idk, seems very plausible to me that sf will continue to become even more like manhattan than it already is. different places / regulatory atmospheres i know, but existing growth restrictions plus a 7x7 boundary in sf could easily prevent supply from ever being high enough to get to those large #s within that geography.
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
extremely plausible sure, almost certain that homeowners won't be fighting for policies that ultimately lower the value of their homes, esp when you can do it in the name of environmentalism
but a couple thousand units of 'affordable housing' for lottery winners also does basically nothing in the big picture
― iatee, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
for sure, hence my skepticism of lee's new housing plan. market-driven housing sure as hell won't make much of a difference w/r/t affordability if you still have a million growth limits, and in order for subsidies to work they'd have to pump a completely unprecedented amount of $$ into things
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 5 June 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
The frustrating thing is, we wouldn't even have to build super high to get lots more housing. Six stories, like Berlin or Chicago, gives plenty of density.
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 5 June 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
^^ otm, u&k
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Yeah. although it doesn't help that developers all want to be build mile-high glass monstrosities to compete with the Millenium Tower or whatever
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
'developers' would be pretty cool w/ redeveloping neighborhoods at berlin density too, that's just not among their options
― iatee, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
yeah there's a new condo bldg going in at like 20th and Valencia (replacing a cherished neighborhood gem of an abandoned gas station/parking lot) that will def not be a mile high anything and I weep for the senseless loss of floors 5/6.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
replacing a cherished neighborhood gem of an abandoned gas station/parking lot
lol yes
sometimes I wonder how it is that there's still so many of these in the city (there's another huge on on Potrero, there's an empty lot around the corner from my house etc.)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
the abandoned gas station at 16th and South Van Ness is slated to become condos
― sarahell, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
xpost because it takes 5 years of hearings and payouts to neighbors and community organizers before you can break ground iirc
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
not that SF has made me cynical or anything
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
that lot on Potrero has literally been there since I moved to the city in '96. it's ridiculous that there's nothing there.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
open space initiative!
― sarahell, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
passed this wreckage on the way to work this a.m.
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Two-die-in-SF-after-high-speed-chase-in-stolen-BMW-5578047.php
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
And that's why cops aren't supposed to engage in high-speed chases, fuck.
― ugh (lukas), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:28 (nine years ago) link
but they're so exciting!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
holy shit 115mph! no wonder it burst into flames
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
This turned out to be a friend of mine
I hadn't seen him in years but was kinda shocking to read this article and then only find out later that it was him. He was a photographer so maybe that's why the HAZMAT. idk. :(
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
:(
― schwantz, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
geez things gettin kinda murder-y around here
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
do tell
― mattresslessness, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
there were a couple shootings in the last month that seemed like there was some gang-related retaliation stuff going on and then just over the last few days there have been a rash of shootings that left 4 dead.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
― mattresslessness, Monday, 7 July 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
http://sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/robin-williams-mini-film-festival/
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 14 August 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
that radical faerie guy who was killed near Duboce Park... maybe it's not "post-gay" anywhere, huh
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
oh you are referring to this:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/family-friends-of-man-found-beaten-at-duboce-triangle-consider-removing-life-support/Content?oid=2873010
yeah I dunno what to make of this
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
if anyone needs a small piece of good news, DJ Sprinkles is playing F8 on Saturday night
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Driver-pulls-U-turn-and-shoots-man-near-USF-5728653.php
wtf
outlaw guns
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Arutuo-Galster-drag-performer-dead-at-55-5723994.php related to the Feather Lynn beating? Suspect photo was generic white guy in a hoodie.
― akm, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Not watching video but this dude seems like the worst guy:
http://sfist.com/2014/09/02/centerplate_ceo_getting_ousted_over.php
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
yes. no SF connection other than ballpark concessions not exclusive to SF.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
RIP my favorite food truck:http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0a32fdd2a618e5b16f246de11&id=10e21eb3b6
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
insane fire in my 'hood right now yikes
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
https://missionlocal.org/2014/09/fire-at-mission-and-22nd/
holy shit
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
some of you must be into Georgian cinema, right?
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/georgian
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
was just reading about their blood feuds, animal sacrifices and ritual haircutting so sure why not
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Good luck getting San Franciscans to come to the east bay
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
it's pretty easy to get San Franciscans to come to the East Bay tbh, just double their rent or evict them! Har-de-har-har
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
hehe
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I feel like we've almost reached the point where there is more going on culturally over here in Oakland/Berkeley than in SF
― sarahell, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
uh, yeah
― akm, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty hard to see a screening of a non-famous old film anywhere but the PFA these days. Castro's scheduling has gotten pretty boring apart from festival season.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
last night I watched Dark Passage with Bogart and Bacall, and she lives here (and there was location shooting; he climbs the Filbert Steps too):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malloch_Building
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
as seen here
http://www.noircon.info/2010/10/noircon-and-david-goodis-revisit-dark.html
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
i am vaguely curious how ridiculously expensive it costs to live there now
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
https://www.zumper.com/rentals/88407/1-bedroom-telegraph-hill-san-francisco
about $6k a month (not sure how old that post is) for a 1 br/ 1bath.
― akm, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link
RIP Guardian
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link