Michael Phelps Lists: Olympic phenom Michael Phelps wants out...

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Development Watch: Metro Theater Wants to Pump You Up

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, by Alex Bevk Tomorrow the Planning Commission will hear a Conditional Use Application to seismically retrofit the closed Metro Theater at 2055 Union Street and convert it to a Equinox Gym. The project would divide the existing interior theater auditorium to create three full floor levels of gym space. The existing ground floor retail space in the front, currently occupied by Marmalade, will remain, with a second retail space added on the other side and a community room on the first floor available to neighborhood groups. Additionally, the 2,000 square foot fitness area will be available for the public as a multipurpose auditorium, including a permanent retractable screen, up to 18 times per year. The Metro Theater was declared a City Landmark in 2009, so the project would preserve historic murals within the auditorium by constructing the new floors away from the side walls. · Conditional Use Application for Metro Theater [SF Planning] · Union Street’s Metro Theater: Saving Its Skin In Order To Un-Shutter [SocketSite] · Metro Theater [Cinema Treasures]

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Sonic.Net Wants to Wire You: Sonic announced on Wednesday it has...

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Turf Wars: Newly-Formed Neighborhood Group Wants To "Preserve and Protect" Coit Tower

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[Photo via Esther Reyes]

"Clearly, Coit Tower is being looked at as a marketing opportunity, not as an opportunity for stewardship," said Jon Golinger, president of the ridiculously powerful Telegraph Hill Dwellers and frontman for the newly-formed Protect Coit Tower Committee. "The city's role for Coit Tower is stewarding an incredibly valuable historic and iconic resource — not an opportunity to generate revenue for unknown programs." The group wants to place a measure on the June ballot that would "preserve and protect" the landmark. From the ballot initiative text:

It shall be the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to protect Coit Tower and preserve the historic murals inside Coit Tower by strictly limiting commercial activities and private events at Coit Tower by prioritizing the funds received by the City form any concession operations at Coit Tower for preserving Coit Tower murals, protecting and maintaining the Coit Tower building, and beautifying Pioneer Park around Coit Tower.

Currently, the Rec and Park Department is seeking out a vendor to manage the tower's elevators, food and beverage sales and gift shop for its annual 150,000 visitors. Interested parties must first submit a plan on how it would avoid harming the tower's interior murals. The department will contribute up to $250,000 to restoring the murals, a plan that is being established by the Arts Commission. Additionally, 1 percent of the annual rent from the new vendor would go towards mural maintenance.

The Protect Coit Tower Committee (which currently has 7 "Likes" on its Facebook page) says these efforts are not good enough, and are concerned about the new vendor hosting private events. Or perhaps the Protect Coit Tower Committee, which is essentially run by a small but powerful neighborhood group that historically opposes any development, is trying to privatize a public landmark. Because there's a small threat that the surrounding very fancy and very expensive homes could be bothered with shuttle buses bringing eager tourists to and from a San Francisco landmark for an occasional private event.

The committee has to gather an estimated 9,000 signatures to move forward.
· Neighbors want ballot measure to protect Coit Tower [SFGate]
· Protect Coit Tower [website]
· Protect Coit Tower page [Facebook]
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Curbed SF Wants Your Virtual Love (On Facebook): A couple of reasons to "like"...

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A couple of reasons to "like" Curbed SF on Facebook: 1. It's an easy way to follow the top real estate and neighborhood news of the day. 2. We like you, so why not like us? We desperately want the attention. 3. Sometimes we make announcements over there and give away prizes. [Facebook]

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PriceChopper: Pacific Heights Mansion Wants Your Chump Change

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, September 6, 2011, by Sally Kuchar Was: $9,500,000
Now: $8,600,000
You Save: $900,000

We first told you about 2209 Pacific in Pacific Heights back in July when it was listed for the mind-numbingly low and completely obtainable price of $9,500,000. As you may recall, the home was last sold in 2005 for $5,150,000. The current owner(s) wasted no time sinking tons of green into the property, and spent two years expanding the home and bringing "the property into the 21st century while maintaining its architectural heritage." The deets: it's a 3-bed, 7-bath, 5,900-square-foot Beaux-Arts mansion that was designed in 1915 by Arthur Brown Jr., who is best known for such San Francisco landmarks as City Hall, Coit Tower and the War Memorial Opera House. Property highlights include an elevator, renovated kitchen, private theater, au pair room and wine cellar. Readers, what'll it take for this manse to find a buyer?
· Pacific Heights Home Seeks Well-Heeled Buyer [Curbed SF]
· 2209 Pacific [Redfin]

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Martha Stewart's Board Ban About to End: Decorating doyenne Martha Stewart wants back...

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