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Here Comes the SFMTA, the People Who Run MUNI, to Save Us From Alcoholic...
TweetThis isn’t my “preferred option,” but it’s the preferred option, so there you go. Click to expand How much will this cost? Tens of millions, before overruns. $50,000,000 per mile or about $50,000...
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Our Crazy New CIRM-Worm Building Seems to be Fitting In Nicely up at UCSF...
TweetSee it on the right up there? Click to expand Well, not really. But read all about the craziest new building in California after the jump. What’s the Next Big Thing in stem cell research? It’s got...
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Say Cheese! Here are Your Fairly New Red Light Cameras of Poorly Designed...
TweetOr that’s my guess, anyway, based on where this one’s pointed and the two white lights that are all set to go flash flash like a camera speedlight. Check it out at the dangerous intersection of...
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Horrible Five-Block Octavia Boulevard Claims Another Victim – Is This the...
TweetDetails of today’s accident on hated Octavia Boulevard can be found here, from Henry K. Lee and Nanette Asimov. Looking south from Fell: Click to expand The UCSF shuttle van: How did Octavia...
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At Least Our Poorly-Designed, “Livable Street,” P.O.S. Octavia Boulevard has...
TweetDo you know how painfully cheap it is to record on video a problematic street intersection 24-7 in this day and age? Well the City & County doesn’t, that’s for sure. Anyway, here’s your red...
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Octavia Boulevard is Our Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer –“Livable Streets” Gone...
TweetLet’s see, where to start with horrible Octavia Boulevard. Oh, here we go, with some bold, confident words from all the way back in 2003: “The replacement freeway and Boulevard were charged with...
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The Perils of “Brutal” Architecture: Our Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Hasn’t...
TweetHere’s your “brutal architecture” from architect John Portman over at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero. Well, part of it, anyway. The no-longer-revolving site of the former Equinox Restaurant: Click...
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Poorly-Designed Octavia “Boulevard” Proves Too Much for Mercedes-Driving Mom...
TweetTo the right of this accident scene is Octavia Boulevard. And to the left, a block away, is Octavia Street. And in the middle, you’ll see NIMBY Green with a newish Mercedes Benz CLS sitting on...
View ArticleThe Stated Objectives of the “Masonic Avenue Street Design Study” vs. Reality
TweetHey, it’s the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study: “About the Project – The primary goal of the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study is to identify how Masonic Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Fell...
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The Financial District’s Ugliest Building – A Clock Tower in the 94105? –...
TweetWhat the Hell is this, just south of the slot at Market and Second? Click to expand I cry foul.
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The “Save Masonic” People are Back Opposing Changes to Masonic Avenue – But...
TweetI’ll tell you, the “average,” the typical user of Masonic will in no way benefit from spending eight figures worth of taxpayer dollars on a 3000 foot stretch of Masonic betwixt Fell and the new...
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Wow, the Push to “STOP THE MASONIC PLAN” Seems to be Growing – But It’s Too...
TweetI’ll tell you, do you know how many residents put up signs to support using taxpayer money to decrease capacity on Masonic Avenue? None, zero, nada. But people on Masonic seem to love putting up...
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It’s the “CIRM Worm” in Situ – San Francisco’s Craziest Building is at UCSF –...
TweetSee it on the right? Click to expand All the deets.
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Octavia Boulevard: What the Hell Were They Thinking? Congested in the Four...
TweetAnd three useless medians are in there as well. This whole boulevard thing is a complete disaster. Hey, do you think the side roads were made to be “unattractive to through traffic?” Well, yes...
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UCSF Architecture Update: One of These Things is Not Like the Other – Spot...
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Ed Reiskin Refuses to Comply with the SFMTA Citizens Advisory Council, So...
TweetHere’s the Citizens Advisory Council’s recommendation that Ed Reiskin, operator of America’s slowest and least efficient big-city transit system, has refused: “Motion 140122.01 – The SFMTA CAC...
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Pacific Place Apts of Daly City, As Seen from Frisco – A Giant Birthday Cake...
TweetBoy, this view is somewhat jarring: They call this thing a “turret?” I don’t know. (Two words, Man: Omega Man.) All the deets…
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EQUINOX: Frisco’s Most Beloved Shut-Down Restaurant – Sadly, It Stopped...
TweetI guess people went here for Prom Night? Anyway, they’re super nostalgic for our one and only formerly revolving restaurant. “It’s been gone since May of 2007 and still there are reviews pouring...
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Revamped Building is All Window, or as Much as It Can be in...
TweetBoy, that’s a lot of window: You don’t want to have too much window in Frisco, else you’ll run into trouble: “…large windows and unusual highly glassy appearance were a statement of class and...
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Beautiful San Francisco Architecture
TweetAs seen in the high rent district, but of course all of Frisco is a high rent district these days…
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