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

[timbad]

Originally Posted by fimiak

Just to add on, high speed rail to San Francisco isn't projected to be complete until 2026, and 2029 for actual service to LA, so building the tracks with money from 2013 is not necessary. This project is going to be a big park/pee station for tourists/bus terminal for nearly ten years. Nobody knows where the billion+ for the caltrain extension is going to come from just yet...however there are potential plans to sell the 4th and King st air space to developers to offset some costs.

if the money were available now or soon, I would push for the extension to be built as soon as possible so that at least Caltrain could take advantage of it. the other constraining factor (besides $) is electrification, which is a prerequisite for the tunnel and scheduled to be completed around 2019 as well.

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by timbad

if the money were available now or soon, I would push for the extension to be built as soon as possible so that at least Caltrain could take advantage of it. the other constraining factor (besides $) is electrification, which is a prerequisite for the tunnel and scheduled to be completed around 2019 as well.

Won't happen. Caltrain is a puny operation that doesn't have near the revenue needed to build it, never mind operate it. Only revenues from HSR (if you believe their projections) could support the cost of the tunnel financially.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by cv94117

Won't happen. Caltrain is a puny operation that doesn't have near the revenue needed to build it, never mind operate it. Only revenues from HSR (if you believe their projections) could support the cost of the tunnel financially.

my point was not whether it will or won't happen (I doubt it will too), just that there is another good reason to build the extension besides HSR (fimiak seemed to be saying HSR was the only reason).

[Grantenfuego]

This little Hayes Valley infil project is coming along

300 Ivy

http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/4ff52cf485216d2c0400578d/300%20ivy%201.jpg

[fimiak]

Bigger Plans For Building On Sixth And Folsom Street Site



Plans to demolish the former gas station and 16,000 square foot parking lot on the southeast corner of Folsom and 6th Street were first approved over a decade ago, with designs for a three-story building with 32 condos and 32 parking spaces to rise on the central East SoMa site.

While the ground was never broken and the permits cancelled in 2004, a new plan is now quietly making its way through Planning with designs for a seven-story building with 92 condos, 69 parking spaces, and nearly 4,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space on the corner lot.

As part of their preliminary assessment of the proposed project, the Planning Department is recommending that the development of the 301 6th Street parcel include public realm enhancements, "such as a bulb-out at the corner of Folsom and 6th and living alley treatments along Shipley."

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...entral_sixth_and_folsom_street_site.html

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Can't wait.

[fflint]

Bulb-outs will mess with Folsom's busy bike lane, though. Anyway--I too cannot wait to see that parcel developed.

[fflint]

Originally Posted by cv94117

Won't happen. Caltrain is a puny operation that doesn't have near the revenue needed to build it, never mind operate it. Only revenues from HSR (if you believe their projections) could support the cost of the tunnel financially.

Agreed Caltrain has serious long-term financing issues, and clearly cannot singlehandedly fund a tunnel to Transbay, but I wouldn't refer to it as puny--it carries more riders on an average workday than 17 of the nation's 29 light rail systems.

[LMich]

Originally Posted by fflint

Agreed Caltrain has serious long-term financing issues, and clearly cannot singlehandedly fund a tunnel to Transbay, but I wouldn't refer to it as puny--it carries more riders on an average workday than 17 of the nation's 29 light rail systems.

Forgot to thank you guys for providing the information about the Transbay site; obviousy, I haven't been paying much attention to transit in this region. lol Anyway, just so I get what's currently going on in terms of transit configurationg at the site, a trainbox and tunnel is being built underground (for future use by Caltrain), and the bus depot is simply being replaced, right? BTW, does the Muni Metro have a hub, and is it anywhere near the Transbay depot?

[coyotetrickster]

Originally Posted by LMich

Forgot to thank you guys for providing the information about the Transbay site; obviousy, I haven't been paying much attention to transit in this region. lol Anyway, just so I get what's currently going on in terms of transit configurationg at the site, a trainbox and tunnel is being built underground (for future use by Caltrain), and the bus depot is simply being replaced, right? BTW, does the Muni Metro have a hub, and is it anywhere near the Transbay depot?

Muni does not have a hub, although several lines start/end at the Transbay (Temporary and underconstruction). The closest to a train hub will be the Powell St. Station (BART and MUNI). It will be the only station where the Central Subway will intersect directly with the current subway. Am not sure how the subway will re-route the T-line, which is currently light rail and loops along the embarcadero.

[fflint]

Originally Posted by LMich

Forgot to thank you guys for providing the information about the Transbay site; obviousy, I haven't been paying much attention to transit in this region. lol Anyway, just so I get what's currently going on in terms of transit configurationg at the site, a trainbox and tunnel is being built underground (for future use by Caltrain), and the bus depot is simply being replaced, right? BTW, does the Muni Metro have a hub, and is it anywhere near the Transbay depot?

The train box is configured to handle both commuter rail and high speed rail consists--if I recall correctly, the latter needs longer turning radii--but Caltrain will be running there long before CAHSR does. The new bus terminal will be above ground level.


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The Transbay Terminal is the city's hub for buses serving commuters from surrounding counties--AC Transit (Alameda, Contra Costa), Golden Gate Transit (Marin, Sonoma), WestCAT (Contra Costa), and SamTrans (San Mateo), as well as Greyhound.

Several Muni bus lines terminate at Transbay, but I wouldn't say it is a notable hub for Muni riders. Rather than a hub-and-spoke transit system, Muni operates more like a grid. Instead of major transit hubs, we end up with major transit corridors--Market Street (BART, Muni Metro, F Line streetcars, buses), Mission Street (BART, buses), etc. That said, there still are some neighborhood/district transit hubs, most notably Balboa Station (BART, Muni Metro and buses), but Transbay? Your average Muni rider would only go there in order to leave the city, and the Muni coaches starting and ending their runs at TBT are usually pretty empty.

As coyotetrickster noted, the Central Subway's new Union Square Station will connect to the existing Powell Street Station complex, so that may turn out to be a rail hub given sufficient transfer activity.

Originally Posted by coyotetrickster

Am not sure how the subway will re-route the T-line, which is currently light rail and loops along the embarcadero.

The T-Third will run to Chinatown in the new subway.

[viewguysf]

NeMa, Fox Plaza, and 100 Van Ness from Civic Center Plaza on Pride Sunday, 6/30/13

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Civic Center Progress by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

...and a little reminder of the Fabulous Fox that Fox Plaza replaced...

http://www.historigraphics.com/fox/default.html

http://www.historigraphics.com/fox/wswainphotos/lower_balconies-color.htm

http://www.historigraphics.com/fox/wswainphotos/balcony_scene-color.html

http://www.historigraphics.com/fox/wswainphotos/diamond_horseshoe_foyer-co.html

Sorry to get off topic, but I couldn't resist!

[easy as pie]

been fantasizing about this moment for years:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...ayes_valley_condos_revealed_ready_f.html


obviously, it ought to be much taller, but going with the as-of-right inoculates them against costly slowdowns (especially on the question of shading patricia green) and additional environmental or whatever analyses related to variance issues. nonetheless, while it's another depressing reminder of how ossified the city's mindset has become on urbanism, it's still a fantastic win for the neighborhood that the horrid surface parking lot blight there will give way to a restored (retail) street wall, a good 40 residences and all the attendant virtues of good urban infill. yesssss!

[Jerry of San Fran]

I thought I would not see the day before I died that this property would be developed. It has been almost 20 years since the freeway was taken down! And the Oakland Bay Bridge is still not finished. So glad to see the plans!

[minesweeper]

Our fair skyline:


At least 7 cranes are visible in this shot:


Upper Market construction:

[SLC Projects]

Hope this is the right thread for this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFEk8GJrp0

[coyotetrickster]

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Hope this is the right thread for this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFEk8GJrp0

Not really, there is nothing about San Francisco construction projects in the video.

[timbad]

this is probably out of date already, but as of June 29, they were watering the soil in preparation for laying down the lawn on the Brannan St Wharf along the Embarcadero:

[simms3_redux]

Large Construction Update - Pics Taken 7-6-13

Upper Market

1. Icon - 18 condominiums (8 1BR, 8 2BR, and 2 TH, 600-1500 SF starting at around $800K), 14 parking spaces...design has caused lots of controversy despite replacing a 30 year vacant lot.





2. The Century. 22 one and two bedroom condos.



3. 2175 Market - 85 apartments, 45 below-grade parking spaces, 7,000 SF retail. Strada Investments and Forest City.


http://stradasf.com/investments/2175-market-street.html





4. Linea (1998 Market St) - Brescia/Architectonica designed, 115 condos in 9 floors ranging from 450 SF studios to 1200 SF 2BRs, 90 parking spaces, and ground floor retail


http://lineasf.com/





5. Venn on Market (1844 Market) - 113 apartments, MacFarlane Partners...they are also planning a 150 unit 12 story midrise next to the new American Conservatory Theater further down Market, which will be 12% affordable and have only 16 parking spaces.


http://www.macfarlanepartners.com/projects/1844-market-street/





6. 8 Octavia - Stanley Saitowitz designed, 47 condos, 24 parking spaces, 26 bike stalls


http://www.newconstructionsf.com/san_francisco/buildings-for-sale/8-octavia/

[simms3_redux]

Mid-Market

1. AVA 55 Ninth - Avalon Bay, 17 floors, 205 ft, 273 units, 5,000 SF retail



2. NEMA - 10th and Market - ~390 ft with crown, 35 floors, 754 units, Crescent Heights





3. St. Anthony's new Dining Room / Mercy Housing - 10 stories, 99 ft, 90 units affordable senior housing



4. Unknown development on Turk between Mason and Taylor



5. 174 room Hilton at 942 Mission st between 5th and 6th St...renderings at link below. Looks to be 14-15 floors. This area is actually very cool - snapped some cool pics and there is a great little coffee shop on the alley in the back that was packed.

http://www.stantonarchitecture.com/sas.html

[scania]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

Mid-Market

1. AVA 55 Ninth - Avalon Bay, 17 floors, 205 ft, 273 units, 5,000 SF retail



2. NEMA - 10th and Market - ~390 ft with crown, 35 floors, 754 units, Crescent Heights





3. St. Anthony's new Dining Room / Mercy Housing - 10 stories, 99 ft, 90 units affordable senior housing



4. Unknown development on Turk between Mason and Taylor



5. 174 room Hilton at 942 Mission st between 5th and 6th St...renderings at link below. Looks to be 14-15 floors. This area is actually very cool - snapped some cool pics and there is a great little coffee shop on the alley in the back that was packed.

http://www.stantonarchitecture.com/sas.html

I don't know if you guys realize how lucky you are to have so many cool towers and buildings going up!!!