Um, Thanks: Developer's Gift Blocks Bayview Dev
Monday, March 31, 2008, by Sarah Hromack

31Mar08_Boat%20copy.jpgAffordable housing and historic preservation— fodder for a real estate throwdown of San Franciscan proportions. Enter the following set up scenario: Back in December, a developer donated a 130 year-old boating shack to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which plans to build 208 affordable housing units on the site, located near India Basin Shoreline Park. Fine. Good. Until a couple of months down the line, when the project fell under fire as it since has. Over 550 petitions have been signed by locals— many boat-builders and union members— seeking to protect the hut from Big Bad Development, leaving the THC in a lurch; if the house stands, 12 units will have to be sacrificed to the preservationist cause in order to build around it. Looks like someone should have looked that gift horse straight in the mouth: the timber building is the last of its kind standing, and has been up languishing on the list of buildings nominated for landmark status since 2005.
· Historic cottage could dent India Basin development [SF Examiner]


Comments feed for this post Feed icon


Comments (  extant)





All set here? Continue enjoying Curbed SF...
« PriceSpotter Bonus Challenge Edition: 366 31st Avenue | Home

Back to top

www.flickr.com
photos in Curbed SF More photos in Curbed SF

About Curbed SF
From the Golden Gate to The Mission, in San Francisco, it all comes back to our neighborhoods: where we live, where we work, where we eat, and where we play. Covering real estate sales, rental prices, and news-making deals and much more, it's all on Curbed SF. More about Curbed SF...

Email Curbed SF

Full Content Feed

Archives


Search Curbed SF



Curbed SF
Editor
Sarah Hromack

Contributing Editor
Jimmy Stamp

Logo/Banner Design
Khoi Uong

Publisher/GM
Kyle Crafton

Head of Technology
Eliot Shepard

Other Curbed Sites
San Francisco
Eater SF

New York
Curbed NY
Eater NY
Racked NY
The Beach (seasonal)

Los Angeles
Curbed LA
Eater LA


Contact Us
Email Curbed SF