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Back in December word got out that artist Leo Villareal wants to brighten up the Bay Bridge's western span by lighting the bridge with 25,000 LED lights flickering from its cables in sequences inspired by ebbs and flows of the Bay environment. From the project's fundraising website we learn that the project's "in the home stretch," and that it's raised $5.2M in gifts and pledges so far, but they need $1.8 million more by July 1st to start the install. The project won't move forward if they don't reach $7 million by July 1st. [Curbed SF/Causes]
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A concerned reader asks:
Does anyone know what is going up between Ferguson Bath & Kitchen Gallery and the Royan Hotel? I walk by most everyday and have yet to see a building permit posted.What's going up is 411 Valencia Street, a 16-unit condominium project over retail and a garage. As for the building permit, we can't answer why it's not posted, but it was issued in June, 2011 after years of back and forth- starting with an initial approval in 2006. Questions about inclusionary housing show up in the permit history. There was some review by the Historic Preservation Commission in 2008- the owners are replacing a one-story garage (Bennett's Auto Repair) in the Eastern Neighborhoods plan- plus a neighboring Clear Channel billboard intruded onto the site's airspace. We're going to assume four units per floor, one parking space per unit, no inclusionary housing. But it will have bay windows.
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Among the many truths that have been confirmed to me this past year is that time is finite and bad things happen to good people.
Fortunately all is well with me and my family.
However it has made me think very closely about what the next stage of this blog will be.As I have stated before new developments have presented themselves to me which puts this blog on the lower priority list.
I really enjoy working on this blog and I do have plans on elevating it. It is just that there are other issues that I need to deal with at this time.
