Let us go on the record right now as saying We Like Tall Buildings. We do. We think this city would be all the prettier with a few more actually tall structures, and everyone who whines about shadows and crap should go move to Danville and be done with urban life. That being said, the multifaceted impacts of a 1,000-foot skyscraper (a mere 61 stories, child's play really) will be hotly contested on Thursday at the Planning Commission's weekly meeting, in which they'll be taking public comment on the Transbay Tower and Transit Center District Plan. more ›

Before we see anything else on the site of the former Transbay Terminal and the future Transbay transit hub/spectacularly tall tower, we may be seeing a piece of public art made from leftover pieces of concrete and other debris from the demolished terminal. As Chron architecture critic John King reports, the Transbay folks are voting today on the approval of the proposed sculpture by acclaimed L.A.-based artist Tim Hawkinson. It would be installed in 2015, two years ahead of the terminal's completion, and nobody's really sure when the tower will be done, so... more ›

If you've recently found yourself questioning your continence while waiting for a bus back to the East Bay, then you probably found yourself out of luck with regards to the on-hand facilities at the temporary Transbay Terminal on Main Street. As the Examiner points out, the $18 million facility was purposefully left without benches or bathrooms to discourage the previous terminal's notorious homeless population from moving in again. Unfortunately, the strategy also deprives passengers of a basic human right: a decent place to pee while they wait. more ›

Using his own black-and-white photography and footage, David C. Hill created this poignant video about the San Francisco Transbay Terminal demolition, which kicked off on December 3. more ›

"It's Far From Over" by Whole Wheat Toast. more ›

SFist reader Justin Neisuler captured this image of the onetime harrowing and odorous Fremont underpass, which, during Transbay Terminal construction, has become a lovely, sun-drenched gazebo. more ›

In a new endorsement for S.F. as America's number-one tourist destination (18th year in a row, boyeee), two "transients" attacked a tourist couple near Fisherman's Wharf last week. As Mike Aldax reports in the Examiner, the male transient challenged the man to a fight while the female transient pressed a lit cigarette into the man's wife's cheek. more ›

On Saturday night, the last commuter line on AC Transit departed the (former!) Transbay Terminal at 12:15 a.m., and thus ending an era in San Francisco. The terminal, as many of you know, was gross. It was dank and lifeless. Also, it served as an unauthorized temporary housing facility for the homeless. (We'll let you decide whether or not that was a good thing in the comments.) Also-also, it wasn't tall, sleek, modern, or fit to be located anywhere near the jarringly glassy Millennium Tower. more ›

The culprit behind yesterday's bomb scare that closed down Transbay Terminal ad blocked off a four-block radius in downtown San Francisco: a bag full of dirty clothes. According to Plug 1, who shot the image above, "[i]t seems that a passenger left a gym bag on the back of a Muni bus and the driver got suspicious when he reached the end of the line with the bag still on the bus. So he called the police." more ›

The big bomb squad truck is there at the Transbay Terminal right now. AlertSF says you'll want to avoid the area for at least the next 90 minutes. more ›

Sarah has a new whipping boy over at Curbed. Intern Andy Wang went to last night's Transbay Terminal meeting that included "a dizzying barrage of downtown skyline simulations;" tittering over the term "downtown mound," which was used to describe the tip of the downtown skyline; comparing the future skyscraper to a faux penis; mentioning the b-word; and much more. more ›

The Library Tower (AKA the U.S. Bank Tower) in Los Angeles could soon be the second tallest building west of the Mississippi thanks to San Francisco's proposed Transbay Terminal. While the Library Tower, located in downtown Los Angeles, stands at an alluring 1,018-feet tall, the Transbay Terminal is primed to win the measuring contest at 1,200-feet. more ›

It's going to be a far busier-than-normal meeting of the SF County Transportation Authority tomorrow. There's huge stuff on the agenda: updates on the bike plan; millions of dollars being thrown around for the Transbay Terminal; $160,000 for reducing graffiti on street signs; potential changes for Geneva Ave and McAllister Street, including a possible permanent re-route of the 5-Fulton; safety upgrades at 9th and Irving; and some forward momentum for restoring mass transit on Geary to pre-WWII levels. Whew! more ›

From November 16 to November 18, Denton Geiger, 42, a San Francisco resident, held his (ex)girlfriend captive in their former home, where beat and raped her. (Jesus.) According to the Examiner, "Geiger allegedly approached the victim on Haight as she sold marijuana and persuaded her to go to their former home...[t]he victim escaped on Nov. 18 when an acquaintance entered the residence and intervened as she fled to a neighbor’s house." After a good... more ›

Yay! Or boo! Depending on how you feel -- though we personally like it, may it get bigger by the day -- Pelli-Hines' creation will be your new Transbay Terminal. But you already knew that. Ta-da. more ›

-- San Mateo Bridge shuts down, then opens. Ta-da. [Examiner] more ›

-- Not enough credit card debt in your life? Top-shelf department store Barneys New York will solve that problem after it opens this week. [Chron] more ›

-- Did you call your district supervisor to halt the Blue Angels today? Neither did we. [IndyBay] more ›

The winner for the Transbay Terminal Building will be -- for all intents and purposes and presuming -- New Haven, Connecticut's Pelli Clarke Pelli! If erected (hee), it should stand as the tallest building in the west. And if the above rendering is at all accurate, the Terminal will also emit a gentle, lavender glow. more ›

-- The jarring, devastating, Lohanesque Midgen-behind-the-wheel 911 tapes will shock you. Only not so much. [Chron] more ›

Pelli Clarke Pelli's Transbay Terminal vision more ›

-- Will Harper has it that Chris Daly might run for mayor now that Gonzalez is out. Whoa, a real contender! Interesting. [The Snitch (SF Weekly)] more ›

For those of you keeping score at home, that's $283,557.08 awarded since February to folks who've been struck down by Muni's cruel wheel of chance. It's like the lotto, only you don't have to be dumb to play! Just fragile. more ›

We don't have anything funny to say about this one -- we're simply at a loss. Rumor had it yesterday that Gavin picked Stuart Sunshine to be his new Deputy Chief of Staff, and now the mayor's Director of Communications Peter Ragone (not to be confused with houseguest John Nelson) has confirmed it. Stuart will be leaving the MTA and moving to the mayor's administration, where he'll be "focusing on infrastructure and transportation." more ›

Even though you're probably too chicken to admit it, we know you're curious about the January 24th meeting of the SF County Transit Authority meeting (100 Van Ness Avenue, 26th Floor). They're planning to allocate ten milllllllllion dollars to some Transbay Terminal tomfoolery: that's extending Caltrain to the terminal, redeveloping the terminal's crappy neighborhood, and sprucing up the terminal so that it's the kind of place people actually go to. Most of that 10 million will pay for a year's worth of project management. more ›

bunch of developers have gotten together and proposed building some really fracking huge towers in the SOMA district at 1st and Mission We're talking taller than any other building in the city by at least 350 feet. We're talking higher than any building in the U.S. outside of New York and Chicago. And we're not just talking one tower, we're talking two towers. And a plaza. As well as two 900-foot structures and a 600-foot companion. All part of the development plans surrounding the Transbay Terminal. more ›

SFist Sam was kind enough to take a picture for WRTW for us -- isn't it gorgeous? Thanks, SFist Sam! more ›

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San Francisco's favorite but least read Q&A columnist, the Essefficist, answers questions about simple math, bay windows, and the Transbay Terminal. more ›