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Old Posted Jul 24, 2018, 5:08 AM
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To be honest, I don't know why people haven't proposed just making this a thing that developers have do if they're getting rid of rent controlled units. I think it'd get rid of a lot of the current issues people have with new developments.
The same thing was done to convert Trinity Plaza into the Trinity Place development. It is not new.
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2018, 1:13 AM
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The same thing was done to convert Trinity Plaza into the Trinity Place development. It is not new.
I know it isn't new, but I do think it would deflate a lot of the arguments I often hear from NIMBYs who seem to oppose all construction.
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I know it isn't new, but I do think it would deflate a lot of the arguments I often hear from NIMBYs who seem to oppose all construction.
Nothing deflates NIMBYs.
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2018, 4:45 PM
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Nothing deflates NIMBYs.
Very true, plus it would be exceedingly difficult to intentionally demolish a rent controlled building in San Francisco without providing replacement housing.
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I know it isn't new, but I do think it would deflate a lot of the arguments I often hear from NIMBYs who seem to oppose all construction.
Recall that one of the chief objections to 150 Van Ness had nothing to do with displacement of tenants--it was the shading and shut-off of light to the adjacent school. There's always an issue if you want one.

But yeah, it helps to rehouse any people displaced just because they have a very sympathetic issue in this housing-short city.
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Old Posted Jul 30, 2018, 3:29 AM
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150 Van Ness - Cladding Damaged 07/27/2018

Two cars collided on Friday with both resting on the sidewalk at Polk & Hayes Sts. One is on it's side, the other seems to have lost the contents of the car trunk.

I commented to myself that the expensive cladding at street level could be expensive to replace if damaged. The tiles have a bell-like ring to them when tapped. It did not take long for this new building to suffer some damage.

I often wait on this corner to cross the street. So glad I was not there then as I would almost certainly be in the morgue now. There have been many car crashes at this intersection in the last 47 years that I have lived across the street.

150 Van Ness Damaged 07/27/2018 by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

2 Car Crash - Polk & Hayes Streets - San Francisco by Apollo's Light, on Flickr
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Old Posted Jul 30, 2018, 7:53 PM
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oh my heavens i sure hope the cladding is ok!!!
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Old Posted Jul 31, 2018, 4:14 PM
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2465 Union

I wasn't able to snap a photo, but demolition and site work has started for the apartment development at the southwest corner of Union and Van Ness that is replacing a former gas station.

http://www.dm-dev.com/projects/2465-van-ness-avenue
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Old Posted Jul 31, 2018, 4:39 PM
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I wasn't able to snap a photo, but demolition and site work has started for the apartment development at the southwest corner of Union and Van Ness that is replacing a former gas station.

http://www.dm-dev.com/projects/2465-van-ness-avenue
Good news. And to refresh...


Source: https://handelarchitects.com/project/2465-van-ness
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Old Posted Aug 4, 2018, 8:35 AM
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Moscone Center

8/3/2018 - view of the pedestrian bridge.

8/3/2018 - Moscone Center
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Transit bay plaza is now open (Aug 4):



Random pic:

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Old Posted Aug 4, 2018, 10:52 PM
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gillynova - thanks for the unique photo. The plaza does not have much to offer! I read that the cable car service will be delayed due to technical problems. It could be a mechanical headache.
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gillynova - thanks for the unique photo. The plaza does not have much to offer! I read that the cable car service will be delayed due to technical problems. It could be a mechanical headache.
Judging by that photo, what it seems to offer is unshaded sunshine which is always valuable in downtown SF. Now if they'll just put some places to sit in it.
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Old Posted Aug 6, 2018, 7:49 AM
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at Moscone, the new skybridge necessitates a substantial structural addition where it lands on the north side:



the chaos as seen from street level, looking east



jumping around... the hotel at Third and Townsend, southern section getting its black finishing



950 Market site



affordable housing in Hayes Vally, 455 Fell



affordable component of 55 Laguna



Flax site on Market and Valencia



the little one on Franklin





I'd forgotten about this one on 10th



next door, the church renovation looks good from the outside at least



from Potrero Hill

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Old Posted Aug 7, 2018, 3:05 AM
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Damn, that's a beautiful shot of the skyline! Is that all of it?
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Old Posted Aug 7, 2018, 5:20 AM
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Damn, that's a beautiful shot of the skyline! Is that all of it?
that's the bulk of it from this angle. unseen, it trails off a bit more to the left.

edit: there are also five towers currently under construction that will be at least partly visible from this viewpoint when finished.
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Amazing skyline picture! I haven't been in SF since 2007, time to go back and visit, the skyline is so different now.
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that's the bulk of it from this angle. unseen, it trails off a bit more to the left.

edit: there are also five towers currently under construction that will be at least partly visible from this viewpoint when finished.
It's interesting how little of the North of Market towers (ie what used to be considered *the* skyline) can be seen from this elevated angle. You can barely see the Transamerica Pyramid and I don't see the Embarcadero Center at all.
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Amazing skyline picture! I haven't been in SF since 2007, time to go back and visit, the skyline is so different now.
Yes its very different, and much better, and still changing quite a lot in the next few years.

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It's interesting how little of the North of Market towers (ie what used to be considered *the* skyline) can be seen from this elevated angle. You can barely see the Transamerica Pyramid and I don't see the Embarcadero Center at all.
This is Salesforce's preferred angle, I'm sure
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