Posts Tagged ‘grove’
Sunday, May 5th, 2013
Well the announcement is officially coming this AM, but Messrs. Matier und Ross already have the skivvy on the brand-new, slightly-more-NIMBY-friendly proposal.
And, here, check the latest illustrations.
From the former proposal, a silvery looming UFO with kayak access…
…to the new proposal, a slightly lower silvery looming UFO without kayak access:
So Warriors, take that 13% rate down to 3% and then you might have something, you might have a privately-financed stadium deal.
Now let’s review our waterfront proposals.
The America’s Cup deal was poorly-negotiated on purpose so we could pay for Larry Ellison’s ego trip. It’s an ongoing travesty.
And 8 Washington is corruption.
But this here arena proposal seems OK fine to me, more or less.
I’ll now invite the rich, property-owning NIMBYs of SoMA to move to Fairfield, where 15% of the houses are in foreclosure.
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Well I suppose if the San Francisco Establishment wanted to claim that it had support “across the spectrum” for the arena deal, they’d have Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Aaron Peskin and a whole bunch of San Francisco Giants baseball players up there with them on the steps of City Hall today.
But this group will have to do.
All the deets:
“GROUP OF SAN FRANCISCANS TO LAUNCH NEW ORGANIZATION AND EFFORT TODAY SUPPORTING GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS’ WATERFRONT ARENA PLAN - Group consists of community leaders, Warriors fans, business, labor, entertainment industry representatives, and residents from across the Bay Area - Supporters plan to be out in force supporting the waterfront plan at public meetings, neighborhood events and community festivals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A group of enthusiastic San Franciscans from across the spectrum plans to launch a new organization today supporting the Golden State Warriors’ proposed waterfront arena plan. The group consists of community leaders, Warriors fans, representatives from the business and labor community, entertainment industry representatives and residents from across the city and the Bay Area.
The group has secured a diverse mix of local leaders to serve as the co-chairs for the effort, including:
Honorary Co-Chairs
Chris Mullin, Former Golden State Warriors player
Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council*
Carmen Policy, Former NFL executive and San Francisco 49ers Team President
Community Co-Chairs
Jim Lazarus, Senior Vice President, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce*
Katherine Webster, President, South Beach-Mission Bay Merchants Association*
Shamann Walton, Executive Director, Young Community Developers*
Dr. Joseph Marshall, Founder, Omega Boys Club*
Members of the newly formed group plan to be out in force over the next several months supporting the arena project at public meetings and hearings, neighborhood events and community festivals.
The group is also planning to hold playoffs viewing parties across San Francisco to cheer on the team as they make a run for an NBA championship.
Who: More than 100 supporters are expected, including:
Adonal Foyle, Former Golden State Warriors player
Carmen Policy, Former NFL executive and San Francisco 49ers Team President
Jim Lazarus, Senior Vice President, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Joseph Marshall, Founder, Omega Boys Club
Janet Clyde, Owner of Vesuvio’s
Tom O’Connor, President, San Francisco Firefighters Local 798
Bob Graham, Supportive neighbor
Shamann Walton, Executive Director, Young Community Developers
What: Diverse group of San Franciscans to launch new organization and effort supporting the Golden State Warriors’ waterfront arena project
When: Today, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:00-1:00pm
Where: City Hall Steps, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk St. steps between Grove and McAllister Streets)”
Tags: 2013, 49ers, Aaron Peskin, Adonal Foyle, april 16, arena, baseball, basketball, bay area, Bob Graham, california, Carmen Policy, chamber of commerce, Chris Mullin, City Hall, civic center, Co-Chair, Co-Chairs, community, dr., ed lee, footwball, giants, Golden State Warriors, grove, Honorary, Janet Clyde, Jean Quan, Jim Wunderman, Joseph Marshal, Katherine Webster, Mayor, mcallister, nfl, noon, Oakland, player, Polk, rally, San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Shamann Walto, soma, south market, steps, street, supporters, team, Tom O’Connor, wariiors, waterfront
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
UCSF is finally getting off its ass and doing something about all those eucalyptus trees and this is the response?
I cry foul.
Now, leaving aside the fact that the Mount Sutro “cloud forest” aint a cloud forest and it aint a forest* neither, UCSF does stuff.
What do the whiny millionaire NIMBY neighbors of UCSF do? Nothing.
Advantage: UCSF.
Of course, there are impoverished hippies who similarly oppose UCSF doing anything to manage this area, so I’m going to look into this when I can.
But the assumption is:
WHY SHOULDN’T UCSF BE ABLE TO MANAGE ITS LAND?
See? UCSF does stuff. What do YOU do?
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To Be Continued…
*What is it really? A stand, a grove, a wood? (Which is the most insulting?) Alls I know is that Christopher Robin used to play in the Hundred Acre Wood, not the Hundred Acre Forest, right?
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, cloud, cut, eye, forest, glaucoma, grove, medical, mobile eye service, mount sutro, San Francisco, stand, sutro, that man may see, trees, truck, UC, ucsf, ucsf campus, university of california, wood
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
This is the scene in the Western Addition at 601 Broderick and Grove, the site of Gethsemane Baptist Church
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The graffiti is new, you see it? It’s all, “THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.”
Let’s take a closer look:
“The proposal is to convert the existing church into a single family residence.”
Well, that’s direct, huh, right there in black and white.
[RACIAL SUBTEXT MODE = ON] Uh, so the Western Addition is losing yet another African-American church so yet another millionaire white family can move in, except realtors* call it the North of Panhandle Area now because it doesn’t have the baggage associated with the Western A? That’s my guess, but tell if I’m way off on this one, Gentle Reader. [RACIAL SUBTEXT MODE = OFF]
Oh, architect James Hill is all over this one at his excellent-looking Talking Buildings blog.
All the deets right here.
Via Redfin.com: “601 Broderick is a charming old church … in the heart of NOPA. Not for the faint of heart or faithless, this property needs a revival. … make them believers. Heaven only knows what the possibilities could be!” Receiving multiple offers on first showing, the sale closed before the For Sale sign was hammered in the ground. Highland Ferndale Partners, a luxury home developer purchased the church for restoration and resale. David Papale, partner and realtor, prefers not to disclose the sale price, but redfin.com notes the price clearly at $1,401,000, 40% over asking, a sizable investment in the future of the community. One might speculate, since this is real estate, that the sale price is more than adequate to cover the losses the bank faced in foreclosure on their faulty loan, a profit unrealized by the church. Mr. Papale claims, while the possibilities for the property include six units, it will be restored as a single family home and to its original Victorian appearance without “that horrible addition.”
And there’s a little bit more here in the comments section of this Socketsite post, Control-F for 601.
So that’s the sitch and the graffiti artist is doing all s/he can to draw attention.
Mission accomplished.
On It Goes…
*Always in lower case
Tags: 2012, 601 Broderick, architect, area, Baptist, bay area, black, blog, blogger, building, california, church, december 5, department, dept., divisadero, foreclosed, foreclosure, Gethsemane, Gethsemane Baptist Church, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist, grove, hearing, house movers, James Hill, Missionary, NOPA, north of panhandle, orange, paint, Planning, planning commission, Planning Department, real estate, realtor, red, San Francisco, single family, solaris, spray, Talking Buildings, THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, western addition, white
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Sunday, October 28th, 2012
You’re invited to come to Civic Center tonight to see Game Four of the World Series on a makeshift “Jumbotron.”
See you at 5:07 PM (or earlier, to get a good spot if you want to be able to actually see the action unobstructed.)
It’ll look like this, but probably with more Matt Cain than Timothy Leroy Lincecum on the screen:
Via RubyxCube - click to expand
The SFPD requests (more or less) that you transfer your alcohol to unmarked containers, thusly:
And, oh yes, speaking of the Rec and Park, Remember to Vote No on Proposition B (November 2012), the so-called “Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond”
Why?
Well, because Prop. B is too costly for San Francisco
And also because Reform is Needed at San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Department.
Also because area lawyer Philip Alan Ginsburg would consider passage of Prop B (November 2012) an endorsement of how he’s running the RPD.
That’s why.
Now, let’s hear from San Francisco Mayor Ron Conway,* after the jump. (Spoiler: He wants you to go to Chipotle’s and spend your money before you blow town.)
PS: The after party will be in the Mission District – spread the word, bring fireworks.
*Poor Sony. It appears that any television-like contraption bigger than 100 inches now gets the generic term “jumbotron.”
Oh well.
“Displays similar to the Jumbotron include:
(more…)
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Friday, July 27th, 2012
Pigeon Man, he’s there every day:
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Where does he get his supply of pigeon feed?
No one knows.
Tags: 2012, agfainst, bay area, birds, california, City Hall, civic center, feed, feeding, flying, grove, illegal, larkin, law, legal, mcallister, pigeon, pigeon man, pigeons, Polk, rats, San Francisco, street, tenderloin, twitterloin
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012
The pigeons of Civic Center know Pigeon Man is coming – they walk with him down Larkin:
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See? They use the crosswalk better than the average San Francisco pedestrian:
Now, here’s your payoff, some kind of grain, like what the Road Runner used to peck at:
Hurray!
Tags: 2012, agfainst, bay area, birds, california, City Hall, civic center, feed, feeding, flying, grove, illegal, larkin, law, legal, mcallister, pigeon, pigeon man, pigeons, Polk, rats, San Francisco, street, tenderloin, twitterloin
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
If you lived here, you’d be Neo-Plastic by now:
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But don’t go crazy or nothing.
It’s in your house/ at the show/ every place that you go
Tags: 2010, 2012, art, bay area, Blue, building, california, color, colors, Cornelis, divco, dutch, dvisadero, gray, green, grey, grove, house, Mondriaan, mondrian, Mondrian House, Neo-Plastic, Neo-Plasticism, NOPA, painter, Piet, Pieter, primary, red, San Francisco, street, western addition, white, Window, yellow
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
This firetruck is older than you!
Still on the job after all these years…
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Tags: 1, 1973, 2012, 900, attack, Attack Hose, Attack Hose Tender, bay area, c-900, c900, california, dept., fire, firetruck, ford, grove, hayes, Hose Tender, no 1, number one, old, red, San Francisco, SF, sffd, street, tender, truck, western addition
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Even with a Landing Signal Officer (like what an nuclear aircraft carrier has) and two lanes of dedicated parking, this $20k-per-year preschool in the Western Addition can’t manage its traffic.
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Oh well.
Tags: 1500 grove, bay area, black hole sun, california, cars, double, grove, kids, orange sun, orange sun school, pacific primary, parents, parking, pre-school, preschool, San Francisco, school, street, traffic, western addition, yellow, yellow sun, yellow sun school
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