SF News Academy of Art Forced to Pay $38 Million for Eliminating Affordable Housing The Academy of Art has been more of a mega-landlord than an art school, and the Board of Supervisors approved the clawing back of $37.6 million for the Academy’s illegal conversion of affordable housing stock.
SF News Academy Of Art, Longtime Zoning Scofflaw, Agrees To $60 Million Settlement With SF In a City Hall news conference announced yesterday and held Monday morning, City Attorney Dennis Herrera delivered the news, leaked early to the Chronicle's Matier and Ross, that Academy of Art University, one
SF News Half Of City Hall, Gavin Newsom, And Academy Of Art's Elisa Stephens Show Up To Celebrate Rose Pak's Return As noted Monday, the scheduled return of Rose Pak to San Francisco following an extended medical stay in China was expected to draw a crowd of at least 100 well-wishers and a bus
SF News City Suing Academy Of Art Over Their Problematic Real Estate Empire Perhaps spurred to action by last summer's exhaustive reporting by Forbes on the for-profit school's allegedly shady real estate dealings, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera today filed a lawsuit against the Academy
SF News Day Around The Bay: The Cellar Now Shuttered For Good After Stabbing Here's a video of Dave Eggers' twee bear tricycle, which is part of a bear-themed art exhibit (but that is not Eggers on the tricycle). [Hoodline] Campos submits list of possible Homeless Navigation
SF News Supervisor Wiener Goes After Serial Code Violators Like (Ahem) Academy of Art Supervisor Scott Wiener yesterday announced his intention to propose new legislation making it easier for the city to go after "serial code violators," specifically mentioning The Academy of Art University as a potential
SF News Planning Department Confirms 75 Percent Of Academy Of Art Buildings Are Illegal Following on Forbes Magazine's recent takedown of the Academy of Art University and their fast-and-looseness with real estate zoning, and in anticipation of their long-delayed Environmental Impact Report, the Planning Department has issued
SF News <i>Forbes</i> Comes After Academy Of Art, Their Low Graduation Rate, And Their Shady Land Use Dealings Whoa. Forbes has not one but two pieces out today coming after the for-profit Academy of Art University and the multimillionaire Stephens family who have been running it for several generations. It's only
Arts & Entertainment Don't Be Fooled By That Violent Outer Sunset Attack: It's Art, Not Crime If you see a woman getting attacked in the Outer Sunset Thursday night, check the address. If you're on Taraval Street near 30th Avenue, it's not a violent altercation — it's art. According to
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: Academy of Art's Spring Show The scrappy kids at the Academy of Art are putting their semester's work on display starting tonight at the Palace of Fine Arts for the 2013 Spring Show. There's an opening reception tonight
SF News Academy of Art President Speaks Out About North Beach Student's Murder The Academy of Art University's famously prickly president, Elisa Stephens, spoke about the recent murder of Luis Armando Prieto, who was killed in North Beach last week be a car fleeing a shooting.
SF News USF Demolishes Academy of Art in Sporting Match Sometimes we forget the Academy of Art is here to produce top-notch graphic designers and film artists, not just litter the streets of SF with new takes on fashion. In fact, the school
SF News Body Found in San Francisco Academy of Art/Crunch Fitness Elevator Over the Weekend A body was stuck in the Crunch Fitness/Academy of Art elevator on New Montgomerey over the weekend. Word is that the unidentified male or female died while trapped in the elevator. We
