SF News Compromise With NIMBYs Over Six-Story Building On 18th Street Near Dolores Park Rejected By State Housing Officials A multi-unit building that's become a cause célèbre for pro-housing activists after loud pushback from neighbors over its height and sunlight concerns may revert back to its original design, after state housing officials stepped in to scold SF over a compromise plan that is one story shorter.
SF News Appellate Court Might Expand CEQA's Powers In Berkeley Case, and May Stymie People's Park Development Plan In a "draft tentative ruling," a California appellate court is siding with NIMBY activists in Berkeley who have been squabbling with the University of California over its growth plans, and a plan to build student housing at People's Park.
SF News UC Berkeley May Be Granted Legislative Workaround for Enrollment Cap Fight Legislators in Sacramento are working to craft a quick solution to the University of California's legal battle with a citizens' group in Berkeley, in order that they may be able to admit 2,000 more students this month. And it entails a small revision to CEQA.
SF News New UCSF Parnassus Hospital Design Unveiled By Architects of deYoung Museum UCSF has released a new rendering for its proposed 15-story hospital addition at its revamped Parnassus campus, designed by Herzog and de Meuron, and it's quite pretty.
SF News The War On The Waterfront: Development Foes Propose New Height-Limit Restrictions Enemies of new development along the bayside waterfront won their first big battle with the defeat of propositions B and C in November's local election. Bolstered by that victory, they just brought a
SF News Marsh Theater Wages Final Battle Over Next Door Condo Project Tonight At the Board of Appeals meeting tonight at 5 p.m., the final round of arguments to impose restrictions on a building set to go up at 1050 Valencia Street will be heard.
Arts & Entertainment Coit Tower Closed Until Spring 2014 For today's local tourism public service announcement: Coit Tower, the towering landmark we all prefer to enjoy from a safe distance, is closed for renovations as of today and won't be open to
Arts & Entertainment Warriors Arena Gets Less Tall, More Grass As the Golden State Warriors ownership gears up for a fight with waterfront preservationists on Pier 30-32, the building's designers at Snøhetta have made a few changes to hopefully make the building more
SF News 10-Story Condo Building Proposed For 16th Street BART Plaza Development The gritty BART plaza on the northeast corner of 16th and Mission could one day become a 10-story, mixed-used development with 351 condos and 32,000 square feet of ground floor retail space.
