Monthly Archives: November 2011

SFDOG Selected as Fiscal Sponsor for the Rincon Hill Dog Park

Rincon Hill Dog Park at Bryant and Beale Streets

Rincon Hill Dog Park donation form While Caltrans paid for the construction of the Rincon Hill Dog Park utilizing funds budgeted for improvements along the western approach of the Bay Bridge, the costs of the City and County of San Francisco leasing the dog park property and the operations (lighting, water/irrigation, etc.) must be privately-funded… Keep reading

Transbay Streetscape and Open Space Design Workshop

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Opportunities like this are few and far between in the development of the Rincon Hill neighborhood! This is our opportunity to influence the design of the 1.4 acres of Oscar Park that will run under the bus ramps and Fremont Street ramp. There are three different conceptual designs by CMG Landscape Architecture for this San… Keep reading

Rincon Hill Dog Park in the San Francisco Chronicle

Google Maps Satellite image of the Rincon Hill Dog Park in mid-2011

John King turned his attention to the on-the-ground experience in Rincon Hill (as opposed to the skyline) in today’s Chronicle. Read his article about the Rincon Hill Dog Park online. Keep reading

One Rincon Hill on Good Morning Sacramento

Our friend Ann Dykstra of the One Rincon Hill sales team got to show off One Rincon Hill’s views recently on the Sacramento CBS TV affiliate’s Good Morning Sacramento. Looking good! Keep reading

Transbay Construction Activities Meeting on Friday, 11/18/2011

From the Transbay JPA … Community Meeting on Transbay Construction Activities With the completion of demolition behind us, excavation of the Transbay Transit Center site is fast approaching. All around the jobsite, we are bustling with activity and would like to invite you to come to our next community meeting to see what exciting things… Keep reading

Embarcadero YMCA – Helping Youths to Lead Fulfilling Lives

Embarcadero YMCA's Youth Chance High School 2011 Grads

We are very luck in the Rincon Hill neighborhood to have the good people of the Embarcadero YMCA there to help young, old, and everyone in between to live fulfilling, healthy lives and to feel like a part of our community.  In order to continue doing this beneficial work for us all, they need to… Keep reading

Jane Kim and Rincon Hill Dog Park at the SBRMBNA Meeting this Monday

District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim

On Monday, November 14, 2011, the South Beach | Rincon | Mission Bay Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. at the South Beach Harbor Services Building (between Pier 40 and AT&T ballpark). Our special guest this month is our Supevisor, Jane Kim. Also on the agenda is an update on the Rincon Hill Dog… Keep reading

30,000 LED Bay Lights Art Installation for the Bay Bridge

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The Bay Lights from Words Pictures Ideas on Vimeo. The Bay Lights is a very exciting art installation proposed for the Bay Bridge to help mark the bridge’s 75th Anniversary by displaying the dancing lights on the north side of the Bridge from 2012 – 2014. A similar light installation was used to mark the… Keep reading

Transbay CAC Meeting on Special Meeting Date

The Transbay CAC is meeting this Wednesday (as opposed to the usual second Thursday of the month), November 16, 2011 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room. They have not held a meeting for quite some time, so this is a nice time… Keep reading

Central Corridor Project Update for the Community

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The Central Corridor Project is a bit west of Rincon Hill, but we will more than likely be walking around that area with a Target Store set to open up on 4th and Mission in November 2012 and Yerba Buena Gardens being one of our few open space recreation areas in downtown San Francisco. After… Keep reading

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