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

[viewguysf]

[QUOTE=easy as pie;6317360]they're finishing up interior work on the teevee station building on golden gate adjacent to hastings. looks like social housing (recall that it's market rental). can't tell yet whether i dislike it a little or a lot, it'll depend on the ground floor space, i guess, how it works with the street (right now it's a rental office but it'll eventually be a cafe).

It definitely looks better than it did before when it way Channel 7 with a blank front wall. The Hastings bunker to the west is totally hideous!

the ava on 9th behind the dolby building is also in the interior construction phase

Like Jerry and others, I love this building, both from a distance and up close.

the market square recladding/renovation is coming along at an insane speed, didn't know that things could move this quickly in sf:

The former Mart 2 building fits the neighborhood incredibly well now--a great improvement!

finally, the aaa building reno continues apace

Everything is looking up in that neighborhood and its about time--a great change.

[timbad]

some random Market St stuff...

8 Octavia, looking east:



...and looking more north:



Venn is finally visible. a little too yellow for my taste from some angles, but nice to have it there anyway:





here how it relates to the LGBT Center next door:



edit: bonus shot from Friday evening showing other activity further down Market:



jumping over to 38 Dolores, here is the view up the Dolores sidewalk, which should provide a pleasant pedestrian experience when done. the Whole Foods has its signage up and a number of workers were on site both inside and out yesterday, getting everything ready:



a view of some of the traffic-calming changes which significantly narrow the neck of Dolores at the intersection with Market (with Linea in the background):



the former gas station at 14th and Market:

[fflint]

Awesome pics everybody.

^That last one is 15th and Market.

[mt_climber13]

What 38 Dolores lacks in building design is made up for in pedestrian design.

[Jerry of San Fran]

1) I agree with Timbad that Venn on Market St. has too much egg yolk yellow for my tast.
2) There is a sign in the window today, Sunday 10/27, that says the new Whole Foods in the new housing at Market/Dolores will open in 11 days.
3) 100 Van Ness - 3 more floors of concrete panels & the building will be a skeleton of steel. I will have to get to the west side of the Fox Plaza & get a picture of it soon.

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

1) I agree with Timbad that Venn on Market St. has too much egg yolk yellow for my taste.
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I don't get Venn. It's just a blob of random stuff. Looks like they couldn't figure out what to do with the site. It's not ugly really, just a waste imo.

[POLA]

Yeah, Venn is a real pig...

[easy as pie]

yeah, i could single-handedly have done a better design than this "venn" (pm me, please, pm me!)

btw, ppl can still sign up to get the tour for the whole foods opening. it coincides with my building manager leaving, so i'll be taking a couple days off, paint and plant a bunch of stuff before the new manager is hired (lol, might even be me) and use the intermittent time to do the tour. want to meet up, pm me. http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/2001marketstreet

[fflint]

SocketSite has more details on and early conceptual renderings for the Mission/16th proposal over the BART station: 351 residential units, 32,000 square feet of retail (with 14 foot ceilings), and--stupidly enough--a 56,000 square foot garage with 161 spaces to park cars. There will also be parking for 193 bikes.

[biggerhigherfaster]

The Mission/16th renderings look like something from the early Transformers cartoons shows/movies

[fflint]

Well, nobody is going to put any real money into renderings for a project that is expected to be totally chewed up by various factions during the long, torturous permitting process. It almost certainly won't look like that.

[biggerhigherfaster]

Originally Posted by fflint

Well, nobody is going to put any real money into renderings for a project that is expected to be totally chewed up by various factions during the long, torturous permitting process. It almost certainly won't look like that.

I meant more the color scheme, etc. of the renderings, rather than the buildings themselves; I can see a 1980s Megatron popping up

[Jerry of San Fran]

October 28, 2013 - view from the 24th floor of the Essex Fox Plaza. Most tenants have never seen the complete view from the Fox Plaza before - I have as I watched it being built from the roof - and seeing it partially deconstructed!

We are getting clouds of concrete dust in the Fox Plaza.


100 Van Ness Ave. by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

[Jerry of San Fran]

The glass is being installed on the balconies. Not much left to do on the outside of the structure.

Will the zebra change it's stripes?


Nema, San Franicsco, 2013_10_24 by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by cv94117

I don't get Venn. It's just a blob of random stuff. Looks like they couldn't figure out what to do with the site. It's not ugly really, just a waste imo.

That's exactly how I feel about it. I kept watching the form as it was constructed (taking forever), liked the shape, and wanted to continue liking it as it was unveiled. It became WTF as it was unveiled in pieces and I tried to figure out what the overall design or style was/is. It looks confused.

With that said, 38 Dolores had a fantastic shape on the prow end when it was veiled yet it turned out to be good, unfortunately not great.

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

October 28, 2013 - view from the 24th floor of the Essex Fox Plaza. Most tenants have never seen the complete view from the Fox Plaza before - I have as I watched it being built from the roof - and seeing it partially deconstructed!

I've never figured out why so much of the back/east side was opaque. There does't seem to have been a reason for it other than Fox Plaza was already there when it was built, but that doesn't make a lot of sense either.

[cwilly]

Originally Posted by viewguysf

I've never figured out why so much of the back/east side was opaque. There does't seem to have been a reason for it other than Fox Plaza was already there when it was built, but that doesn't make a lot of sense either.

You have to keep the property line opaque unless you buy the air rights to the property next door. Even if nothing exists on the neighboring property, if you put in windows and the neighbor decides to build up, they have the right to block your windows. Its esier to just plan your floor plans under the assumption you eventually be blocked and put your back of house (elevators, etc) on the part of your building that is on the property line.

[Jerry of San Fran]

100 Van Ness - Partially Blank Wall on East Side

A good part of 100 Van Ness' east side were windows of the toilets. The west side tenants of the Fox Plaza found it very funny as the toilets had windows facing them. Many of the toilets had windows with the curtains open and folks could see men facing the urinals at night.

[easy as pie]

hoho, new 350 bush st. renderings revealed! curbed has it between sutter and bush, when it's actually between bush and pine, but they so have renderings from the site. it'll be 100% commercial, which is sort of surprising given the market for residential, but it's great to finally see some action on the site.


http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/30/the_fidis_350_bush_redesigned_and_revealed_goes_glassy.php

[JWS]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

hoho, new 350 bush st. renderings revealed! curbed has it between sutter and bush, when it's actually between bush and pine, but they so have renderings from the site. it'll be 100% commercial, which is sort of surprising given the market for residential, but it's great to finally see some action on the site.


http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/30/the_fidis_350_bush_redesigned_and_revealed_goes_glassy.php

Another nice save from the original Heller Manus design!

On another note, a crane has now risen at the corner of Van Ness and Filbert for what looks to be a condo project. This is right by my girlfriend's apartment, there have been several days when the street has been closed off due to construction. There is also an empty lot across the street on the other corner that has yet to be developed/worked on.