, 13,000-square-foot exhibition Pavilion and Art Terrace added to the east, Hyde Street side of the museum’s historic Civic Center home (The beaux arts building was originally constructed in 1917 as the city’s main library and was repurposed as the museum by Italian architect Gae Aulenti in 2003).

Designed by architect Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY, the Pavilion — characterized by a rusticated gray terra-cotta tile exterior and gem-shaped bay windows — will allow the museum to increase the number of temporary exhibitions offered each year, and will be one of the nation’s premier venues dedicated to Asian art.

Other elements of the museum’s transformation include: dedicated spaces for contemporary art experiences; new approaches to displaying masterpieces in the museum’s collection galleries; upgrades to education classrooms and new digital technologies for enhanced interpretation.

The Pavilion is scheduled to open in summer 2019. The museum will remain open during the transformation project, but collection galleries and some public spaces will close briefly on a rotating basis for reinstallation. Regular updates will be provided on the museum’s website: www.asianart.org.

http://www.asianart.org/press_releases/85

timbad · #**9096** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 6:34 AM**

the hotel at Third and Townsend. not sure I'm liking the glass

in Dogpatch, Third and 19th St

a block up at Tennessee and 19th

815 Tennessee appears about to open. the brick section saved from the original building will frame an open seating/entrance area, looks like

sidewalk is open

down the street at Tennessee and 20th

the last section of the southern Indiana project to lose its scaffolding

the Schlage Lock site on the City's southern border. still looks like moving dirt around, but this is supposed to get going in earnest this year, last I remember hearing. looking south

looking north

skyline from San Bruno Mtn. wish the air had been clearer

viewguysf · #**9097** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 6:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

the Schlage Lock site on the City's southern border. still looks like moving dirt around, but this is supposed to get going in earnest this year, last I remember hearing. looking south

According to the Business Times, this project has been delayed by another year and is facing other problems.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...984&j=80959491

viewguysf · #**9098** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 6:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I'm out of town for another 2 ½ weeks so I don't know if this has already started but:

I saw no evidence of anything happening yet on the Asian Art Museum expansion project during my visit last week.

pseudolus · #**9099** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 2:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

815 Tennessee appears about to open. the brick section saved from the original building will frame an open seating/entrance area, looks like

literally a "hollow gesture"

viewguysf · #**9100** Posted **Apr 11, 2018, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by pseudolus

literally a "hollow gesture"

I had thought likewise and was surprised it wasn’t fully integrated into the building, with a floor aligning to the second floor windows.