Key Terms in the Housing Debate
YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard): A YIMBY is a housing lobbyist who promotes high-density, market-rate development as the solution to a perceived housing crisis. The movement blames zoning laws and…
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THD’s Letter of Support for 659 Union/1656 Powell Street – Verdi Apartment Building
April 5, 2023Jeff JurowRedbridge Partners100 Green StreetSan Francisco, CA 94111(Via email: jjurow@rb-sf.com) RE: Letter of Conditional Support659 Union St./1656 Powell St. – Verdi Apartment Building Dear Mr. Jurow,On behalf of…
Planning and Zoning News
by Stan Hayes, Nancy Shanahan, and Mary Lipian, Committee Co-Chairs PZ@thd.org UPDATE AND NEW PROJECTS Here we report on projects, some with updated information, that we’ve discussed in previous issues…
Please sign the petition to designate the North Beach Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
Click to link sign – https://secure.everyaction.com/3Gmf1vAsjkCSAFrP3T8fiw2 Join the wide array of North Beach businesses from City Lights Booksellers to Original Joe’s Restaurant, organizations from the North Beach Business Association to…
North Beach National Register District Stalled
North Beach National Register District Stalled – San Francisco Heritage By Woody LaBounty Work first began on identifying and designating a North Beach historic district in the early 1980s. Some…
Barbery Coast Barber Shop Opens at Poet’s Corner
To start where the article “Ups and Downs at Poet’s Corner” (The Semaphore, Fall 2023) left off… “The commercial space where City Lights once stored its freshly printed poems now…
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