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Posts Tagged ‘lab’
Breaking Bad, Frisco Style – “Thank You ‘Breaking Bad’ for Making Me See Every RV as a Rolling Meth Lab”
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012That EXPRESS Chain Store is Going to Replace Our Beloved Gold Dust Lounge with … a “Dual-Gender Denim Lab”
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012EXPRESS, Inc has just announced what it’s going to do with the former Gold Dust Lounge on Geary in Union Square – it seems we’re going to be blessed with a 16,000-square-foot “flagship” store.
Here’s what EXPRESS has to say about it:
“Located at 301 Geary Street, the Union Square location is comprised of approximately 16,000 square feet and will feature two floors, plus a mezzanine, of selling space. One of the vacating tenants delayed Express taking possession of the space. The property is owned by Handlery Hotels, Inc.”
Yes, that delay was the talk of the town.
Anyway, bygones.
I think this is it, a “dual-gender Denim Lab” as seen in Pennsylvania’s King of Prussia town, an East Coast version of Emeryville I guess:
Click to expand – more shots at the RetailDesignBlog
All right, together now:
Dual-Gender Denim Lab!
Dual-Gender Denim Lab!
Dual-Gender Denim Lab!
Myself, I just got a pair of “Kirkland” jeans on sale at our dual-gender Costco #144 in SoMA. $11-something. (Now that was a deal because normally they’re $13-something. And I remember when they were just $12-something, back in the day. Ah mem’ries…)
All the deets:
“COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23, 2012 – Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR), a specialty retail apparel chain operating over 600 stores, today announced that the company will open two flagship locations in Times Square in New York City and Union Square in San Francisco. Both locations are scheduled to open in 2013. Union Square, located at the corner of Powell and Geary streets, is scheduled to open next summer; and Times Square, located at the corner of 46(th) Street and Broadway – in the heart of the Bowtie – is scheduled to open in the fall.
“We are extremely excited to officially announce both of these flagship locations for 2013,” said Michael Weiss, chairman, president & CEO of Express, Inc. ”The age old mantra of ‘location, location, location’ was certainly at work in the selection of these two properties. These flagships will not only reflect the strength of our fashion authority within these two cities, but also serve as a gateway to our brand for international visitors and shoppers as part of our international expansion strategy,” he added.
Times Square: Located at 1552 Broadway, the Times Square location is comprised of approximately 30,000 square feet and will feature three selling floors. The prominent location also includes a 125 foot tall, 9,000 square foot LED sign package on the facade of the building facing Broadway. The property is owned by joint venture partners SL Green Realty Corp. and Jeff Sutton.
Union Square: Located at 301 Geary Street, the Union Square location is comprised of approximately 16,000 square feet and will feature two floors, plus a mezzanine, of selling space. One of the vacating tenants delayed Express taking possession of the space. The property is owned by Handlery Hotels, Inc.
Both locations will be constructed in Express’ new store design created by Japanese design firm, Wonderwall. With uptown finishes and downtown cool, the store features design elements of refined chic and forward-thinking composition that creates individual spaces with a sense of style. Divided into three sections of Men’s, Women’s and a dual-gender Denim Lab, products are divided by lifestyle categories and outfitted by gender. A refined Express brand is conveyed through the use of modern industrial fixtures, displays and textures. Mortar walls and concrete floors create an open, expansive space accented with aged oak wood floors. Glossy white walls divide the space into rooms and provide a dynamic contrast to the natural wood outrigger shelving system.
About Express, Inc.:
Express is a specialty apparel and accessories retailer of women’s and men’s merchandise, targeting the 20 to 30 year old customer. The Company has over 30 years of experience offering a distinct combination of fashion and quality for multiple lifestyle occasions at an attractive value addressing fashion needs across work, casual, jeanswear, and going-out occasions. The Company currently operates over 600 retail stores, located primarily in high-traffic shopping malls, lifestyle centers, and street locations across the United States, in Canada and in Puerto Rico, and also distributes its products through the Company’s e-commerce website, www.express.com.”
OMG, It’s Photographer’s Heaven: A Pop-Up Shrine to Adobe PhotoShop! PhotoWalks, Workshops, Classes – Ends August 6
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Have you heard about the two-week Photoshop & You pop-up event at 550 Sutter in Union Square?
OMG, you gotta get over there and check it out.
“Adobe has a new retail venture: a two-week pop-up location. Think of it as a hybrid exhibition, gallery, classroom, experimental lab, retail store and creative experience designed to immerse the public in the visual world of digital imaging. It’s part art, part tech – and all free.”
All the deets:
- Free to the public (including all workshops, classes and photowalks)
– Open until Saturday, August 6
– Hours of operation:
Sun–Wed: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Thurs–Sat: 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
– Photos of the space: http://on.fb.me/oBT1kl
Now I think you’re too late for the big Adobe Chinatown Photowalk on July 31 (don’t go there without an invite, and I’ll tell you, you can’t get an invite at this late date) but there’s other stuff going on.
Check it:
And check out the schedule – there’s a lot of stuff:
See you there!
SFPD Kenneth Harding Shooting Update: Gun Shot Residue Found on Suspect’s Right Hand
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011An update:
“Update on Officer Involved Shooting: GSR found on suspect’s hand
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Posted Date: 7/19/2011
As stated by Chief Suhr during Monday’s press conference, information pertaining to the investigation of the officer involved shooting that occurred on Saturday, July 16, 2011 would be released as it becomes available.
Results from the analysis of evidence collected from the hands of Kenneth Harding revealed that GSR (gunshot residue) was present on Harding’s right hand. The presence of gunshot residue on Harding’s right hand supports statements from witnesses that Harding held the gun in his right hand as he fired at the police officers.
The presence of GSR on an individual’s hands indicates that either: the individual fired a gun, the individual was in close proximity to a gun as it was discharged or that the individual touched a gun or other object with GSR on its surface and particles were transferred to his/her hands.
No GSR was detected on Harding’s left hand.”
These Labrador Retriever Pups from San Rafael are Sad ‘Cause You Haven’t Yet Donated to Guide Dogs for the Blind
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Where Oh Where is the U.S.S. Independence (CVL-22)? Is It Filled With Nuclear Waste Sitting Next to the Farallones? Yep
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010We’ve had more U.S.S. Independences than you can shake a stick at over the centuries, but this one is the one we had during the bulk of WWII. She came straight out of Joisey in ’42 and survived The Pacific War only to get blowed up with atomic bombs during testing at South Pacific locales like Bikini Atoll in 1946.
Before:
Then after, after the big atomic kaboom at Bikini. Ouch:
Anyway, instead of sinking, the Independence kept on floating so the Navy towed her right to Hunters Point in south San Francisco. Now, let’s let Lisa Davis(?) of SF Weekly take over – here’s her bit from all the way back in aught-one.
So there you go. Most likely, this old-school baby aircraft carrier is down there resting with a cargo of nuclear waste not too far from our Farallon Islands, radiating away.
Oh well.
San Francisco Film Society Annouces Fall Season – NY/SF Kid’s Film Fest Starts Sept. 24
Thursday, August 12th, 2010An incredible man will shrink for your pleasure up at the Presidio‘s Film in the Fog series come October 2, 2010. That’s just one of the events that the San Francisco Film Society has planned for you before year’s end.
“SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY ANNOUNCES EXPANDED SLATE FOR FALL SEASON 2010, LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER 24 WITH NY/SF INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Six Festivals, Outdoor Screening, Pitch Forum, Polanski Shorts and the Mountain Goats Live Enrich the Bay Area Cinematic Calendar
San Francisco, CA — The San Francisco Film Society will present an ambitious, expanded Fall Season 2010, commencing September 24 with the inaugural NY/SF International Children’s Film Festival and closing December 14 with a newly commissioned score performance of Sir Arne’s Treasure with the Mountain Goats.
NY/SF International Children’s Film Festival
September 24 – 26
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
A celebration of diverse, enlightening, inspiring and entertaining films for kids ages 6-18 and their families
Film in the Fog: The Incredible Shrinking Man
October 2
Main Post Theater in the Presidio
Free family-friendly outdoor screening of a sci-fi classic
Film Arts Forum: Pitch Perfect
October 4
Mezzanine
A panel and networking event focusing on the mechanics of effective pitching for documentaries and narrative features
Taiwan Film Days
October 22 – 24
Viz Cinema
A showcase of the best contemporary Taiwanese cinema
French Cinema Now
October 28 – November 3
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Significant new works from one of the world’s most renowned filmmaking countries
Sneak Preview: Nice Guy Johnny
November 4
Roxie Theater
Indie director Edward Burns presents his new film in person
Cinema by the Bay
November 5 – 8
Roxie Theater and the Lab
Celebrating the passion, innovation and diversity of Bay Area filmmaking
Polanski + Sza/Za
November 10
Premier Theater at Letterman Digital Arts Center
Rarely seen early short films by the master director with live musical accompaniment by the Warsaw-based electro-acoustical duo Sza/Za
San Francisco International Animation Festival
November 11 – 14
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
The boldest and most exciting animated films from around the world
New Italian Cinema
November 14 – 21
Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema
Celebrating the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and its newest generation of filmmakers
Sir Arne’s Treasure with the Mountain Goats
December 14
Castro Theatre
Mauritz Stiller’s classic Swedish silent film with live music by one of indie rock’s most distinctive voices
San Francisco Film Society is a nonprofit arts and education organization dedicated to celebrating the world of film and media in four core areas: Internationalism and Cross-Cultural Exchange, Educating and Inspiring Bay Area Youth, Showcasing Bay Area Film Culture and Exploring New Media. Its activities are organized via three major program areas: Exhibition, Education and Filmmaker Services.
The Film Society shows the best of world cinema year-round on its SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas; presents the longest-running film festival in the Americas, the SF International (April 21-May 5, 2011); and presents the San Francisco International Animation Festival, New Italian Cinema, Cinema by the Bay, Taiwan Film Days and French Cinema Now each fall. SFFS presents more than 300 days of programming each year, reaching a total audience of more than 100,000 people. Its acclaimed Youth Education program introduces international cinema and media literacy to more than 10,000 teachers and students annually.
SFFS publishes a daily online magazine, SF360.org, with broad-ranging news and features on Bay Area film culture and provides crucial support to the Bay Area filmmaking community through Filmmaker Services, including FilmHouse Residencies, Fiscal Sponsorship, SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grants, Hearst Screenwriting Grant, Djerassi Residency Award/SFFS Screenwriting Fellowship, SFFS Film Arts Forums and professional-level filmmaker classes.”
Jerry Brown Throws Down: Will Assist With Audit of Official San Francisco Crime Lab
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Our California Attorney General Jerry Brown can’t abide the idea of San Francisco having a dysfunctional crime lab so he’s going to send over a team of specialists to assist in a thorough independent audit.
All the deets, below.
Jerry Brown, automático para la gente:
Brown Joins SF Police Department Investigation into Evidence Tampering at City Crime Lab
“San Francisco- On the heels of troubling allegations of evidence tampering against a former San Francisco Police Department Crime Lab technician, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that his office will provide a team of specialists to assist in a thorough independent audit of the laboratory.
“My office will assist San Francisco police to get to the bottom of these serious evidence-tampering allegations,”Brown said. “It’s critical that we act immediately to get the San Francisco crime lab back in service and restore the public’s trust in our criminal justice system.”
At the request of San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon, crime specialists from Brown’s office will assist San Francisco authorities in re-testing of evidence, improving internal controls and taking whatever steps are necessary to return the lab to full operation.
Today’s announcement follows allegations that Deborah Madden, 60, a former San Francisco Police Department Lab technician, jeopardized numerous criminal cases by tampering with police evidence.
The San Francisco Police Department will continue to lead the criminal investigation into Ms. Madden’s conduct.
Jerry Brown Throws Down – Massive Medi-Cal Fraud Case Against Medical Labs
Friday, March 20th, 2009The phrase of the day is “qui tam.” It’s Latin for “million dollar payday,” assuming of course you are a False Claims Act whistleblower and you win, the way this federal case worked out.
California State Attorney General Jerry Brownannounced this morning news of a case in San Mateo concerning fraud and kickbacks and hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s a doozy. Read all about it in his words, below.
Brown Sues to Recover Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Illegally Diverted from Medi-Cal
LOS ANGELES – Responding to a whistleblower’s allegation of “massive Medi-Cal fraud and kickbacks,” Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined legal action against seven private laboratories to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal overcharges to the state’s medical program for the poor.
“In the face of declining state revenues, these medical laboratories have siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from programs intended for the most vulnerable California families.” Attorney General Brown said. “Such a pattern of massive Medi-Cal fraud and kickbacks cannot be tolerated, and I will take every action the law allows to recover what is owed,” Brown added.
According to whistleblower Chris Riedel, the CEO of Hunter Laboratories, “I confirmed with the California Department of Health Care Services that these practices were illegal. We then had a choice–either join the other labs in violating the law or be unable to compete for business. We choose to suffer the financial consequence, and follow the law.”
The lawsuit, which is pending in San Mateo Superior Court, contends that the 7 medical labs systematically overcharged the Medi-Cal program over the past 15 years.
Read more, after the jump:
