SF News San Mateo Construction Worker Buried in Ten Feet of Dirt, Gets Rescued But Remains In Critical Condition A terrifying construction accident in San Mateo Thursday morning, as a trench collapsed and buried a worker in ten feet of dirt, though he has been rescued, hospitalized, and remains in critical condition.
SF News SF Forced by State to Streamline Housing Approvals After Missing 2023 Production Goals State Senator Scott Wiener’s bill intended to eliminate reviews and challenges to housing proposals has now done just that, as the state just forced San Francisco to streamline approvals and massively speed up housing production.
SF News Brace Yourself — Another Large ‘Red Bus Lane’ Construction Project Starts Monday, This Time on 16th Street The same concept from “the mess on Van Ness” is being applied to 16th Street, and is expected to take more than a year to complete, but in this case at least Phase 1 of the project was pretty much completed on time.
SF News Two-Year Construction Traffic Nightmare to Begin Monday on 19th Avenue It’s real name is the 19th Avenue Combined City Project, but Sunset District residents and motorists will probably have other words for this water- and sewer-line overhaul slated to last until 2023.
SF News Police Remove Possibly Suicidal Climber From Hayes Street Crane Man climbing construction crane in #SanFrancisco prompts police response https://t.co/mvbOPCKNtf pic.twitter.com/QaUsoyX5Qf— Julianne Herrera (@JulestheFirst26) March 19, 2017 A man who climbed a construction crane in San Francisco's
SF News Behold The San Francisco Skyline Of The Very Near Future A new set of renderings by SF-based firm Steelblue visualize the result of a downtown building boom the likes of which we shouldn't expect to see again soon. Consider this a sneak peek
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Cranes Go Marching One By One, Hurrah Observe: The wild basket crane in its natural habitat. Looks like it tends to travel in packs with its ally, the lowly cement mixer. Yep, San Francisco is in the midst of a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink BrainWash Cafe May Be Forced To Close As Nearby Construction Kills Business BrainWash Cafe is in trouble. The SoMa laundromat/cafe and frequent host to open-mic nights has seen a precipitous drop in business over the past several months, and its owner says that unless
SF News Transbay Rooftop Park May Not Be Dead, Might Require Naming Rights The Mayor's Office has quickly responded to reports last week that one of the signature aspects of the new Transbay Transit Center the multi-block, rooftop park and promenade might have to be scrapped
SF News Digging Done In Central Subway Project, Ratpocalypse Over? The two big tunnel-boring machines, which were nicknamed Mom Chung and Big Alma after two female figures in S.F. history, just completed excavating twin, 8,300-foot long tunnels beneath downtown San Francisco
SF News 9 Suspicious Fires Strike SoMa and Mission In Past 3 Weeks A series of nine, likely related acts of arson have occurred in less than three weeks, most in SoMa around several highrise construction projects, seemingly the work of a firebug who has not
SF News Cathedral Hill Hotel Begins Transformation Into A Pile Of Rubble The empty Cathedral Hill Hotel at Geary and Van Ness has finally starting crumbling to the ground this week. Built as the Jack Tar Hotel in 1960, its final descent into entropy is
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At SFMOMA... Major butt lift for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Here's a jarring view of the museum's backside taken today from inside the construction site.If you recall, SFMOMA closed in June
SF News Meanwhile, on Fourth Street... DNA Lounge owner Jamie Zawinski noticed something a little strange about the Central Subway construction going down at 4th and Harrison. Our knowledge of best practices for subway-building isn't great, so we'll let
Arts & Entertainment Another Car Drives Into Cement Construction Site; Tourists Look On In Awe Oh geez. Following on the zippy heels of this Porsche that crashed into a Marina cement construction site in February, this unfortunate family wagon seems to have crashed into a cement construction site
SF News NIMBY Watch: North Beach Folks Want to Stop/Stall Central Subway Construction It wouldn't be Monday in San Francisco without a tale of a construction project that someone, somewhere is going to fight tooth and nail to stop. Work is beginning on the North Beach
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, On The (Steep) Streets Of San Francisco... And this is how construction is done on the streets of San Francisco. (Photo shot by Mika Takeuchi on Union at Polk.)
SF News Skyline Watch: Second Rincon Hill Tower Goes Up In July After years of delays, the second tower at the One Rincon Hill development in SoMa is set to start construction this summer. At 50 stories tall and less than 300 units, the new
SF News Central Market Watch: Gaping Hole At Tenth Street Finally Filled [Photo] After years of delays, that sunken pit at Tenth and Market Streets finally saw some action last night. Construction crews working on the forthcoming 37-story, 754-unit apartment complex adjacent to the new Twitter
SF News Giants World Series Champions Commemorative Bricks Going Fast Egads, Giants fans! Your chance to become a part of AT&T Park is running out. The Giants PR team breathlessly stresses: "There is still time to be a part of Giants
SF News Expect BART Delays Through Transbay Tube Sunday and Monday, This Week and Next BART announced in a rather confusing manner that there will be delays through the Transbay Tube this weekend and next. What it boils down to is that passengers traveling between San Francisco/Peninsula
SF News Meanwhile, On The Bay Bridge... Construction work continues smoothly on the new Bay Bridge today as seen from Treasure Island. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot)
misc Video: San Francisco Transbay Terminal Demolition San Francisco Transbay Terminal Demolition from David C. Hill on Vimeo. Using his own black-and-white photography and footage, David C. Hill created this poignant video about the San Francisco Transbay Terminal demolition, which
SF News Commuters Prepare for New Bay Bridge Tower Erection Another major part of the new Bay Bridge tower starting going up on Wednesday. According to San Jose Mercury News, "Crews on Wednesday began hoisting the giant steel pieces that will make up
