SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed

[Pedestrian]

16th St is one of the City streets getting a make-over. my walk today took me along it, and I tried to visit as many of the projects that I was aware of getting built either directly on it or within 2-3 blocks. . . . almost just pivoting from the location of the previous shot, looking past the 16th St BART station at the monstrous project at 1950 Mission St (https://bridgehousing.com/properties/1950-mission-street/)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447924783_28cb755709_b.jpg

I didn't go further west past the BART station, so am not sure if there is more up that way to see. there was nothing I could think of



I sure wish they'd "just build" the "Monster in the Mission" on that very corner but I've lost track of its status:

https://d3exkutavo4sli.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/monster-in-the-mission-2-1024x768.jpg

https://d3exkutavo4sli.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/monster-in-the-mission-1-1024x768.jpg
Images: https://www.livabl.com/2016/06/monster-in-the-mission-housing-development-opposition.html

[AndrewK]

Was just driving up Franklin and noticed that demo has taken place for this project:

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2018_09_19_09_35_37_2090.jpg
https://www.rg-architecture.com/1523-franklin-street

Only the exterior walls (for the “facadectomy”) remain.

[craigs]

Was just driving up Franklin and noticed that demo has taken place for this project:

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2018_09_19_09_35_37_2090.jpg
https://www.rg-architecture.com/1523-franklin-street

Only the exterior walls (for the “facadectomy”) remain.
Considering how awful the tower is, I'll allow for the facadism here. At least the older building has some flair and sense of proportion.

[AndrewK]

When I first saw the rendering I figured that those arched transom windows were original and had just been covered up, but it looks like all that remains on the front of the building is the white brick.

[craigs]

With the hideous tower portion, you can see the garbage they would have gone with on the ground floor if they weren't constrained to that older envelope.

I'm surprised the "architects" didn't decorate this thing with rusty rebar sticking out in random places to complete the "empty rust belt factory" aesthetic.

[Pedestrian]

I'm surprised the "architects" didn't decorate this thing with rusty rebar sticking out in random places to complete the "empty rust belt factory" aesthetic.

I think it’s more just bland than “empty rust belt factory” and maybe emphasizing that theme by repeating the small-pane original windows along the alley in the tower would help it.

[craigs]

The top floor is an ode to all the small-town buildings in America that replaced their big old leaky windows with off-the-shelf Home Depot infill. The ground-level envelope is decent.

Look, we've got a lot of great stuff going up in the City. This is not part of that great stuff.

[timbad]

John King on the former Temporary Terminal site plans
(https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Transbay-still-being-transformed-and-more-15024253.php#)

Filling in this final block “will really tie everything together,” said Joshua Switzky, a program manager with the city’s Planning Department who wrote the district plan, which was approved in 2012. “When everything is built, it will be the center of gravity for the residential neighborhood.”

The district plan envisions something more compelling — splitting the block rimmed by Howard, Main, Folsom and Beale streets into three horizontal zones, with a park bookended by housing complexes.

Along Folsom there’d be roughly 250 units in mid-rise buildings for low-income residents. The block to the north is zoned to allow a residential tower as part of a complex that would hold both market-rate and affordable units.

Plans for the block are now being reviewed by the city’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure.

The development team of Hines and Urban Pacific proposes a 47-story high-rise at Howard and Main streets, with a 16-story wing extending to Beale Street. The complex would hold upward of 700 units, as many as half of them reserved for low- and middle-income buyers. It’s an unusually high amount that includes the affordable units required at the Howard Street tower approved last month, another project planned by the team.

Long story short: As you near the city via the Bay Bridge or ferries, this tower would signal the new skyline almost as much as Salesforce Tower.

... the initial design filed with the city in May is promising, with a steep sculpted rectangle wrapped in a deep grid of copper-toned metal. The top 50 feet facing the bay would notch back roughly 15 feet, a small gesture toward the city’s edge.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49487368343_83016fb373_b.jpg

... the proposed tower is 50 feet higher than the zoning allows. It’s bulkier, especially facing west, and no renderings from the all-important bay perspective have been released.

The height isn’t a problem. The bulkiness is ominous. Planners reviewing the project also need to ensure that the honeycomb-like metallic skin doesn’t get scrapped because of construction budgets.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49487374008_fbd8edb2a1_b.jpg

...

Landscape architects with San Francisco Public Works will spend the next year working with neighbors to design the new park in the middle third of the block ...

... said Andrew Robinson, executive director the East Cut Community Benefit District, a group funded by area property owners: “We’d love a small neighborhood space for people to gather. ... A kids’ play area will be critical.”

Makes sense: 250 low-income apartments already front the site, and the tightly wound white Mira tower designed by Jeanne Gang will bring 392 market-rate and affordable condominiums across Main Street when it opens this spring. Add the 900 units planned to the north and south, and it will be hard to conceive that all these sites held on- and off-ramps before the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished in 1991.

The neighborhood will also get extensive street improvements funded by fees that Transbay developers have paid as part of their project costs.

Construction crews already are remaking Folsom Street with wider sidewalks. One of the city’s first sets of two-way protected bicycle lanes will be added to Beale Street beginning this summer. Other pedestrian-friendly upgrades aren’t far behind.

Assuming the economy stays strong, all of Transbay could be completed by 2025. That’s a hectic pace, but so far the results are pretty good

[gillynova]

I really enjoyed that article. Thanks for posting timbad

[OneRinconHill]

Is Fox Plaza ok...?

[craigs]

Is Fox Plaza ok...?
What do you mean?

[viewguysf]

What do you mean?

The new lighting on it is atrocious!! The bright red outline dominates the scene from the southwest and west and is very garish, totally out of place in San Francisco.

[bloobityblurp]

Yhe new lighting on it is atrocious!! The bright red outline dominates the scene from the southwest and west and is very garish, totally out of place in San Francisco.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQD6EkNVUAAEhzP?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 (https://twitter.com/pedestrianist/status/1225254066374074368)

[timbad]

^ oh no, please no

edit: eep, I can see it from my back door, it actually looks worse in real life. they've got to reconsider, if that is the actual intent.

[Pedestrian]

^ oh no, please no

edit: eep, I can see it from my back door, it actually looks worse in real life. they've got to reconsider, if that is the actual intent.

They are just testing the new lighting or so they've told the residents. I don't think it's going to be red like that all the time but the colors may change and sometimes maybe it will be.

Fox Plaza management says it's "gentrifying the neighborhood":

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Fox-Plaza-Notice-8-18-Gentrification-1.jpg
https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Fox-Plaza-Notice-8-18-Gentrification-1.jpg

PS: Hey Boobity: I'm looking at the way those people in your photo are dressed. Is it really that warm in SF? I'm freezing my *ss off in Tucson with this giant blast of arctic air that looks on weather maps like it should be chilling you all too. Supposed to let up tomorrow though and back to the 70s by the weekend.

[viewguysf]

^ oh no, please no

edit: eep, I can see it from my back door, it actually looks worse in real life. they've got to reconsider, if that is the actual intent.

It’s worse from a higher elevation distance too since the light across the mechanical penthouse on top can be seen in its full height. In addition, since the building is angled, both sides on one end can be visible, increasing the width of the up lighting. People are going to mock Fox Plaza more than they already do.

[gillynova]

New LED lighting in out skyline is cool, but that red is horrible. Just keep it white and we should be okay.

In the future, maybe changing it to team colors like blue & yellow when the Warriors are doing good again would be dope.

[Pedestrian]

Anybody else remember the ballot initiative to "neonify" Market St.? I voted for it. I liked the idea of a central "great white (or maybe red) way" through the center of SF but it didn't pass. Maybe Fox Plaza is going to do it all by itself.

For those who say it's out of character for SF, I offer:

http://eichlernetwork.com/sites/default/files/images/blog/sfneongreatwhiteway.jpg
https://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/san-franciscos-historic-neon-comes-life

[craigs]

I met the guy behind that initiative. He co-owned Show Dogs back in the day, too. He has since moved on from SF.

[bloobityblurp]

They were testing a kaleidoscope of colors tonight and it didn't look too bad.

And yes, it's been quite comfortable at night with little wind.


PS: Hey Boobity: I'm looking at the way those people in your photo are dressed. Is it really that warm in SF? I'm freezing my *ss off in Tucson with this giant blast of arctic air that looks on weather maps like it should be chilling you all too. Supposed to let up tomorrow though and back to the 70s by the weekend.

[viewguysf]

Anybody else remember the ballot initiative to "neonify" Market St.? I voted for it. I liked the idea of a central "great white (or maybe red) way" through the center of SF but it didn't pass. Maybe Fox Plaza is going to do it all by itself.

For those who say it's out of character for SF, I offer:


That was 50+ years ago! I wouldn’t oppose big vertical real neon signs (or a a similar LED version) now and also voted for it.
Fox Plaza looks tacky and over lit in monochrome bright colors.

[Pedestrian]

That was 50+ years ago! I wouldn’t oppose big vertical real neon signs (or a a similar LED version) now and also voted for it.
Fox Plaza looks tacky and over lit in monochrome bright colors.

Many of the things “new urbanism” is promoting would return cities to the way they were 50 years ago. The only thing that bothers me about the Fox Plaza lighting is that it looks odd because it’s the only building along Market that’s brightly lit.

Lots pf people on this site claim to admire Asian cities with garish lighting. I’m actually surprised there’s so much negativity about a single example in San Francisco.

[BobbyMucho]

I’m actually surprised there’s so much negativity about a single example in San Francisco.

Well, I think that if it’s the ‘single example’ it’s def going to stand out like a sore thumb, but esp if it’s executed poorly.

Like anything, it’s more about the context, and if there were a bounty of tasteful light features along Market I have no doubt we’d all be a little more excited and open to seeing more.

[patriotizzy]

Well, I think that if it’s the ‘single example’ it’s def going to stand out like a sore thumb, but esp if it’s executed poorly.

Like anything, it’s more about the context, and if there were a bounty of tasteful light features along Market I have no doubt we’d all be a little more excited and open to seeing more.

There has to be a catalyst. This may just be that catalyst to invigorate a neon boulevard of sorts. As negative as the reception may be for a number of people, I bet you there are just as many loving the night lighting. I don't have an opinion, but I certainly am hopeful this will be the start of the return of the neon-lined streets of old.

[Pedestrian]

I certainly am hopeful this will be the start of the return of the neon-lined streets of old.

:tup:

[Doctorboffin]

I guess I didn't post this, which is the most recent shot I have of the skyline from Potrero Hill, on Sep 21, with 706 Mission clearly visible on the left

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48776444038_0339b3b463_b.jpg

Hey, I painted the city from that exact same location over a year ago!

https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/2800_opt_1/e9400c75771021.5c560b8774692.png

[gillynova]

That's an amazing painting!

[timbad]

Hey, I painted the city from that exact same location over a year ago!
...

very nice! but, how did you not get hit by a car?

[craigs]

That neon initiative was not 50 years ago. More like ten.

[38R]

That's amazing

[Pedestrian]

That neon initiative was not 50 years ago. More like ten.

Right--he was saying the picture I posted was 50 years ago I think. Actually, it was probably the 1940s so longer ago than that.

The neon initiative was just before Twitter and the other techs started moving into Mid-Market accomplishing some of what it was intended to accomplish and its intention was to liven up the street, as well as light it up, and keep it from being such a dangerous dead wasteland at night.

[Pedestrian]

Hey, I painted the city from that exact same location over a year ago!


:cheers::awesome:

[Busy Bee]

Right--he was saying the picture I posted was 50 years ago I think. Actually, it was probably the 1940s so longer ago than that.



That scene and the postcard are not from the '40s. I'd say more like 1965.

[viewguysf]

That neon initiative was not 50 years ago. More like ten.

Of course—the photo was from 50 plus years ago, when there were real neon signs and great theater marquees along Market Street.

[viewguysf]

That scene and the postcard are not from the '40s. I'd say more like 1965.

You are correct. It’s from just prior to the start of BART construction that began in 1967 when all theater marquees had to be removed from Market Street.

[Dariusb]

That painting is a real beauty.

[Jerry of San Fran]

This is a view of the lights from the 26th floor during the testing phase. Hopefully the lighting will be a lot more subtle. And yes, there should be a big range of colors available. I was aware of the coming lighting a year ago but had no idea the whole building would be outlined. I have yet to see the view from the east side.

The cracked concrete is not reassuring!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49499752791_dc94dba466_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iq8aXD)Fox Plaza Red II (https://flic.kr/p/2iq8aXD)

[tall/awkward]

Wasn't that lighting on Fox Plaza just for the 49ers Super Bowl week?

[viewguysf]

Wasn't that lighting on Fox Plaza just for the 49ers Super Bowl week?

No—it’s permanent.

[Pedestrian]

No—it’s permanent.

Having the lighting is indeed permanent but the color and brightness of what they will use going forward isn't certain. As Jerry says, they so far just seem to be testing it. I'm pretty darned sure they can turn it down--otherwise they should have expected some complaints and are probably getting quite a few (except from me--I like it bright but it doesn't shine in my windows).

[Busy Bee]

You are correct. It’s from just prior to the start of BART construction that began in 1967 when all theater marquees had to be removed from Market Street.

I'd like to know more about this.

[viewguysf]

I'd like to know more about this.

https://upfromthedeep.com/mid-market/

http://https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1836584.html

[Pedestrian]

Bonus-Sized Polk Street Project Slated for Approval
February 10, 2020

. . . plans are now being drawn for an 8-story building to rise up to 87 feet in height on the 1567 California Street site (of the current Out of the Closet thrift store), with 100 units of housing over 10,000 square feet of retail space and zero (0) off-street parking spots.

In order to surpass the current 80-foot height and 93-unit density limits for the site as zoned, the project team is planning to invoke California’s Density Bonus Law for the seven extra feet and units and waive the bulk building restrictions (which resulted in the terraced 7-story design above) and parking requirements (which in principle would require a garage for 100 cars) for the site.

Since further refined by David Baker Architects to yield 100 apartments (a mix of 20 studios, 29 one-bedrooms, 39 twos, and 12 threes) over 9,800 square feet of ground floor commercial space and a storage room for 101 bikes, the bonus plans for the 1567 California Street project are slated to be approved this week and building permits for the project have been requested

(Now)
https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1567-California-Site-2017.jpg

(Project)
https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1567-California-Rendering-2018-Aerial.jpg

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1567-California-Rendering-2018-Street.jpg

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1567-California-Rendering-2018.jpg

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1567-California-Street-Rendering-2020-California.jpg

https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/02/bonus-sized-polk-street-project-slated-for-approval.html#comment-355225

Storage for 101 bikes in a 100 unit building is just political suck-up of course, but it's how you have to play the game in SF these days and, in this case, it worked.

[Busy Bee]

https://upfromthedeep.com/mid-market/

http://https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1836584.html

Thanks

[craigs]

I wonder if any of those 101 bike parking spots can/will be shared bikes? I doubt every resident will park a bike downstairs.

[timbad]

the one on Folsom and Hawthorne getting a makeover:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638671_a7f13428db_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638706_a9cdbbfbf2_b.jpg

speaking of Folsom makeovers, I had thought the redo of Folsom itself would have been farther along by now (I hadn't been by in a while), but big bits of it still look like this:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638326_a0cd159379_b.jpg

[Pedestrian]

I had thought the redo of Folsom itself would have been farther along by now (I hadn't been by in a while), but big bits of it still look like this:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638326_a0cd159379_b.jpg

Well, let's see: How long has most of Van Ness looked like that?

[Pedestrian]

the one on Folsom and Hawthorne getting a makeover:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638671_a7f13428db_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638706_a9cdbbfbf2_b.jpg



Is that this? If not, what is the address?

https://hoodwork-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/story/image/16521/95_Hawthorne_Skyline.jpg

If so, it has a thead at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=230149 but clearly needs to be in the construction section rather than the proposals section.

[Pedestrian]

Here is a list of San Francisco "proposals". If any of these are under construction and you have information or photos to post (or have posted), please post to the relevant threads and if any are actually under construction, let someone know.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/search.php?searchid=2089186

And here is a list of building threads in the construction section:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/search.php?searchid=2089194

I admit I can't keep track.

[viewguysf]

Is that this? If not, what is the address?

It’s this.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/10/swig-soma-office-project-development-backlash.html

[timbad]

Is that this? ...
https://hoodwork-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/story/image/16521/95_Hawthorne_Skyline.jpg


as viewguy pointed to, it's across Folsom from that - the low building in the image. the building that that proposal would replace has a development meeting notification posted on it (at least it used to), but I didn't notice any activity yet

[bloobityblurp]

44 Montgomery (if you haven't seen this yet). Never noticed the nice lines and texture of the building.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQx9axuW4AAK5nq?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQyIxXDWkAAkLBX?format=jpg&name=small
https://twitter.com/jerseytc/status/1228507207882272768

https://cdn-beaconcapital.reol.com/beaconproperties/img/bc18cb74110464ca7ff113c07c35577bf5cf7eef+1440++0/44montgomery_photo_exteriorfacade1_1.jpg
https://44montgomery.com/

More:
https://youtu.be/j0Sk34phMKk
https://twitter.com/Keanuital
https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/f40urv/looks_like_the_matrix_4_shoot_is_doing_some_more/

[timbad]

at the new ferry plaza (https://public.workzonecam.com/projects/thewater/wetaftx/workzonecam2/archive?archiveId=Home), they've reconstructed the Gate E area (raised a bit for projected sea-level rise), tho it's not open yet

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540957283_e82b9f3369_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541458541_b808e282fa_b.jpg

looking back the other way

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540956663_251ed942ab_b.jpg

the plaza itself is coming along

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541466631_e8a00d19a3_b.jpg

[timbad]

here's Serif, getting taller all the time

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541701012_f1953a7d8a_b.jpg

I think I walked past a few of the SOMA projects that Jerry had pointed out in a photo taken from his place recently...

the one at Sixth and Shipley (https://socketsite.com/archives/2016/10/sixth-street-rising-insert-eight-or-nine-stories-here.html), just south of Folsom

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541488766_d8350a9687_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540988453_5a8ec47b18_b.jpg

at the Fifth St end of Shipley, looks like maybe at least site prep has started on this one (http://ktgy.com/360-5th-street-san-francisco-planning-commission-approves-mixed-use-project-trammell-crow-residential-citys-soma-district/)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540985968_ffa536ebb0_b.jpg

a little one called the 'Quinn' on Eighth St

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541498856_65f268b326_b.jpg

1140 Harrison (https://bdearch.com/1140-harrison/)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540989623_ab3e5fe40c_b.jpg

pretty sure this is 975 Bryant (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/us/975-bryant-street)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540989563_55bbeaa4e5_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540989518_ba7d4f2c71_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540990428_f486755caa_b.jpg

[timbad]

forgot these

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49541455301_d18c21010a_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540954508_4c0d500502_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540954413_d54fe953b2_b.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

timbad - yes, you are correct, it is 975 Bryant, a very large project.
A nice update of projects. Thanks. One of several construction sites that I see from my window in the south of Market area.

[The Best Forumer]

forgot these


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49540954413_d54fe953b2_b.jpg

Looks like the bank of china building in hong kong... ive never seen this building before. nice/

[timbad]

demolition for Phase 2 of Rebuild Potrero is underway

as a reminder, Phase 1 was the construction of this building:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548038168_1ab165194a_b.jpg

into it, many of the residents moved from across Connecticut St to the west, and those buildings are the ones coming down in Phase 2, to be replaced by one block of affordable and one block of market-rate units

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548573551_ee6fdf2770_b.jpg

closer up

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548756242_10d598bf04_b.jpg

looking south down Connecticut, with Phase 1 on left and Phase 2 demo on right

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548767987_6d15e82f2c_b.jpg

moving over a bit

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548028398_1dc1b38d97_b.jpg

angling SW

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49548028823_22e0a57119_b.jpg

good information on the status of many of the City's affordable projects such as this one is here (https://sfmohcd.org/sites/default/files/CGOBOC%202015%20Housing%20Bond%20Report%20Dec%202019-updated%20013120%20v2.pdf) (the Rebuild Potrero info starts on page 13)

[gillynova]

Powell BART Station:

https://i.imgur.com/33w1aKth.jpg


Some shots of the Fox Plaza last Friday:

https://i.imgur.com/sn86Dugh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tmxMYvph.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BsYSCKPh.jpg

[craigs]

The blue lighting on Fox Plaza looks slick.

[timbad]

I think this has been mentioned before, but it's kind of under the radar... from the train I have a view of the SF TRAFFIC COMPANY & FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION FACILITY (https://sfgov.org/arts/sites/default/files/TCFSD_Presentation_101518.pdf) going up

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49564709951_693ae48a17_b.jpg

a bit blurry

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49564207183_5c9f318d1d_b.jpg

related Examiner article (https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/construction-to-begin-on-new-police-building-in-bayview-after-years-of-delays/)

https://2zwmzkbocl625qdrf2qqqfok-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Bayview_police_building.jpg

[Pedestrian]

^^ "MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE URBAN SETTING IN WHICH IT’S LOCATED", which setting appears to need said contribution :yes: It is a nice looking building though. I wish more of those downtown were as nice.

[Pedestrian]

If any of our photographers happens by 1001 Van Ness, which has been under demo now for months, love to see a few shots. Also any info about whether construction is proceeding immediately or only after some delay would be welcome.

And if you happen to also photograph the BRT work I'd :hug: you for it. My condo manager sent out a memo they were doing asphalt paving on the east side of Van Ness between McAllister and Eddy this weekend which is very good news if it means they've finished the utility work on both sides in that stretch and are ready to start putting in the actual bus lanes/wires/boarding platforms in the center of the street.

[timbad]

^^ "MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE URBAN SETTING IN WHICH IT’S LOCATED", which setting appears to need said contribution ...

yeah, I kind of mentally write off that whole industrial-ish area between the freeways south of Cesar Chavez, and so it actually strikes me as a bit strange that one would try to make a project good-looking or improve its setting there. on the other hand, this is the third new building that I have noticed (from the train) going up there in the last few years, so maybe this is the start of some sustained change? there was also this idea (https://socketsite.com/archives/2017/01/plans-for-a-massive-new-industrial-center-in-san-francisco.html) a while back; not sure what became of that

on the other (east) side of the tracks in that area, the City has embarked on its massive upgrade to the wastewater treatment facilities (here (https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=12050) and here (https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=13497)), and visible activity has picked up there recently (https://sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=1165) as well. right now it's hard to get pics because the sun angle in the morning, but as the days get longer I'll try to get pics in the evening.

https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=11867

https://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=11870

[timbad]

...
speaking of Folsom makeovers, I had thought the redo of Folsom itself would have been farther along by now (I hadn't been by in a while), but big bits of it still look like this:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514638326_a0cd159379_b.jpg

ah, but John King reminds us this is actually still on schedule, so my expectations were off (his last pic is the same section as mine above, taken from the opposite side):

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49571392562_c3d49e0c1e_b.jpg

(of course, in my notes from the first time I became aware of the project, it says it was due to be done in Summer 2018!)

[Pedestrian]

^^Folsom was planned to be the shopping (in Britain, "High") street of the Rincon Hill neighborhood but that was before brick/mortar retail was grievously wounded by online. I wonder if the same number of store fronts are still going into the new buildings and if they are being occupied.

[timbad]

If any of our photographers happens by 1001 Van Ness, which has been under demo now for months, love to see a few shots. Also any info about whether construction is proceeding immediately or only after some delay would be welcome. ...

[check (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8840473#post8840473)]

you'll see there is a crane base built, so I assume they are going forward with construction?

And if you happen to also photograph the BRT work I'd :hug: you for it. My condo manager sent out a memo they were doing asphalt paving on the east side of Van Ness between McAllister and Eddy this weekend which is very good news if it means they've finished the utility work on both sides in that stretch and are ready to start putting in the actual bus lanes/wires/boarding platforms in the center of the street.

here is a series of shots starting at Post St and moving south. some are taken facing north, some south, but I think you are familiar with the area and will remain oriented

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578448847_3e8383a16d_b.jpg

Geary-ish

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578223716_f7d7090914_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49577729393_92d1b23119_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578451132_fa818eb70c_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578228976_3d96e59c42_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578212846_88a0e1084b_b.jpg

at Eddy itself

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49577699083_4afcdb0a20_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578156571_60b1e44758_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578154096_6a465edddf_b.jpg

I have more of other blocks (I walked up to Lombard and back); I just have to go through them. if you have any specific requests, I'm happy to look

[DIESELPOLO]

All the road construction south of Folsom on 2nd street and around Rincon Hill feel like a neverending construction story...and without that cool flying ferret.

ah, but John King reminds us this is actually still on schedule, so my expectations were off (his last pic is the same section as mine above, taken from the opposite side):

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49571392562_c3d49e0c1e_b.jpg

(of course, in my notes from the first time I became aware of the project, it says it was due to be done in Summer 2018!)

[Cory]

Wow. I've been gone from SF for almost a year and the Van Ness construction looks exactly the same.

[Pedestrian]

Wow. I've been gone from SF for almost a year and the Van Ness construction looks exactly the same.

I don't want to give them credit where they don't deserve it because as far as I'm concerned this project is a fiasco, but since 12 months ago a LOT has changed (should have been more). They have essentially wrapped up the utility replacement on the west side of Van Ness and about 9 months ago began working on the utilities on the east side, starting in the McAllister to Eddy blocks which they apeear to have now completed and repaved. This means they can shift the traffic lanes back away from the center of the street and begin working on the BRT lanes, at least in this section as the published schedule calls for them to do. Whether they will I can't say.

[Niftybox]

Per Yahoo!

A 40-story glass apartment high-rise is going up on the corner of Mission and South Van Ness Streets in San Francisco.

A new apartment high-rise in San Francisco will add 550 housing units priced between $3,500 and $9,900 a month.

The tower is called Fifteen Fifty and sits in the city center in a neighborhood that is being rebranded as "Van Mission."

Apartments are now being leased, and future residents will have access to a rooftop pool deck, a private park, and more.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-francisco-high-rise-now-194729909.html

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8Fi9NPHqFJ1ZDATE9oDxyQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTUyOC43NQ--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/asMpnfoKeuIIs.2MqiqrAA--~B/aD0xNTAwO3c9MjAwMDtzbT0xO2FwcGlkPXl0YWNoeW9u/https://media.zenfs.com/EN/business_insider_articles_888/0060d84cff2ef86d3caa4832debfd234
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/In1uMmYTXZNmaaHnfWGWhA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTUyOC44NjkwMDc0Mjc0MTM5/https://media.zenfs.com/EN/business_insider_articles_888/df4e83eb57385a998aaf74a241c7246c
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/YLwBBqDIXDdTAytakQM9Tg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTUyOC43NQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/EN/business_insider_articles_888/da9bdbe3433b2c1876490721a6f9c13d
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/F3TLJWz2fSISrM0s5G55Dg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTU2NA--/https://media.zenfs.com/EN/business_insider_articles_888/cb446e0725eeb6ed3fd00148c4abc014

[colemonkee]

^ Man, I hate it when people leave their shit by the pool...

[Niftybox]

^ Man, I hate it when people leave their shit by the pool...

I must digress, the $9,900 a month 3 bedroom piqued my interest a little more. :yes:

[viewguysf]

I don't want to give them credit where they don't deserve it because as far as I'm concerned this project is a fiasco, but since 12 months ago a LOT has changed (should have been more).

I am on Van Ness often, both walking and driving (including by your complex), and have thought about you. Yes, it does seem like progress is being made more rapidly now throughout.

Last Saturday night after a concert at Davies Symphony Hall, we couldn’t cross Grove Street at Van Ness since the entire northwest part of the intersection had been ripped out, including the curbs. The next night after a recital, we crossed with no impediments, since everything had been redone and completed. I was amazed at how much had been accomplished within 24 hours.

[timbad]

Per Yahoo!

A 40-story glass apartment high-rise is going up on the corner of Mission and South Van Ness Streets in San Francisco.

...

that project has its own thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8842213#post8842213)

[doomsdaydevice]

Looks like there is some activity at the site of 546 Howard

https://imgur.com/a/JjI3KlY

[timbad]

kind of sneakily, this one (https://socketsite.com/archives/2017/06/refined-designs-for-developing-five-stories-behind-21st-amendment.html) looks like it is well underway

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49577894951_b10a77963a_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49577390563_d0cfd3bfca_b.jpg

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/75-Federal-Street-Rendering-De-Boom-Revised.jpg

[timbad]

also, happened by this one (https://socketsite.com/archives/2015/04/workforce-group-housing-for-those-making-100k-per-year.html) this last weekend

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/361-Turk-and-145-Leavenworth-Renderings.jpg

through its fence on Turk:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590518193_525906ae7e_b.jpg

nearby, 500 Turk (https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/10/redevelopment-of-iconic-tenderloin-site-positioning-to-break-ground.html) has also been fenced off

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590531318_a79098c8a2_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590531378_15e8438172_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590531358_66923e57b9_b.jpg

[Pedestrian]

This (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-affordable-housing-projects-kickstarted-with-14041119.php#photo-17754734) article about 500 Turk said contruction should begin "early next (this) year" so probably it is about to.

[timbad]

getting back to the Van Ness theme, I had forgotten about this little guy next to the SFPUC building...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590443478_f920edc429_b.jpg

... and at the northern end, this is Van Ness and Filbert...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591162157_f1b371cbc4_b.jpg

... Van Ness and Union ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49590922336_21a2e27f0c_b.jpg

sidewalk on Van Ness at Union

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591167127_91ff095beb_b.jpg

the two together

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49594884161_0b72fef3bb_b.jpg

[timbad]

and before they get too stale (all from last weekend), various other things ...

Serif

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591233312_9082160d54_b.jpg

1066 Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591245307_cddd5ab7ea_b.jpg

the Golden Gate corner

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591245197_a4a360350f_b.jpg

the Eagle Plaza buildings still look like this, and I saw a notice posted that there was a request to convert these into student housing

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578251552_0dedb0a909_b.jpg

Eagle Plaza itself looks done on the west side

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578252152_b32be6d8c4_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578252652_396b3c4094_b.jpg

a look at the corner of Church and Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578185447_8f07e7a901_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578185122_4ab3c9d279_b.jpg

the one going up next to Beck's Motor Lodge on Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49578146337_ecee5b146c_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49577918801_37ccb703ab_b.jpg

[viewguysf]

The building at Van Ness and Filbert really looks cheap and ugly, especially for its prominent location.

Panoramic Interests' City Gardens at 333 12th Street (near The Eagle) was always being developed as student housing; I've gone on several hard hat tours through there.

https://www.panoramic.com/projects/

[Pedestrian]

getting back to the Van Ness theme

^^For some reason they decided to start by doing half the utilities on the west side (the southern half of Van ness) and half the utilities on the east side (northern half of Van Ness). On each half they've finished the side they started and are doing the other side with some bits already finished.

According to this schedule:

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001023489329/media/65013057716/medium/1582876184/enhance
https://www.sfmta.com/projects/van-ness-improvement-project

they should actually be about to start work on the center BRT lanes (boarding islands, catenary, paving etc) any time now and winding up the utility work by fall.

[Pedestrian]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49591245307_cddd5ab7ea_b.jpg

Where have all the corner boys gone?

As most of you know, I've been away from SF since October and looking at these pics plus those in such as sopas ej's travel photos, the city really looks cleaner to me with many fewer folks camped on the sidewalks and so on. Is my impression correct? Can we thank Mayor Breed (it's what she promised)?

[timbad]

...
Panoramic Interests' City Gardens at 333 12th Street (near The Eagle) was always being developed as student housing; I've gone on several hard hat tours through there.

this (https://commissions.sfplanning.org/cpcpackets/2015-004109CUA-02.pdf) was the hearing notice I was reading (edit: the summarized version, of course; the kind that gets posted outdoors), which, when reading quickly, looks like a recent conversion request

[timbad]

I sure wish they'd "just build" the "Monster in the Mission" on that very corner but I've lost track of its status:

...

the answer (https://sf.curbed.com/2020/2/24/21151617/monster-in-the-mission-deal-update-dead-sf)

[timbad]

yay, Teatro Zinzanni (https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/10/waylaid-waterfront-hotel-and-theater-development-closer-to-reality.html) finally got approvals (https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/final-approvals-granted-for-teatro-zinzanni-to-rebuild-on-embarcadero)

Groundbreaking is planned for the fall, with a reopening targeted for 2022 as part of a larger project with a hotel and park. The whole project will cost about $145 million.

...
Teatro ZinZanni is partnering with Kenwood Investments LLC and Presidio Hotel Group on the project, and the venue will share the property with a 192-room hotel and a 14,000-square-foot park.

[Iceman12]

Does anyone have an update on 1629 Market Street? Strada closed on funding in April.

https://www.blaujournal.com/strada-investment-group-secures-jv-equity-for-1629-market-street-in-san-francisco/
Answering my own question:

https://hoodline.com/2020/03/5-market-street-businesses-likely-to-close-as-new-development-gets-underway

[timbad]

Answering my own question:

https://hoodline.com/2020/03/5-market-street-businesses-likely-to-close-as-new-development-gets-underway

:tup:

I'm not enthused by the style on all the buildings, but am quite happy this block is being activated to contribute to the transformation of the neighborHub

[AndrewK]

This (along with 10 S. Van Ness) will aid greatly in improving the stretch of Market between Octavia and Van Ness. The three other projects either underway or recently completed on this stretch (Flax, Fast Frame, 1554 Market) have filled in the majority of the other gaps.

Now if only the project at 1740-1772 would get underway:
https://socketsite.com/archives/2016/07/more-more-more-housing-on-market-in-the-works-and-rendered.html

[AndrewK]

^^For some reason they decided to start by doing half the utilities on the west side (the southern half of Van ness) and half the utilities on the east side (northern half of Van Ness). On each half they've finished the side they started and are doing the other side with some bits already finished.

According to this schedule:

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001023489329/media/65013057716/medium/1582876184/enhance
https://www.sfmta.com/projects/van-ness-improvement-project

they should actually be about to start work on the center BRT lanes (boarding islands, catenary, paving etc) any time now and winding up the utility work by fall.

Took a trip up and down Van Ness today to see how the progress is going.

They are at various stages of work on the east side between Mcallister and Geary (they have poured pretty much all the curbs but only a few blocks of sidewalk, and have only repaved the traffic lanes on the first couple blocks). Presumably they will get to the northernmost blocks of this portion (Geary to Sutter-ish) shortly.

On the northern portion of the west side of the street they look to be nearing completion on infrastructure work and should start pouring concrete soon.

[Pedestrian]

SF Central Subway project rolling along

MARCH 11, 2020 BY MARK PRADO

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority has shared a Central Subway project construction update via video.

Last year saw milestones for the project, including the reopening of Stockton Street through Chinatown and Union Square as well as some of the major final touches to the stations like escalators and public art, according to the agency.

The project aims to wrap-up most construction this summer followed by about a year of testing to make sure the trains run properly. After the testing period, the Central Subway is projected to begin service in the fall of 2021.
https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/sf-central-subway-project-rolling-along

[Jerry of San Fran]

Pedestrian - thanks for posting the link. I've been wondering what was happening under the ground. I may yet live to ride on the new subway!

[Pedestrian]

Pedestrian - thanks for posting the link. I've been wondering what was happening under the ground. I may yet live to ride on the new subway!

^^Did you watch the video?

PS: If you want to live to ride it, stay off Muni until it opens.

[BobbyMucho]

After reading about 469 Stevenson (https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/03/mid-market-infill-tower-closer-to-being-entitled-but.html) on Socketsite I saw that there may also be some progress (finally) on 1125 Market, just a block away.

It appears a building permit was filed late December for a 14-story / 180-room hotel.

Here's the rendering I found via the engineer's site for the Woods Bagot (https://www.woodsbagot.com/) designed structure:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/afaficme5xwoxlf/1125%20Market%20St.jpg?raw=1

I was surprised to learn that, according to 469 Stevenson's EIR, there are 16 or so active proposals within quarter-mile of the project.

[Pedestrian]

After reading about 469 Stevenson (https://socketsite.com/archives/2020/03/mid-market-infill-tower-closer-to-being-entitled-but.html) on Socketsite I saw that there may also be some progress (finally) on 1125 Market, just a block away.

It appears a building permit was filed late December for a 14-story / 180-room hotel.


Fantastic (not the design but the fact of something being built there).

[Jerry of San Fran]

Pedestrain - yes, of course. I did watch the video.

[Pedestrian]

Pedestrain - yes, of course. I did watch the video.

Sorry but I get the impression a lot of people on this site might not have and that's the really informative part of the thing I posted. Some people don't even click on links it seems like.

[Jerry of San Fran]

No workers today at Trinity Place IV on the 1st shelter in place day. Are all of the jobs sites now idle?!

[Iceman12]

No workers today at Trinity Place IV on the 1st shelter in place day. Are all of the jobs sites now idle?!
According to the Chronicle:

The order allows all housing projects to continue — market rate, affordable, and mixed-use — while construction projects that are strictly commercial must temporaily shut down.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/What-the-coronavirus-shutdown-means-for-the-Bay-15136169.php#photo-19182220