Judah at La Playa - 1980
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23.09.2025 04:12
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Judah at La Playa - 1980
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Fantastic. Would love to see more of these sprout up along our neighborhood commercial corridors.
There is no shortage of 1 story retail buildings in the city that should make way for housing above and commercial space below.
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Assuming October approval this project will most likely break ground in two years and be complete by 2029 at the earliest.
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Downtown San Francisco has come a long ways.
Even our city wasn't immune to freeways and parking lots on prime real estate which beset many US cities in the '70s.
Look at the old Transbay Terminal and the Embarcadero Freeway. Yerba Buena / Moscone Center being built in the back.
Right by the ballpark. A shame that a conversion from office to residential doesn't pencil here.
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The railyards site is a no brainer to build up into a transit & housing hub. There is @caltrain.com service, countless @sfmta.com lines, and the planned $8.25 billion rail extension that will link directly to the Transbay Terminal (and eventually beyond) to East Bay & Sac.
These cute banana slugs err trams from Woltersdorf (near Berlin) would be perfect for Santa Cruz - connecting the campus with downtown and the Boardwalk.
Knights Templar Decorations at the intersection of Market, Kearny, Geary, and Third Streets.
I wonder if they needed to secure permits for the installation or if it was just approved over a handshake.
(September, 1904)
In an alternate timeline @goldengate.org has a lower deck dedicated to @bart.gov.
In a San Francisco, it takes 6+ years for a local 70 year old institution to open a second location along an existing neighborhood corridor because a local non-profit cabal gets to call the shots.
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A better repurposing of Alcatraz would be the creation of West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty symbolizing the Bay Area as a place that has historically welcomed immigrants and innovation.
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Love this shot of a PCC car pulling into Forest Hill Station. Noticing the low platforms and steps!
Circa late '60s.
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Political posturing for some of her base. When she fails in getting the votes from her fellow supes to get it on the ballot she gets to say that she tried her best!
Private citizens can gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot but it will fail there too. sfstandard.com/2025/04/09/g...
people often talk about the Marina or Tenderloin as aural chaos centers of San Francisco but Stonestown got its own, equally powerful demons too. I knew menswear guy was a madman when he challenged a rando to a fight at Stonestown Uniqlo
Very pleased to see these blocks in Fisherman's Wharf being eyed for a 65' and 85' upzoning.
There should be workforce housing at the terminus of the F-Line and that part of the city deserves to transform into an actual neighborhood where people live and work.
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Grand Avenue (Bunker Hill, LA) – 1979 – Barton Myers, Pelli, Gehry
Hallidie Plaza in the 1970s, the entrance to Powell Station and gateway into downtown for many travelers.
Unfortunately the benches have been yanked out for quite some time now and the upper row of trees in the back have been cut down.
What will the future hold for the plaza?
Thank you @bart.gov for the repost!
Looking forward to creating more BART inspired collages to share!
Small business owners are not experts on transportation policy.
A series of collages I made for @bart.gov that highlight the transit system's role in connecting riders with the Bay Area's rich local history, unique geography and nature that can be found within steps from its stations.
The fictional skyline of San Francisco in the 1974 movie "The Towering Inferno." The two tall buildings in the center are "The Peerless" and "The Glass Tower."
The Glass Tower is supposed to be 1668 ft.
The Salesforce Tower we got in our timeline is 1070 ft.
Central Freeway under construction at Market and Octavia, San Francisco (1958)
A weak stream is cause for concern.
B-Geary taking a rest at the end of the line at Playland Loop. (1956)
Two things San Francisco lost. A streetcar line running through the Richmond and a beach boardwalk.
Today on Transit Workers Appreciation Day the @sfmta.bsky.social Board of Directors voted voted 3-2 to enact cuts that would affect transit service starting this summer.
If built, this would instantly become San Francisco's narrowest high-rise.
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Can't believe this project in Oakland took 8 years to gain approvals.
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Powell Station with an old Boeing car.
Early '80s.
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We are deeply dismayed that left turn restrictions on Valencia Street are on the chopping block.
This would be a huge step backwards for safety. Drivers making left turns are one of the deadliest threats to pedestrians in SF – and this is all too true on Valencia.
If the Trump admin is serious about offloading 50 UN Plaza & the Nancy Pelosi Fed Bldg. then the city should look into acquiring those bldgs for city services.
A new Tenderloin Station for SFPD, sober living facilities, housing, everything should be on the table.