ConstructionWatch: Octavia Court, First of the Freeway Lots
October 21st, 2009
Last week, Octavia Court at Oak and Octavia was featured on Curbed's mapstravaganza on San Francisco's Central Freeway parcels. The 15-unit housing development for the developmentally disabled was probably the smallest of the bunch (besides the pop-up retail project), and is also the first second in the series of 24 parcels to actually break ground. Nonprofit developer Satellite Housing will house a vocational training program for the disabled on the ground floor. As SocketSite notes, the architect on the project has switched from Fougeron Architecture to IE Collaborative.
· Curbed Guide: Central Freeway Developments [Curbed SF]
· Octavia Court: Paved with Good Intentions [Curbed SF]
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Chinatown Alleys On Hold: The big bad economy has claimed...
October 21st, 2009
The big bad economy has claimed Chinatown alleys as another victim in its vortex of despair. Refurbishment work began in 2000 on 31 of the neighborhood's 41 alleys, and has continued ever since on a one-off basis. Funding, however, has dried up since the downturn, pressing the big pause button on repaving, tree plantings, and all that. Still, work may yet resume if the alleys end up in the city's 10-year capital plan. [SF Examiner, previously]
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