BCNA

Please join us at the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 7th from 4 PM to 6 PM at Il Fornaio, 1265 Battery Street. Members and neighbors are all welcome. Discount drinks and complimentary appetizers will be served. No RSVP required.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Developers are planning to raze the three-story brick building at 447 Battery Street, currently housing a Cort Furniture showroom, in order to build a 19-story hotel with 182 rooms and eight private residences. Community members can attend a meeting about this at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, at the Heller Manus offices in the Transamerica Building, 600 Montgomery St., No. 100 (main floor).  Space is very limited, and RSVPs are requested to jhoover@bergdavis.com.

According to an invitation sent out to some residents, this pre-application meeting “is intended to facilitate a discussion of the preliminary project concepts between the project team, adjacent neighbors, and community organizations before submitting an application to the city. The process is vital because it provides neighbors the opportunity to ask questions about the project at a very early stage, before plans are submitted for Planning Department review.”

At an earlier meeting last spring, neighbors were told the architects would be careful about “light and air issues” and would not exceed zoned height limits. Also, a four-star hotel operator was chosen to manage the property, and the project sponsor will live in one of the residences. For more details about the previous meeting, please see this Hoodline article: “More Details Emerge About Hotel Proposed For 447 Battery.”

The Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association was proud to co-sponsor the annual Gateway neighborhood Halloween Party with the Golden Gateway Tenants Association.  Despite the dark rain clouds on the horizon as the event began, the party was a big success with over 25 children and many adults dressed in costume in attendance. Other neighbors joined in the fun, eating pizza and handing out candy to the children. Following the party, the children went trick-or-treating around the Gateway townhouses and in the Golden Gateway Commons buildings across Jackson Street. The children had a great time and received lots of candy!