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News and issues relating to the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association and the Barbary Coast.

BCNA gets details on cruise terminal special events

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OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

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

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Lower Broadway turning residential: 235 Broadway now under construction. Photo by Morton Beebe, © 2014.
Lower Broadway turning residential: 235 Broadway now under construction. Photo by Morton Beebe, © 2014.

 

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

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→

Neighborhood groups seek affordable housing information

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SWL lot 322-1 at the corner of Broadway and Front streets is slated for an affordable housing project.
SWL lot 322-1 at the corner of Broadway and Front streets is the site of a proposed affordable housing project.

 

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

Representatives from 4 neighborhood groups including the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association recently requested information from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) on several affordable housing projects in the Broadway Street corridor.

The goal of the request is to enable a more informed dialogue with the agency regarding future plans for housing in the area.  The request also included current data showing the large shortfall in new housing for moderate-income households.

Letter to the MOHCD

San Francisco Planning Department memo showing the shortfall in new housing for moderate-income households

More information about the affordable housing project proposals and BCNA’s actions can be found on the BCNA News page on the BCNA’s website.