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BTinSF · #**1021** Posted **Oct 23, 2007, 11:42 PM**

^^^For 26 years I have lived at Golden Gate & Franklin and the closest "shopping street" to me (Van Ness aside) is probably Hayes. Go there--or through there--just about every day.

There was an extensive planning process for the boulevard starting with where it should end--whether the freeway ramp should cross Market St, come to ground level a few blocks south of Market or at Market (the option chosen). Then there were various designs for the boulevard itself--all endlessly debated at public meetings in the usual San Francisco way. I think (it's been so long, memory is hazy) the design chosen was actually the product of some urban design maven who lived in the area. The intention was to separate the local traffic from the through traffic headed from the freeway to the western and northern parts of the city. It looked awfully complicated to me then and still does. But, like I said, I wanted to keep the freeway. Gough St. has been a traffic-choked mess since it came down which makes it much more annoying for me to drive to the Mission.

tyler82 · #**1022** Posted **Oct 24, 2007, 12:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by BTinSF

Gough St. has been a traffic-choked mess since it came down which makes it much more annoying for me to drive to the Mission.

My shortcut is to veer off Gough at Hayes or McAllister, since that is where the traffic starts to back up, then I head down Laguna up to Market. I can even get onto the central freeway easily this way. However, Laguna can be ridiculous too, as it is only one lane. I really don't see the Gough traffic as a problem for me, because I have many other ways to get around it in a car. I always wondered why there is no bus line running down Gough and Franklin?

This design of The Hayes bores the hell out of me. I can't tell you how much I hate when architects try to mimic, poorly, design statements of long gone eras i. e. the boxy bay windows. Was the architect afraid to get a little CREATIVE?? Hopefully it will be more exciting and interesting in person.

peanut gallery · #**1023** Posted **Oct 25, 2007, 6:20 AM**

A little-known condo development, One South Park, along Second St in SOMA is nearing completion. It's a converted warehouse originally built in 1913. I've been watching from the outside and Mark Choey from SF Developments has taken a few tours (see the link above), noting that it's a high quality building. I went by today and took some shots of the outside.

You can just make out the old train tracks (2 guages) from its previous life that still lead to the front door.

From the South Park side:

Reminiscence · #**1024** Posted **Oct 25, 2007, 12:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by peanut gallery

You can just make out the old train tracks (2 guages) from its previous life that still lead to the front door.

They should have left the track there in place. How convinient would it be to have a mini train terminal actually inside your lobby

tyler82 · #**1025** Posted **Oct 25, 2007, 9:21 PM**

I look forward to the day when SOMA is as clean as South Beach.

Should happen after Daly is shipped out.

tyler82 · #**1026** Posted **Oct 26, 2007, 1:11 AM**

Does anybody have any info on the renovations going on at 800 Market St.? I did a property inspection there yesterday, and it was completely gutted on the inside and there were large construction walls surrounding the building.

BTinSF · #**1027** Posted **Oct 26, 2007, 3:35 AM**

^^^As this picture shows, they are going retail with "Up to 50,000 sq, ft of flagship space": http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...00828517994152

What were you inspecting?

tyler82 · #**1028** Posted **Oct 26, 2007, 5:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by BTinSF

^^^As this picture shows, they are going retail with "Up to 50,000 sq, ft of flagship space": http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...00828517994152

What were you inspecting?

If I told you I'd have to kill you.

Or lose my job.

botoxic · #**1029** Posted **Oct 27, 2007, 11:22 PM**

View from the 60th floor of One Rincon Hill:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/...a14f47eb_o.jpg
(posted by bbaunach at flickr)

Reminiscence · #**1030** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 12:20 AM**

^^^

Stunning. I cant even imagine the view from twice as high on Transbay!

HarryBarbierSRPD · #**1031** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 1:20 AM**

I can't wait to see a view looking down on the Transamerica and BofA buildings!

BTinSF · #**1032** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 2:26 AM**

The tint in the glass is more noticeable than I expected--or at least in a photograph it appears to be.

peanut gallery · #**1033** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 5:07 AM**

Yeah, I could live with that view.

peanut gallery · #**1034** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 5:20 AM**

By the way, thanks for posting those shots from ORH, botoxic. Great find!

jsf8278 · #**1035** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by botoxic

View from the 60th floor of One Rincon Hill:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/...a14f47eb_o.jpg
(posted by bbaunach at flickr)

What tower is that going up that's left of center?

rocketman_95046 · #**1036** Posted **Oct 28, 2007, 4:45 PM**

^ 555 Mission

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117021

San Frangelino · #**1037** Posted **Oct 29, 2007, 3:17 PM**

Something Fun From http://www.socketsite.com/

Click:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1U45Hvz64

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Sir Norman Foster’s New York Tower Comes To San Francisco

Not content with a mere Photoshop mashup, Kim Chalmers of Screampoint heeds our call for mashups of the Chronicle's current abode and their favorite Sir Norman Foster design with a 3D animation of San Francisco with Foster’s New York tower added to the mix at Mission and 5th. And we have to admit, we’re kind of crushing on the result.

BTinSF · #**1038** Posted **Oct 29, 2007, 5:23 PM**

Also from Socketsite ( http://www.socketsite.com/ ) concerning The Hayes that Tyler has said he finds so ugly:

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A Plugged-In Reader And Hayes (55 Page) Buyer Reports: 60% “Sold”
A plugged-in reader with a deposit at The Hayes (55 Page) takes a hard had tour and reports 60% of the 128 condos “sold” (i.e., in contract with a deposit):

I did a hard hat walkthrough at 55 Page this week, as I have a deposit down on a unit at The Hayes. The complex is 60% sold. I was very impressed. It is going to be a stunning building, and they are not scrimping on the materials or the quality (and that's not from marketing - I talked to several of the guys actually working on the building.) They have maximized light and view potential everywhere they could. I met several of the people who will be living in the building, and we all agreed we felt very much we had bought the right place at the right time. Not only will it be a really nice place to live, but I do not doubt it will be a good investment over the next 10-15 years.
At sixty percent sold, that’s around 40 net new contracts over the past seven months (and another 50 or so to go).

Regardless of the varying opinions on the appearance of the place, 60% sold in this market is an impressive figure and tells me the building does something right.

And a related comment--also from Socketsite ( http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...n.html#c187190 ):

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I lived in Hayes Valley (on Fell between Octavia and Laguna) for the past ten years. Wow, what a change from the sometimes disgusting place it was. It's a completely different neighborhood today. My point is: there's hope for Soma Grand's neighborhood.

tyler82 · #**1039** Posted **Oct 30, 2007, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by BTinSF

Also from Socketsite ( http://www.socketsite.com/ ) concerning The Hayes that Tyler has said he finds so ugly:

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botoxic · #**1040** Posted **Nov 1, 2007, 5:02 AM**

Look for the construction lights to find One Rincon Hill, Infinity's newly rising tower, and Millennium...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/...b16d1614_b.jpg
(posted by KeithMokris at flickr)