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Judah at La Playa - 1980
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September 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Judah at La Playa - 1980
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Fantastic. Would love to see more of these sprout up along our neighborhood commercial corridors.
There is no shortage of 1 story retail buildings in the city that should make way for housing above and commercial space below.
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There is no shortage of 1 story retail buildings in the city that should make way for housing above and commercial space below.
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New Design For 915 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Preliminary permits have been filed for an updated design at 915 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The mixed-use development would add a new eight...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Fantastic. Would love to see more of these sprout up along our neighborhood commercial corridors.
There is no shortage of 1 story retail buildings in the city that should make way for housing above and commercial space below.
sfyimby.com/2025/09/new-...
There is no shortage of 1 story retail buildings in the city that should make way for housing above and commercial space below.
sfyimby.com/2025/09/new-...
Assuming October approval this project will most likely break ground in two years and be complete by 2029 at the earliest.
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Assembly Bill 2011 Will Streamline Approval for 88 Bluxome Street in SoMa, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Plans will be streamlined for the recently filed two-skyscraper development at 88 Bluxome Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The first application...
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August 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Assuming October approval this project will most likely break ground in two years and be complete by 2029 at the earliest.
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Downtown San Francisco has come a long ways.
Even our city wasn't immune to freeways and parking lots on prime real estate which beset many US cities in the '70s.
Look at the old Transbay Terminal and the Embarcadero Freeway. Yerba Buena / Moscone Center being built in the back.
Even our city wasn't immune to freeways and parking lots on prime real estate which beset many US cities in the '70s.
Look at the old Transbay Terminal and the Embarcadero Freeway. Yerba Buena / Moscone Center being built in the back.
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Downtown San Francisco has come a long ways.
Even our city wasn't immune to freeways and parking lots on prime real estate which beset many US cities in the '70s.
Look at the old Transbay Terminal and the Embarcadero Freeway. Yerba Buena / Moscone Center being built in the back.
Even our city wasn't immune to freeways and parking lots on prime real estate which beset many US cities in the '70s.
Look at the old Transbay Terminal and the Embarcadero Freeway. Yerba Buena / Moscone Center being built in the back.
Right by the ballpark. A shame that a conversion from office to residential doesn't pencil here.
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Office-To-Storage Conversion Proposed at 60 Federal Street, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Planning permits have been filed for the conversion of a four-story office building into a self-storage facility at 60 Federal Street in SoMa...
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June 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Right by the ballpark. A shame that a conversion from office to residential doesn't pencil here.
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The railyards site is a no brainer to build up into a transit & housing hub. There is @caltrain.com service, countless @sfmta.com lines, and the planned $8.25 billion rail extension that will link directly to the Transbay Terminal (and eventually beyond) to East Bay & Sac.
June 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The railyards site is a no brainer to build up into a transit & housing hub. There is @caltrain.com service, countless @sfmta.com lines, and the planned $8.25 billion rail extension that will link directly to the Transbay Terminal (and eventually beyond) to East Bay & Sac.
These cute banana slugs err trams from Woltersdorf (near Berlin) would be perfect for Santa Cruz - connecting the campus with downtown and the Boardwalk.
June 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
These cute banana slugs err trams from Woltersdorf (near Berlin) would be perfect for Santa Cruz - connecting the campus with downtown and the Boardwalk.
Knights Templar Decorations at the intersection of Market, Kearny, Geary, and Third Streets.
I wonder if they needed to secure permits for the installation or if it was just approved over a handshake.
(September, 1904)
I wonder if they needed to secure permits for the installation or if it was just approved over a handshake.
(September, 1904)
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Knights Templar Decorations at the intersection of Market, Kearny, Geary, and Third Streets.
I wonder if they needed to secure permits for the installation or if it was just approved over a handshake.
(September, 1904)
I wonder if they needed to secure permits for the installation or if it was just approved over a handshake.
(September, 1904)
In an alternate timeline @goldengate.org has a lower deck dedicated to @bart.gov.
May 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In an alternate timeline @goldengate.org has a lower deck dedicated to @bart.gov.
In a San Francisco, it takes 6+ years for a local 70 year old institution to open a second location along an existing neighborhood corridor because a local non-profit cabal gets to call the shots.
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Cinderella Bakery to open in the Mission District by year's end
The Russian Bakery will open at 24th and Alabama streets. The owners agreed to conditions to keep the cultural character of the neighborhood.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In a San Francisco, it takes 6+ years for a local 70 year old institution to open a second location along an existing neighborhood corridor because a local non-profit cabal gets to call the shots.
missionlocal.org/2025/05/cind...
missionlocal.org/2025/05/cind...
A better repurposing of Alcatraz would be the creation of West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty symbolizing the Bay Area as a place that has historically welcomed immigrants and innovation.
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Trump alone on an island with plan to reopen infamous Alcatraz
On a Monday morning visit to Alcatraz, foreign tourists were only slightly less critical of the president's plan to make it a federal penitentiary again than the Democratic pols who run San Francisco.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
A better repurposing of Alcatraz would be the creation of West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty symbolizing the Bay Area as a place that has historically welcomed immigrants and innovation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Love this shot of a PCC car pulling into Forest Hill Station. Noticing the low platforms and steps!
Circa late '60s.
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Circa late '60s.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Love this shot of a PCC car pulling into Forest Hill Station. Noticing the low platforms and steps!
Circa late '60s.
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Circa late '60s.
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Political posturing for some of her base. When she fails in getting the votes from her fellow supes to get it on the ballot she gets to say that she tried her best!
Private citizens can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot but it will fail there too. sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/g...
Private citizens can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot but it will fail there too. sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/g...
SF supervisor seeks to reopen Great Highway to cars
Supervisor Connie Chan wants to overturn the highly controversial Proposition K. But it'd likely be an uphill battle
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April 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Political posturing for some of her base. When she fails in getting the votes from her fellow supes to get it on the ballot she gets to say that she tried her best!
Private citizens can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot but it will fail there too. sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/g...
Private citizens can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot but it will fail there too. sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/g...
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people often talk about the Marina or Tenderloin as aural chaos centers of San Francisco but Stonestown got its own, equally powerful demons too. I knew menswear guy was a madman when he challenged a rando to a fight at Stonestown Uniqlo
derek guy apparently tricked two people into getting into a fight outside a uniqlo
April 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
people often talk about the Marina or Tenderloin as aural chaos centers of San Francisco but Stonestown got its own, equally powerful demons too. I knew menswear guy was a madman when he challenged a rando to a fight at Stonestown Uniqlo
Very pleased to see these blocks in Fisherman's Wharf being eyed for a 65' and 85' upzoning.
There should be workforce housing at the terminus of the F-Line and that part of the city deserves to transform into an actual neighborhood where people live and work.
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There should be workforce housing at the terminus of the F-Line and that part of the city deserves to transform into an actual neighborhood where people live and work.
@dannysauter.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Very pleased to see these blocks in Fisherman's Wharf being eyed for a 65' and 85' upzoning.
There should be workforce housing at the terminus of the F-Line and that part of the city deserves to transform into an actual neighborhood where people live and work.
@dannysauter.bsky.social
There should be workforce housing at the terminus of the F-Line and that part of the city deserves to transform into an actual neighborhood where people live and work.
@dannysauter.bsky.social
Grand Avenue (Bunker Hill, LA) – 1979 – Barton Myers, Pelli, Gehry
March 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Grand Avenue (Bunker Hill, LA) – 1979 – Barton Myers, Pelli, Gehry
Hallidie Plaza in the 1970s, the entrance to Powell Station and gateway into downtown for many travelers.
Unfortunately the benches have been yanked out for quite some time now and the upper row of trees in the back have been cut down.
What will the future hold for the plaza?
Unfortunately the benches have been yanked out for quite some time now and the upper row of trees in the back have been cut down.
What will the future hold for the plaza?
March 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hallidie Plaza in the 1970s, the entrance to Powell Station and gateway into downtown for many travelers.
Unfortunately the benches have been yanked out for quite some time now and the upper row of trees in the back have been cut down.
What will the future hold for the plaza?
Unfortunately the benches have been yanked out for quite some time now and the upper row of trees in the back have been cut down.
What will the future hold for the plaza?
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Small business owners are not experts on transportation policy.
Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car.
In fact, it was 4%.
And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.
Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
In fact, it was 4%.
And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.
Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
March 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Small business owners are not experts on transportation policy.
A series of collages I made for @bart.gov that highlight the transit system's role in connecting riders with the Bay Area's rich local history, unique geography and nature that can be found within steps from its stations.
March 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A series of collages I made for @bart.gov that highlight the transit system's role in connecting riders with the Bay Area's rich local history, unique geography and nature that can be found within steps from its stations.
The fictional skyline of San Francisco in the 1974 movie "The Towering Inferno." The two tall buildings in the center are "The Peerless" and "The Glass Tower."
The Glass Tower is supposed to be 1668 ft.
The Salesforce Tower we got in our timeline is 1070 ft.
The Glass Tower is supposed to be 1668 ft.
The Salesforce Tower we got in our timeline is 1070 ft.
March 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The fictional skyline of San Francisco in the 1974 movie "The Towering Inferno." The two tall buildings in the center are "The Peerless" and "The Glass Tower."
The Glass Tower is supposed to be 1668 ft.
The Salesforce Tower we got in our timeline is 1070 ft.
The Glass Tower is supposed to be 1668 ft.
The Salesforce Tower we got in our timeline is 1070 ft.
Central Freeway under construction at Market and Octavia, San Francisco (1958)
March 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Central Freeway under construction at Market and Octavia, San Francisco (1958)
B-Geary taking a rest at the end of the line at Playland Loop. (1956)
Two things San Francisco lost. A streetcar line running through the Richmond and a beach boardwalk.
Two things San Francisco lost. A streetcar line running through the Richmond and a beach boardwalk.
March 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
B-Geary taking a rest at the end of the line at Playland Loop. (1956)
Two things San Francisco lost. A streetcar line running through the Richmond and a beach boardwalk.
Two things San Francisco lost. A streetcar line running through the Richmond and a beach boardwalk.
Today on Transit Workers Appreciation Day the @sfmta.bsky.social Board of Directors voted voted 3-2 to enact cuts that would affect transit service starting this summer.
March 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Today on Transit Workers Appreciation Day the @sfmta.bsky.social Board of Directors voted voted 3-2 to enact cuts that would affect transit service starting this summer.
If built, this would instantly become San Francisco's narrowest high-rise.
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Rendering For 26-Story 777 Sutter Street, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
New illustrations have been published alongside formal permit applications for the 26-story infill tower at 777 Sutter Street in Lower Nob Hill...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If built, this would instantly become San Francisco's narrowest high-rise.
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