SF: Potrero Hill Archives
Condo Gone Gothic on Missouri
Cloaked in velvet curtains, with staging straight out of a Tim Burton movie, 49 Missouri St #7's potential has been, shall we say, obscured. But with 2000 square feet, there's plenty of room for improvement— and renovation, seeing as the unit is currently divided into two separate space, each with their own entry. $899,000 asking.
· 49 Missouri St #7 [MLS]
We Want YOU to Halt Helicopters in Potrero Hill
Always lovely to wake up to a gem in the Curbed SF Inbox. Spotted on the corner of 16th and Potrero by someone from the nabe: "OK this helicopter hysteria is officially out of control. What rhetoric! It's as if the 'copters might swoop down and snatch babies from their strollers instead of saving the lives of the critically ill or injured. I'm just waiting for the snipers ... " See also:
· Shut Your Smog Hole! "No Alternative" in Potrero Hill [Curbed SF]
· Shhhh! Mission Bay Opposes UCSF Helipad, Noise [Curbed SF]
PriceSpotter Reveal: Luxury Loft in Media Gulch
PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Wednesday reveal. And hey, cheaters never win, and winners never cheat!
Sparky, you are good. Damn good. Spark's guess on 725 Florida Street, the 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom "luxury loft in the heart of San Francisco's Media Gulch": $989,000. Actual asking price: $979,000. Fine collegiate effort all around, PriceSpotters. Until next week...
· 725 Florida Street [MLS]
Peskin Approved!: SF General Pinches Property Tax
“I think we’re bringing something to voters that is not half-baked, but fully baked,” says the ever-eloquent Board of Supes President Aaron Peskin of the proposed $887.4 million bond measure that, if ratified, will provide for the retrofit and renovation of San Francisco General Hospital. (The plans for which, not-so-incidentally, include a new 442,000 square foot building and 284 acute-care and intensive-care beds.) As it stands, the plan shall burden homeowners with an extra $289 in property tax on a $500,000 home; the rate will be adjusted according to the value of one's property, obviously.
Up with building trends! Fong & Chan Architects aspire to build a LEED-certified building with rooftop garden and— thus far, at least— no helipad, lest those suffering cardiac arrest or pesky life-threatening injuries irritate the cochlea of nearby residents. The doctors among you have whined about the building's new design (residents will have to walk to a separate building in order to to snag their 6.2 minutes of sleep). Worry not, docs— the Planning Department has your back. They care not for your well-being, however, but rather the "historical integrity" of the site; more gridlock at the Highway 101 interchange with Potrero Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street is another pressing concern. On July 15th, the Supers will decide whether the measure makes the cut for the November election.
· The City’s hospital bill: $887.4 million [SF General Hospital]
· Gavin Renews His Vows with SF General Hospital [Curbed SF]
· SF General Helipad Hospital Re-Design Revealed [Curbed SF]
Price Spotter: Erotic Services in Media Gulch
PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from an apartment listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Wednesday reveal. And hey, cheaters never win, and winners never cheat!
It has come to our attention that some of you have a rather, shall we say, curious attachment to the Price Spotter feature; take the jump for comment exchange worthy of Craigslist's "erotic services" page (Sparky and Runner's High, you two are so going blind.) Before you hit the booth, however, allow us to offer a little extra smut for your peeping pleasure. Meet our best boy, 725 Florida Street #5. (Have some sympathy here, if you know what we mean.)
· 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms;
· 1,700 square foot, three-level "luxury loft in the heart of San Francisco's Media Gulch"
· Buddy Rhodes designer gourmet kitchen; motorized window shades; handy "dramatic glass wall."
· Deeded parking for one car.
Go at it, pervs.
Skate or Die: Potrero Park Opens
SFist has the eyewitness account— five broken bones on opening day!— of Potrero Hill's new Potrero del Sol/La Raza Skatepark at 26th and Utah Streets. For the civic minded, yes, Gavin presided with Jennifer Siebel in tow— he "showed particular interest in the bowl," according to the 'Fist. Take note: the park fills up fast, so the faithful are advised to arrive early. Thrash along then. [SFist]
Chemtrail Conspiracy Redux
We've all got dioxin in our brains!! But someone out there has just a little more than average. Mission Mission dug up this chemtrail conspiracy theory on Craigslist: "I believe the reason they're dumping over the Mission, Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights districts is because during the rains the rain washes the dioxin down the storm drains and those drains lead out around the Hunter's Point area of the bay. ... You see? So the toxic waste dumpers who dump by plane probably originally planned on scientists thinking the dioxin was coming from the polluted land at the Hunter's Point area." It's all so clear now. [Mission Mission]
Burned: Turbines Waste Fundage, Not Fuel
As the Board of Supervisors debate, delay, and re-debate the future of the Mirant power plant, the city is sitting on four giant turbines that are slowing draining funds from our municipal wallet. Way back in 2003 (a more innocent time, to be sure), San Francisco commandeered the natural gas-fueled power plant turbines and have since kept them in storage, taking up four acres of a Texas warehouse. Monthly fee? $43,941. So, to date, that means SF has spent $2.4 million to sit on these things. (Which, incidentally, could fetch $40-60 million on the open market or flipped to the state for $15 mil.) The turbines might yet see the light of day— after years of waiting and debating, San Francisco politicos have actually started to more aggressively pursue a solution to the power plant problem. And today, the Supers will throw another curve ball-cum-debate in order to discuss a plan to replace the electrical wires beneath the city. These wires would be more efficient and make a power plant retrofit or reconstruction unnecessary. And so the drama continues...
· Power plant parts burning city money [Examiner]
· Today's Agenda: Supes Debate Mirant Power Plant [Curbed SF]
· Potrero Power Plant Procrastination Reaches Pinnacle [Curbed SF]
Helipad to Finance Housing, Draw Ire of Nabe Anyway
Remember that controversial Helipad planned for the new San Francisco General Hospital? The one that so upset Mission Bay residents, prompting the city performed "'copter drills" to ensure that the saving of lives doesn't interrupt someone's Wednesday night with Top Chef? Money that was set aside for the project— $6.8 million to be exact—will soon be part of a $9 million reallocation of funds to health and human services programs. If the mayor has his say, anyway. The decision to move the money around came when Gav found some "miscalculations" in his budget; among other programs, $500,000 will be put towards new women's supportive housing. The helipad isn't dead in the water air though, as it may still be built following November's election. As usual, bureaucracy reigns in San Francisco: the revised budget must be reviewed by the Board of Supes before heli-funding is finalized.
· S.F. restores $9 million to city programs [SF Gate]
· Gavin Renews His Vows with SF General Hospital [Curbed SF]
· Shhhh! Mission Bay Opposes UCSF Helipad, Noise [Curbed SF]
Today's Agenda: Supes Debate Mirant Power Plant
Today marks "go time" for the Mirant power plant, as city Supes are debating a proposal that calls for a "transmission-only" solution to closing the environmental nightmare of a building, located in southeast Potrero Hill. Challenge: the plan generates 150 megawatts of electricity, and that energy must be replaced in order to maintain the grid (lest we suffer without power for our laptops and iPhones— quel horreur!). Two alternatives are up for review:
1) Sophie Maxwell and several Supes support the construction of four natural gas-burning power plants, owned by the city in order to maintain its control over the combustion turbines; the plants would replaced with as-yet-unidentified alternative energy sources.
2) Gavin suggests that the plant's smaller, diesel units be retrofitted to burn natural gas. Money talks on this one, as Gav insists that his option would cost much less than the other plan's $270 million price tag.
The Supes will re-review today's discussion at their July 15th meeting— Gavin has promised to deliver new legislation in the meantime. To the next round!
· Replace SF Power Plant Debated [CBS5]
· Potrero Power Plant Procrastination Reaches Pinnacle [Curbed SF]
· Shut Your Smog Hole! "No Alternative" in Potrero Hill [Curbed SF]
· Potrero Hill Power Plant Progress [Curbed SF]
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