Posted on May 29, 2008 by livinintheloin
It’s the Contemporary Jewish Museum! Daniel Libeskind’s design for the new Museum combines the history of an early 20th-century San Francisco landmark building with the dynamism of contemporary architecture. The design for the new 63,000-square-foot facility marries many of the character-defining features of the original substation, including the brick southern façade, trusses, and skylights, with [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by livinintheloin
Posted on May 25, 2008 by livinintheloin
I finally had dinner at Farmerbrown, farm-fresh soul food — located at the intersection of Market, Turk and Mason Streets. Very close to First Step (T-shirts by local artists, sneaker art, anime (アニメ) toys!!!).
We went on a Saturday, during Memorial Day weekend. Even when most of The City’s population is up at Tahoe , I’d [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2008 by livinintheloin
I just looked at Mark Ellinger’s site, and was blown away by video there — beautiful. Check out the link “In the Works”.
In the Works
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Posted on May 23, 2008 by livinintheloin
Love art, but low on cash? Put your wallet, or handbag away–the opening weekend of Chihuly at the de Young is free for all visitors June 14–15. The folks from The Crucible will be there all weekend doing fine arts demonstrations — a friend told me they are bringing their fire truck too.
FREE and the [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2008 by livinintheloin
Why does Proposition F deserve a failing grade? According to Ken Garcia’s piece in The Examiner:
The reason is simple — not a single community in the state has ever produced any development requiring anything close to 50 percent affordable units — because it’s not feasible. In fact, a study published last year by the Non-Profit [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by livinintheloin
Whoa! On 5/13/08, Supervisor McGoldrick presented a Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 14.103, to raise the number of signatures required to qualify a recall petition for member of the Board of Supervisors from 10 percent of the registered voters of the [...]
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