Monthly Archives: August 2007

Interested in Neighborhood Meeting to See Transbay Design(s)?

August 14, 2007 Posted by jamie under Transbay Transit Center
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP I have been contacted by a team member of at least one of the Transbay Design and Development (D&D) competition participants who asked if there would be an opportunity for a group of their design professionals who intimately know the proposed design to present their group’s Transbay Transit Center design… Keep reading

Transbay Designs Presentations for TJPA CAC on Tuesday evening

August 12, 2007 Posted by jamie under Meetings
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Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects I make no bones about envying the 5.4 acre park included in the Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects design. Perhaps you prefer the tower designed by SOM. Then again, you may like the Sutro Tower looking Rogers design like The Chronicle’s John King. If you would like to let the Transbay JPA… Keep reading

New Art Coming to The Embarcadero

August 11, 2007 Posted by jamie under Art
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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker. The sculptures that my boyfriend and I affectionately call Whoopee and Weepy, who stand on the waterfront’s Embarcadero pedestrian way near the Mission Street intersection, are enjoying their final 6 or so weeks of living in Rincon Hill. Whoopee and Weepy will leave us at the beginning of October, and… Keep reading

Transbay Designs Released

August 6, 2007 Posted by jamie under Transbay Transit Center
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Image from www.transbaycenter.org I was stuck at work this evening, but I did listen in and occasionally take a peek via the San Francisco Government Television live video stream over the web. I have to say that I totally LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects design that incorporates A LOT of park space!… Keep reading

Congestion Charges – Watch and Learn

August 5, 2007 Posted by jamie under Transportation & Ped Safety
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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority believes that a price tag on downtown driving in the form of a business hour congestion charge will reduce gridlock and boost public-transit ridership. Where will the funding come from if the City pursues setting up congestion charges for driving downtown during business hours? A good portion could come… Keep reading

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