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Dufty Still Deliberating as Garage Legislation Vote Looms

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Preparing for a new garage addition. Photo: Michael Rhodes Supervisor Bevan Dufty says he is still considering how he will vote tomorrow on legislation that would limit new garages in existing buildings in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill and eliminate minimum parking requirements in those neighborhoods. Advocates are urging him to support the measure, […]

SF’s Proposal to Reduce Blight Will Create a Tenuous Balance

By Matthew Roth | Feb 22, 2010 | No Comments

Artist’s rendering of 201 Folsom Street, a project advocates and community leaders oppose as a recipient of a Green Development Agreement. Image: Heller-Manus Architects. Among several initiatives San Francisco has developed to put an aesthetically pleasing face on the economic downturn, such as Art in Storefronts, which brightens shuttered retail spaces with murals, a new […]

StreetUtopia North Beach

By Chris Carlsson | Jan 25, 2010 | 3 Comments

View southeast across North Beach from Russian Hill. StreetUtopia is a new community organizing effort centered in North Beach. Launched by Hank Hyena and Phil Millenbah at an inaugural event in early January, they drew upwards of 150 people to an empty historic storefront at 1 Columbus Avenue, where they showed Streetfilms, had a small […]

Legislation to Limit Garages in North Beach and Chinatown Moves Forward

By Matthew Roth | Jan 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo: Postmodern Drunkard When San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced legislation last October to limit new garages in existing buildings in District 3, which includes North Beach, Telegraph Hill, and Chinatown, his action catalyzed several advocacy groups that don’t always see eye to eye. The bill is aimed at stopping no-fault evictions […]

Advocates, Supervisors Push for Alternatives to Proposed Muni Service Cuts

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 18, 2010 | 16 Comments

With the MTA proposing deep service cuts to Muni and $5 fares on historic streetcars, transit advocates are concerned about where the city’s transit system is headed. Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk. A proposal to drastically cut Muni service while raising some fares has angered and energized transit riders in advance of Tuesday’s MTA Board meeting, […]

San Francisco Struggles to Finance and Build Livable Streets

By Matthew Roth | Jan 14, 2010 | 7 Comments

Folsom Street simulation with elements of the Better Streets Plan. Photo: SF Planning Department As San Francisco’s Better Streets Plan (BSP) street design manual nears environmental certification, many questions remain about financing street maintenance and how all of the agencies responsible for the city’s streets will work together to improve conditions for transit, walking, and […]

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