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Central Subway Pagoda Deal Will Take $9 Million From Muni Operating Funds

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 20, 2013 | 23 Comments

Updated 2/23 A deal struck by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency to extract tunnel drills at the site of the abandoned Pagoda Theatre will cost the agency an estimated $9.15 million. While the lease deal with building owner Joel Campos allows the SFMTA to move forward with an extraction plan that’s less disruptive to the […]

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Calls for North Beach Central Subway Station Intensify as Plans Evolve

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2012 | 12 Comments

Central Subway planners got the green light from the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors today to pursue a new plan that could cut down on the expected construction disruption in North Beach while also keeping the path clear for an eventual extension of the line to the neighborhood. Residents and merchants in North Beach, who were fiercely […]

The Sky Didn’t Fall: Block of Mason Street Now Permanently Closed to Cars

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 9, 2012 | 6 Comments

Putting another nail in the coffin of falsely-predicted traffic jams, a block of Mason Street has been permanently closed to motorists for the construction of a plaza as part of the expansion of the North Beach Public Library. North Beach resident Tony Wessling sent in the above photo, noting that “the predictions of Traffigeddon have […]

Sunday Streets Returns to Chinatown (But Not North Beach) This Weekend

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 24, 2012 | 4 Comments

Sunday Streets returns to Chinatown this weekend with a car-free route running along Grant Avenue and east toward the Embarcadero. It’ll be Sunday Streets’ second run in Chinatown, following a highly popular event last year, but the route will be different: Rather than running into North Beach all the way to Coit Tower, it’ll turn […]

First Walking Sunday Streets a Hit in Chinatown and North Beach

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 19, 2011 | 18 Comments

San Francisco’s Grant Avenue, the city’s oldest street, was opened to pedestrians only yesterday in a milestone Sunday Streets event that drew thousands of people to the historic neighborhoods of Chinatown and North Beach on a sunny, 74-degree day. The city’s first walking Sunday Streets on a thoroughfare that seems like one of the most […]

“Tortured Path” of North Beach Library Project Comes to a Close

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 8, 2011 | 12 Comments

Nearly two years after San Francisco reclaimed a short block of Mason Street in North Beach as a trial plaza, the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday approved the environmental impact report for the planned expansion of the North Beach Public Library. The unanimous vote came as a relief to the majority of neighbors and some […]

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