Sort of on the subject of 1 De Haro...is "Showplace Square" a new neighborhood name? Trulia has this map, but otherwise there's very little online about it. Google is still calling it either the Design District or "Somisspo." That second one is pretty bad Can anyone expand on Showplace Square? I definitely like it better than Somisspo and there are "design districts" in 50 other places, so I hope it sticks.
I'm pretty sure the name "Showplace Square" goes back to at least the 1980s.
The Van Ness BRT project started about two years ago. Before doing work on the actual BRT the city decided to replace the hundred year old sewer system that runs under the street. It’s a pretty major infrastructure project, which unfortunately has seen some pretty significant delays. They were supposed to finish this year but are only about half way through.
Good information. They should, like, tell us this though. Some infrastructure transparency would be nice, no? That SF public works instagram could be more than pretty pictures.
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Good information. They should, like, tell us this though. Some infrastructure transparency would be nice, no? That SF public works instagram could be more than pretty pictures.
Just saw it and double checked on Google Maps. It indeed is
Overall, I'm pretty excited to how this area will be in the future. I've always thought this place was a bit sketchy whenever I walked on over to Oracle Park
Just saw it and double checked on Google Maps. It indeed is
Overall, I'm pretty excited to how this area will be in the future. I've always thought this place was a bit sketchy whenever I walked on over to Oracle Park
The only place east of Twin Peaks I find to be "sketchy" in daylight is Mid-Market. Never sensed any danger anywhere near Oracle Park or anywhere in SOMA (except the bit of 6th St near Market) for that matter. I don't even worry too much in the worst parts of the Tenderloin until the sun goes down.
The only place east of Twin Peaks I find to be "sketchy" in daylight is Mid-Market. Never sensed any danger anywhere near Oracle Park or anywhere in SOMA (except the bit of 6th St near Market) for that matter. I don't even worry too much in the worst parts of the Tenderloin until the sun goes down.
Mayor Breed Appoints Calvin Welch to SF Planning Commission
Mayor London Breed has announced that longtime Haight-Ashbury neighborhood activist Calvin Welch will replace Rodney Fong on the San Francisco Planning Commission. Welch’s long history of slow growth has been well documented and fits right in line with the current process at the Planning Commission.
New Plans for Prominent Van Ness Corridor Site Closer to Reality
April 1, 2019
Plans to raze the former KRON TV building at 1001 Van Ness Avenue and develop a 14-story building, with 239 condos over 5,000 square feet of retail space fronting Van Ness, were approved two years ago but never broke ground.
(Instead) both demolition and building permits for the site have been requested . . . . (for) a residential care facility on the Cathedral Hill site, with 247 assisted living units for seniors over 8,200 square feet of ground floor retail space, the new plans for which are working their way through planning.
Oryx Partners has since revealed that they’re planning to partner with Atria Senior Living on the project . . . .
And if the revised plans are approved, the project team is positioning to break ground at 1001 Van Ness, “in about a year.”
. . . the refined plans for the development, which now include a formal entry plaza, a series of flats and the entrance to a 46-car garage along Myrtle Street, are slated to be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission on Thursday of this week.
State bill pushing taller, denser housing passes first hurdle
By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times
4 minutes ago
A controversial state housing bill similar to one that failed last year passed through the Senate Housing Committee in Sacramento.
Senate Bill 50 is State Sen. Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) second recent attempt at tackling California’s housing crisis by encouraging denser and taller buildings near transit and “job-rich areas.” Opponents, including seven members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, say it would lead to density in inappropriate places and accelerate gentrification.
The bill cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday with a 9-1 vote in the State Senate’s Housing Committee. It will now head for a hearing in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee in the coming weeks.
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Can anyone expand on Showplace Square? I definitely like it better than Somisspo and there are "design districts" in 50 other places, so I hope it sticks. 
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