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Lower Broadway turning residential, part 2

Posted on July 5, 2014 by BCNA Board

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To read Part 1 of this series, click here.

For some 30 years the Embarcadero Freeway–elevated and double-decked–bestrode the northeast waterfront. Four-lane lower Broadway was notable as the eastern entrance to North Beach, Telegraph Hill and beyond.

When the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred in October 1989, it wasn’t the worst one the city had ever experienced, but the Freeway did sustain damage enough to require demolition. That took place in 1991 and paved the way for greatly increased development of the historic waterfront in the 1990s, and is still under way in this century. Continue Reading→

BCNA gets details on cruise terminal special events

Posted on July 2, 2014 by BCNA Board

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Submitted by Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association board member David Albert. Information was obtained from John Doll of the Port of San Francisco and John Oldefendt and Svenja Stroehla of Metro Shore Services.

David and Marcy Albert did some research into the types of events that will be scheduled for Pier 27 beginning this fall and learned that the majority of events will be corporate dinner or cocktail types: Christmas parties, award ceremonies and corporate galas, weddings, small trade shows, non-profit fund raisers, etc. Continue Reading→

Lower Broadway turning residential

Posted on June 26, 2014 by BCNA Board

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The words affordable housing are among the hottest topics being bandied about in San Francisco’s currently frantic boomtown days.

They also are a much-used subject in BCNA and Port parlance because of the Port’s plans for Seawall Lot 322-1, bounded by Broadway, Front and Vallejo Streets.

Affordable housing has been on the agenda for many meetings of the Northeast Waterfront Advisory Group and will be again at a special session July 2nd at Pier 1. All NEWAG meetings are public, normally from 5 to 7 pm. Continue Reading→