Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Hayes Valley

Two-Way Hayes Street Proposal Wins Approval at SFMTA Hearing

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 21, 2011 | 18 Comments

A plan to restore two-way traffic on several blocks of Hayes and Fell Streets in Hayes Valley that were converted to one-way streets in the 1950s was approved at an SFMTA hearing today following a strong show of support from residents, merchants and neighborhood associations. It now goes to the SFMTA Board for approval. The […]

800-Seat Performance Space in Hayes Valley Approved with No Parking

By Matthew Roth | Jul 16, 2010 | 7 Comments

A sketch of the proposed SF Jazz building and with performance auditorium. Image: SF Jazz. The same neighborhood organizations and community advocates that routinely lobby to prevent the San Francisco Planning Department from granting parking exceptions in excess of progressive neighborhood plans were thrilled with a new project to build a 3-story building in the […]

San Francisco is Sinking!

By Chris Carlsson | Sep 17, 2009 | 11 Comments

UN Plaza, Market and 7th, the waters from the subterranean "Mighty Hayes River"!! Famously, we live on a crack in the earth. The San Andreas Fault gets most of our attention, followed not too far behind these days by the equally ominous Hayward Fault. A major earthquake on either of these could alter local landscapes […]