Locations in the media Transbay Blog
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Market at 10th Street
The New Market Street: 6th and 8th Street Turns
...began today, motorists traveling inbound on Market Street are encouraged to turn south off of Market at 10th Street, and are required to turn right on 8th and 6th Streets. The goal is to...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 29, 2009.
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8th and Market
The New Market Street: 6th and 8th Street Turns
I stopped by the intersection of 8th and Market today, at about 9:00 a.m. At that time, the new operation proceeded pretty...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 29, 2009.
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Leavenworth between Turk and Golden Gate
PARK(ing) Day 2009
A park(ing) spot of wholly different character in the Tenderloin, featuring bales of hay on Leavenworth between Turk and Golden Gate:
Published by Transbay Blog on September 25, 2009.
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Gough & Market
PARK(ing) Day 2009
...go to the San Francisco Planning Department, which set up shop behind Caffe Trieste, at Gough & Market. The Planning Department corner featured a “build your own urban environment” exhibit that even attempted...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 25, 2009.
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4th & King
FTA and TIFIA Funds for AC Transit, Central Subway, and Transbay
...apply toward carrying out further design of the T-Third Street light rail extension from 4th & King, through South of Market to Chinatown. The federal government will ultimately supply roughly $950 million...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 24, 2009.
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Market and Buchanan
Charting the Bay Area Seismic Retrofit Effort
The developer who has city approval to build 115 glassy, modern condominiums where a gas station sits at Market and Buchanan streets says a labor group is misusing state environmental law...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 18, 2009.
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4th & Townsend
Trans-Beale Terminal
...chairman Quentin Kopp opined that the Transbay Transit Center was not really necessary, and that 4th & Townsend was a perfectly suitable high-speed rail terminal. Or like earlier this year, when the...
Published by Transbay Blog on September 11, 2009.
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880 South
Bay Bridge Update: It’s Open!
Randy Iwasaki also explained in the press conference video that a few detours would be maintained throughout today. The ramp from 880 North to 92 West remains closed, and the 880 South to 92 west will be kept at a two-lane configuration. The 92 West Hesperian Blvd. off-ramp is also still closed.
Published by Transbay Blog on September 8, 2009.
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101 8th Street
Is the Oakland Airport Connector a Good TIGER-TIFIA Project? (Part 2)
...but voted to fund it anyway, because that’s just how things go down at 101 8th Street...
Published by Transbay Blog on August 18, 2009.
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3543 18th Street
Is the Oakland Airport Connector a Good TIGER-TIFIA Project? (Part 1)
Mission Streetscape Community Design Workshop: Another community design meeting to make Mission District streets more livable. Wed. August 12, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm. Held at the Women's Building (3543 18th Street, San Francisco). Click here for more details.
Published by Transbay Blog on August 13, 2009.
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201 Mission Street
Downtown Berkeley’s Growing Pains
Transbay Transit Center, Public Meeting: Wednesday, July 15, 12:15-1:15 p.m. 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco.
Published by Transbay Blog on July 15, 2009.
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4th & King
Peninsula Investments
4th & King, San Francisco: Pending alteration of the DTX track layout to allow trains to move efficiently...
Published by Transbay Blog on June 17, 2009.
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Fifth and Mission
In Uptown Grows … A Parking Lot?
...the most natural travel mode to access the mall; and nearby parking garages, such as Fifth and Mission, have proven sufficient to absorb additional motorists. Oakland’s Uptown District boasts a similarly extensive...
Published by Transbay Blog on May 3, 2009.
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Duboce and Market
Bridging the Divide
...Townsend, Division, 13th, and Duboce to Market Street. There would be a new wye at Duboce and Market, which would include a non-revenue connection to ease access to Geneva Yard. Historic streetcars...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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Townsend and Division
Bridging the Divide
...single-design, master-planned blocks that now characterize development in Mission Bay. Heights along both Townsend and Division/13th would step up and down to vary the urban form and transition to nearby...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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4th & Townsend
Bridging the Divide
...extension to 1st and Mission, some runs will likely terminate at Mission Bay; as such, 4th & Townsend will increase in importance as a transit nexus, and there is so much more we...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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1st and Mission
Bridging the Divide
Even with the planned commuter rail extension to 1st and Mission, some runs will likely terminate at Mission Bay; as such, 4th & Townsend will increase in...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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Grove and Laguna
Bridging the Divide
...are a simple loop right at the Green, or a loop around the block on Grove and Laguna, which reaches a bit deeper into the neighborhood...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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Market & Octavia
Bridging the Divide
...are still undeveloped, so Hayes Valley is a work in progress; and the intersection of Market & Octavia, where the freeway touches down to the street, created a dangerous situation in which motorists...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 14, 2009.
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50 California Street
WETA Plans Changes for East Bay Ferries
San Francisco (April 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm): BCDC, 50 California Street, Suite 2600
Published by Transbay Blog on April 7, 2009.
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1st and Mission
Commission Unveils Regional Plan for Transit
...and provide more robust service. Once electrified, trains from Sacramento will be routed directly to 1st and Mission via the additional tube. “The route would not be part of the state’s high...
Published by Transbay Blog on April 1, 2009.
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4th and Townsend
TJPA Considers CHSRA Requirements for the Transbay Terminal
...tracks would go underground west of 4th Street, leading to a new subway station at 4th and Townsend, where Caltrain currently terminates. A three track tunnel would then curve off Townsend and north...
Published by Transbay Blog on March 12, 2009.
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168-186 Eddy
Tenderloin Trio Takes Shape
The third building in this trio, 168-186 Eddy/238 Taylor, is planned for the northeast corner of Eddy & Taylor, where it would replace...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 7, 2009.
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149 Mason
Tenderloin Trio Takes Shape
...units will provide much-needed housing for the dense concentration of families in the Tenderloin. 149 Mason, which will be an eight-story 56-unit building to house the homeless, is currently...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 7, 2009.
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125 Mason
Tenderloin Trio Takes Shape
...fill a gap in the streetwall on the west side of Mason Street. Construction of 125 Mason (pictured at right) was recently completed, adding 137 units ranging from one to four bedrooms...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 7, 2009.
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1350 Market Street
21st Century Fox
San Francisco Fox (1350 Market Street).
Published by Transbay Blog on February 2, 2009.
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2300 Broadway
21st Century Fox
...is taking shape between Broadway and Valdez Street, currently anchored by the first phases of 2300 Broadway and the Broadway-Grand, as well as Oakland’s newest high-rise, The Grand — all...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 2, 2009.
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574 12th Street
21st Century Fox
...for most of the life of the theater. Orpheum had previously used the theater at 574 12th Street, which was renamed the Twelfth Street Theater after Orpheum relocated; the Twelfth Street Theater was...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 2, 2009.
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1730 Broadway
21st Century Fox
...The first Fox, which opened on August 25, 1923, had 2,561 seats located at 1730 Broadway, occupying the long horizontal parcel that is now home to the Community Bank of the...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 2, 2009.
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630 20th Street
21st Century Fox
...boost the city’s reputation. Meanwhile, a few Downtown projects (901 Jefferson, the Ellington, and 630 20th Street) have gone in default, and construction of a new 23-story high-rise, 601 City...
Published by Transbay Blog on February 2, 2009.