Emerald Fund is ready to start the $200 million transformation of 100 Van Ness from a concrete office tower to deluxe apartments after the Planning Commission approved a request to drop the number of affordable units. Read more.
Giants fans flocked to Civic Center Plaza in 2010 and 2012 to watch the team win the World Series. But for the Super Bowl, as of now there are no plans to broadcast the Feb. 3 game outside City Hall. “I don’t think we are permitted to do one,” Mayor Ed Lee said of showing…
The mid-Market district of San Francisco is undergoing tremendous change. Construction cranes literally cast shadows over the businesses and charities serving long-time residents of the neighborhood. This is an area filled with supported housing and Single Room Occupancy hotels. Homeless people and panhandlers traverse the wide sidewalks. One of the food pantries that serves…
The SFJAZZ Center on the corner of Franklin and Fell streets in Hayes Valley open its doors to the press this morning for a sneak peek of what’s to come. Its official grand opening will be January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with season one running from January 21 through June 2, 2013. The building’s nearly…
The two-tower project proposed for 1411 Market Street has been in the works since 2007, and got its final entitlements back in February 2011. The super-sleek Handel Architects design includes 754 rental apartments and approximately 19,000 sq.ft. of commercial space located in two 35-story and 19-story towers connected by a 9-story base podium. Part of the project’s approvals were public…
Join SFJAZZ on Monday, January 21, 2013 for the official Grand Opening and share in a day of free music and activities at the new SFJAZZ Center. Please be sure to RSVP below so you can reserve a spot on a free Opening Day tour for you and your guest(s). Monday, January 21 • 11:30am–6:30pm…
The Community Benefit Districts (CBD) program strives to improve the overall quality of life in targeted commercial districts and mixed-use neighborhoods through a partnership between the City and local communities. Once an area has voted to establish a CBD, local property owners are levied a special assessment to fund improvements to their neighborhood. The funds are administered…
The board of directors of the Civic Center CBD created a Safety Committee to discuss the overall safety of the district including police and criminal activity and the effectiveness of the data collected. We are asking you – property owners, business owners, employees, residents and visitors – to tell us about your safety concerns and…
Will the promise of lifting people up become a way of pushing people out or will the 5 Blocks revitalization effort become a national model for inner cities ? 5 Blocks is a documentary film about the revitalization of San Francisco’s central Market Street, from a gritty no-man’s land to a center for art and…
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today at the U.S. Green Building Council Greenbuild International Conference and Expo being held at the Moscone Convention Center announced that the City and County of San Francisco has filed for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for eight buildings in San Francisco’s Historic Civic Center District. Read Mayor’s…
The Asian Art Museum kicks off its 10th anniversary in San Francisco’s Civic Center with an exhibition from one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in modern times. China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy will be on view February 22 – May 27, 2013. Read entire article.
Market and Mission Streets Closed to Traffic SFMTA Encourages Fans to take Public Transportation to Parade and Celebration for the World Champion San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all surface transportation in the City including the Municipal Railway (Muni), encourages baseball fans to take public transportation to the parade…
The Giants’ victory parade will begin at the foot of Market Street at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The parade ends at Civic Center. Yes, on Halloween. The city that revels in Bay to Breakers, Halloween in the Castro, and any chance to dress up (or down) and party, will throw an orange-and-black celebration to rival all…
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees the Municipal Railway (Muni), advises Muni customers about its ongoing state of good repair work on the Muni Metro system. Over the course of seven weeks starting on August 20, 2012, the SFMTA will replace the metal roll-up station entrance doors at the Van Ness Muni…
San Francisco will feature an exciting series of waterfront events in early October 2012. The main event viewing areas are along San Francisco’s northern and eastern waterfront, including Marina Green, Aquatic Park, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, Piers 30-32 and Pier 80. All of the waterfront locations can be reached via public transit, bike or by…
The Civic Center CBD has gone mobile. Our mobile app, which you can find on your smart phone or iPad at www.sfciviccenter.org, allows you to email or text a message with a photo to our CBD dispatch center. You can save the app on your home screen as well, and let us know when you see graffiti,…
by John Wildermuth Civic Center is the perfect San Francisco neighborhood: centrally located, plenty of businesses, scads of public transit and a world-class array of cultural amenities, including the Opera, Symphony and Ballet. But when the thousands of government workers disappear at 5:30 each weekday evening and the concert halls turn out the lights, Civic Center Plaza…
The San Francisco Travel Association has selected ten unique businesses to receive its 2012/2013 Neighborhood Partnership Grants. Now in its third year, the grant program was created to extend the economic impact of San Francisco’s tourism industry into the city’s diverse neighborhoods and involve more businesses located outside the traditional visitor areas in San Francisco…
by John King From the San Francisco Chronicle: The best thing to happen to Civic Center Plaza in this century is a dancing lotus flower that sits on a black pedestal and rises 24 feet. It rustles in the air, inflated and plump and spun from red fabric, on the plaza’s east side between the…
The board and staff of the Civic Center Community Benefit District (CCCBD) are pleased to present the first CCCBD Annual Report, covering the CBD’s activities from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012. You can download a copy here. In its first year, the CCCBD has established itself in the community and has implemented the…