Back in August, BART announced that it would briefly close a few station entrances in San Francisco in order to build new designer canopies over the stairwells.
Steeling myself for Transportation Week’s worst rush-hour challenge, I expected-slash-hoped for a hellish commute aboard the sluggish and odorous 38-Geary.
After Color Factory proved to be an overwhelming success—tickets were nearly impossible to come by—the city’s most Instagrammable spot will continue its run.
Nonprofit’s annual challenge sends bigwigs plummeting, but it’s all for a good cause. Former State Sen. Mark Leno’s advice for taking the plunge: "Focus."
Blame it on the rain, as new coverings mean to protect escalators from inclement weather and constant breakdowns, but only two or three will appear before the end of this year.
Historic theater’s renovation not quite finished in December, as new artists—including kids from UCSF Benioff Hospital—add the finishing touches to each of its four levels.
While some of us are still combing out Baby Ruth stains from our lace-front wigs after a particularly raucous Halloween weekend, others are ready to celebrate Christmas far too soon. Take, for example, Union Square.
From Union Square down to the Excelsior, there are only so many rentals in the city to go around. Fortunately, you only need one, and we've got five to compare.
After Macy’s announced today it would shutter 100 stores across the country, San Francisco Business Times has word that the retail giant are in negotiations to sell their Union Square Men’s Store at 120 Stockton.
Union Square merchants favor turning lower Stockton Street into a pedestrian park to improve business after years of subway construction. Chinatown activist Rose Pak says she'll blockade City Hall with trucks if they even consider it. Touchy issue.
The Landmark building on Grant, just before the Chinatown entrance, was the 1908 headquarters of the Home Telephone Company, site of the city’s first telephone exchange site. After a brilliant 2004 renovation, it’s also home to several residences, including this penthouse condo.
The new Apple flagship, opening in Union Square this Saturday, bills itself as a town square—a place to gather, hangout, and even listen to live acoustic music. Which is to say, this isn't just a place to shop anymore.
Today the press were invited to check out the new Apple Store in Union Square. More than just any Apple Store, the new space at Post and Stockton is the global flagship of the Cupertino-based company's retail outlets. And it's a sight to behold.
Wonderful news, Apple fans: the Cupertino-based company's new flagship store in Union Square will open this Saturday. The entirely renovated new digs go up at the former Levi's store space at 300 Post.
Frank Lloyd Wright's V.C. Morris Gift Shop at 140 Maiden Lane, whose circular ramp was the prototype design for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is one step closer to receiving landmark status.
Where do the best San Francisco parks come from? From deserts, cemeteries, excavated hills, and apartment fires, as we see when we peer into the past via historical photos to see how public renovation can make something out of nothing (or close it).
Pulled from the USC Digital Libraries, the astounding vintage shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's V.C. Morris Gift Shop on Maiden Lane bring to mind some of the most popular (albeit egregiously used) retro Instagram filters.
Its venerable exterior looks much the same, but inside the 108-year-old rooming house has been outfitted with a trendy noir sensibility, including modern art and a hallucinatory "entrance tunnel." Will Old San Francisco and new San Francisco blend?