By ADAM DAVIDSON
The New York Times
When I was about 6, my dad and I were sitting near Wall Street when I asked him why so many men were wearing suits and ties. It was the 1970s, and we lived in Greenwich Village, a place where you could see men wearing almost anything except a suit and tie. My dad, a theater actor, told me that the people on Wall Street cared about money, and as a result, they had to dress formally. I even remember feeling bad for these poor chumps. Read more
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The SoMa StrEat Food Park opens later this week, with a grand opening celebration scheduled on Wednesday, June 6.
For those of you who have been living off the $1.50 hot dogs from Costco, relief is in sight.
The SoMa StrEat Food Park is set to open near the corner of 11th and Harrison Streets, with its “soft opening” beginning this week on Thursday, May 31 and continuing through Tuesday, June 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The “grand opening,” featuring both lunch and dinner service, is set for Wednesday, June 6. Continue reading
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This parking lot at 1036 Mission Street will sit empty for another few years, following TNDC’s decision to abandon a 100-unit project that was approved in 2009. The Mayor’s Office of Housing considers SoMa real estate too valuable for low income housing.
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s 1400 Mission Street affordable housing development might very well be the last non-profit housing we’ll see here in South of Market for a very long time. The Mayor’s Office of Housing has put out the word that SoMa real estate is too valuable for any more of these low income projects. Continue reading
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From the San Francisco Examiner:
The permit in question was approved in January by the Planning Commission to allow Live Nation — a concert promoter — to hold 68 live and 219 large evening events annually at the Masonic Center. A neighborhood group unhappy with The City’s decision to allow an increased number of concerts at the Nob Hill Masonic Center has filed a lawsuit to halt the change and require an environmental impact report. Continue reading at the Examiner
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201 Folsom Street had an affordability problem. The city told Tishman Speyer they had an obligation to provide a certain amount of below market rate housing and they did not want to include it among the 671 units of luxury housing they’re building across the street from the Infinity. Instead, they chose to put it off-site in a project being built by the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation almost a mile and a half away at 10th and Mission Streets. Continue reading
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With the deadline for a final redistricting map fast approaching, the latest draft of District 6 looks familiar, with two notable exceptions. South of Market and the Tenderloin are almost completely intact and Treasure Island is still part of the district. But the portion of Hayes Valley and the North Mission that were part of this district for the last ten years are now included in Districts 5 and 9 respectively. Continue reading
… and what the heck is a power retail special use district anyway?
Update: the Planning Commission chose not to support this legislation, voting it down 4-2, with only Commissioners Antonini and Wu in favor.
Supervisor Jane Kim has introduced legislation that would exempt 555 Ninth Street, that hulking complex at the corner of 9th and Bryant Street, from current zoning controls on formula retail uses (chain stores). The legislation will be reviewed by the Planning Commission on Thursday. Continue reading
In an admission that the initial roll-out of their parking management proposal didn’t go too well, Ed Reiskin, Director of Transportation for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), responded to neighborhood concerns today with an email stating that the 12th & Folsom, 17th & Folsom, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill areas will no longer be included as SFpark pilot areas. Continue reading
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Update: The Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan was approved unanimously by the full Transportation Authority on March 27.
Our friends at the Transportation Authority are preparing to take the Western SoMa Neighborhood Transportation Plan through the board approval process. The report recommends traffic calming and pedestrian improvements to the alleys of Minna, Natoma, and Ringold Streets and signalized mid-block crossings of Seventh and Eighth Streets. You can read the complete plan by following this link.
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The SFMTA’s parking management proposals for the Mission Bay, 12th and Folsom and 17th and Folsom Street areas have been put on hold, pending further consultation with those living and working in the targeted neighborhoods. Continue reading
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