Developer Jamestown (whose own San Francisco offices are less than a block away from the pier site) will back out of the Pier 29 project, saying that rehabbing the classic waterfront building would be too expensive for them to complete.
The city’s Recreations and Parks Commission voted Thursday to remove the name of former city planner Justin Herman from the public plaza at the Embarcadero.
Recreation and Parks Department voted Thursday to remove the name of influential-yet-controversial urban designer Justin Herman off the titular Embarcadero plaza.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution "urging the Recreation and Parks Commission to remove the name of Justin Herman from the plaza located at the intersection of the Embarcadero and Market Street" seems destined for easy passage.
Perhaps you’ve heard? The Embarcadero’s Valliancourt Fountain, which more than a fistful of residents detest, has been brought back to life. And many are cheering its return.
Punctuated by lighted glass blocks set in paving, it once provided gentle illumination for nighttime passersby. Today, twenty years later, it lights up no more.
Big breaking brutalist news, folks: The unfairly maligned Villancourt Fountain, a concrete behemoth located in Justin Herman Plaza, is once again running.
The most brutal of brutalist works, this tentacled gusher, which once hugged the Embarcadero Freeway pre-demolition, provokes many reactions. Usually ones of disgust and disdain.
The city shut down Vaillancourt Fountain to conserve water during the drought, spoiling the intended effect of a piece that most San Franciscans don’t like at the best of times.
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.
San Francisco Examiner and Washington-based traffic data firm ran the numbers and found commuters driving by major construction sites are losing four to nine miles per hour on most corridors, with speeds crawling to as little as four mph at some times.