Monthly Archives: August 2007
It's Oh So Quiet in Rincon Hill This Weekend
| August 31, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Transportation & Ped Safety |
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When I came home this evening, I instantly noticed the lack of noise from the Bay Bridge in the background. It isn’t a very loud noise that I miss tonight, but it is a pretty constant hum with accentuated noise from motorcycles and big trucks that I distinctly miss this evening while sitting in my… Keep reading
$10,000 Reward from SFPD for Information Related to Recent Hit-and-Runs
| August 27, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Transportation & Ped Safety |
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I applaud the City for bellying up to the bar, so-to-speak, and offering two $10,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the drivers responsible for fata hit-and-runs in the City on August 18th and 19th. A 27-year-old Canadian naval sailor, whose ship, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Calgary, was docked at Pier… Keep reading
SF Port to Java House – Forget the Rent We Negotiated Last Year
| August 27, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Rincon Hill Businesses |
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Java House (not to be confused with the Rincon Hill-based Red’s Java House), located near Pier 40 facing Townsend Street across The Embarcadero in South Beach, may be leaving soon after 23 years of service to the neighborhood. You can read the whole story by Matier and Ross in today’s San Francisco Chronicle. What bugs… Keep reading
Bay Bridge Closed Labor Day Weekend
| August 26, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Transportation & Ped Safety |
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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker Just in case you’ve been so involved in your passions that you’ve overlooked newspapers, radio ads, news of all sorts, and so on … please note the Bay Bridge will be closed this upcoming weekend from 8:00PM Friday, August 31st through no later than 5:00AM on Tuesday, September 4th. You… Keep reading
Barry Bonds Celebration this Friday, August 24th!
| August 22, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Events |
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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker From Jason Chan, Mayor’s Liaison to District 6 … The Mayor asked that I reach out and invite you and other community members of an exciting event honoring Barry Bonds’ recent record-breaking achievement. On Friday, August 24th at Noon, Mayor Newsom will host a celebration honoring Barry Bonds’ historic achievement… Keep reading
No Community in Rincon Hill Yet?
| August 21, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Activism |
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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker Good article written by Carl Nolte in The San Francisco Chronicle today. You can read it online by clicking here. It discusses the lack of intensity on the part of the City to transform the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific building on the corner of Harrison and First into a… Keep reading
SoMa Semi-Annual Crime Statistics
| August 19, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Neighborhood Crime Watch |
Crime is certainly on a lot of folks’ minds in San Francisco. On Friday night, I walked by a fairly new looking silver Lexus parked on Spear beside the Gap Inc. building (full on window display spotlights shining on the car no less), and I noticed someone had smashed the driver’s side window. While continuing… Keep reading
Sign Up Today for The Neighborhood Empowerment Summit, Sept. 8th!
| August 15, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Events |
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Jason Chan, the Mayor’s District 6 liaison, sent this out to folks on his email list this morning. Dear Community Partner, Over the last few months, a group of representatives from City Agencies, Non Profits, and Neighborhoods have been working together to create a new initiative called the Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN). The goal of… Keep reading
Send in Your Transbay Design Comments Prior to September 17th!
| August 14, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Transbay Transit Center |
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Even though it may seem like the result is already baked in the cake in some ways based on the Design & Development Competition Jury’s opinion (which should be available on the www.TransbayCenter.org web site in the Board Agenda Packet around September 7th or so, according to what TJPA staff… Keep reading
Transbay JPA CAC – Neutered?
| August 14, 2007 | Posted by jamie under Transbay Transit Center |
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My buddy Jake in Michigan. I was underwhelmed with this evening’s Transbay JPA Citizens Advisory Committee meeting. It is starting to make sense to me why I’m always getting meeting cancellation notices from the Redevelopment Agency’s flavor of a Transbay Citizens Advisory Committee (a separate group from the TJPA CAC that focuses more on the… Keep reading
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