Rough Deals: The Eminent Domaining of Transbay Transit Center Land December 11th, 2009 Residents and business owners near the planned Transbay Transit Center are grumbling a bit - some about about being forced to move, others about not being fairly compensated for being manhandled by the governme
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12/11/2009
Embiggening: SFMOMA's Planned Expansion Is 5 to 6 Years Away... Perhaps! December 11th, 2009 To take on the late Don Fisher's prized art collection, SFMOMA plans a new wing - but the nearest they have to a target date for that wing is "five to six years," in the words of the museum's director. St
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12/11/2009
Christmas-tecture: Target-to-Go Creates Shopping Village With Santa Architecture December 11th, 2009 Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The country has only three Target-to-Gos, and if you'll recall - of course you will - San Francisco has one of the wondrous outdoor pop-up Targ
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12/11/2009
Banking On Lembi, and Losing: After lending more than 75 percent... December 11th, 2009 After lending more than 75 percent of its capital to Lembi Group - and after all but one of those loans defaulted - the local Tamalpais Bank is now minus $38 million. The bank has a cease and desist from the F
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12/11/2009
Passive Aggressive: Lennar's Latest Stadium Images Timed Alongside Santa Clara Fumble December 11th, 2009 Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Dialing up the drama: the owners of the Great America theme park in Santa Clara are suing the city, arguing they approved the environmenta
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12/11/2009
Hot Wheels: Academy of Art Auto Collection Bound for Old Mercedes Showcase December 11th, 2009 Above: the old Mercedes showcase at 950 Van Ness, at times a Halloween pop-up store, more recently a Smart car showcase and then even more recently, just nothing. In the last couple months, the building
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12/11/2009
Defriending: 49ers Are Oblivious to San Francisco As They Focus On Santa Clara December 11th, 2009 San Francisco and Lennar are selling the Hunters Point site for a 49ers stadium as a thrilling waterfront location - "the most stunning NFL venue in the country." But the Niners appear to be complet
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12/11/2009
Mindboggling Reveals: Inside the Strange World of Market Street's Superb Art Museum December 11th, 2009 Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Boom: one of Curbed SF's enduring mystery's has ended - somewhat. The long-in-the-works "Superb Art Museum of America" at 1025-1029 Market S
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12/11/2009
Fun With Advertecture: Target's Pop-Up Store Ad Hits a Panhandle Wall for Evening Rush December 11th, 2009 [Via Aggressive Panhandler] The barrage will end soon enough, but before it all dies down, it must first go appropriately crazy - that's probably what Target-to-Go's going for with its ads p
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12/11/2009
And After
47 Months 62 Days On The Market... December 11th, 2009 In case you missed it nine days ago when a plugged-in sleepiguy first noted it was in contract, or yesterday when a plugged-in reader noted the staggers removing their furniture, Kirk Hammett's 2505 Divisadero has i
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12/11/2009