In San Francisco, where extensive construction work has taken over the city’s neighborhoods and business districts, it seems almost absurd to attempt three enormous, overlapping projects on and around three major Northside thoroughfares, but that’s exactly what the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has planned. Here’s the latest news on the Polk Streetscape project, the Van Ness Transit Corridor Improvement and Bus Rapid Transit project, and the Lombard Street Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative. Polk Streetscape Project Construction: 2016 Completion: 2017 Current budget: $12 million After nearly 50 community meetings since 2012 that featured contentious debates between residents, merchants, and bicyclists over replacing parking spaces with bike lanes, SFMTA st... Read More
This is the first of a three-part series. San Francisco narrowly missed becoming the film capital of the world. Perhaps it’s just as well. The city has enough narcissism and ... Read More
When I first met Rod McKuen, the renowned poet-songwriter who died in January, I had to ask him, “What was it like to have Sinatra record one of your songs?” McKuen spu... Read More
“The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem.” — Lawrence Ferlinghett... Read More
As a writer, I am a natural procrastinator. That’s why my best friend Steve comes in handy any time I need to finish a project — and when it comes to moving, calling it a p... Read More
I just finished [Susan Reynolds’s] fine piece on the Café des Amis, and the Marina/Cow Hollow restaurant scene in general [“The real story behind closing Café des Ami... Read More
This is the second of a three-part series on the state of Union Street. I’ve seen it go through many transitions, and we always come out on top,” Lesley Leonhardt says ... Read More
As part of her fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) “Man and Woman of the Year” contest, Brianna Haag and some friends put together a ̶... Read More
