The webcam is up for the new Marriott Hotel on Third St.

I was hoping they would allow high rise buildings to be built in Mission Bay. I guess not.

thanks, '77!

No--that's not going to happen, as has been much discussed here. It was established and settled years ago during the initial planning.

stumbled across this rendering of uber HQ and chase center earlier today:

https://images.ctfassets.net/ng1cn6g...&q=80&fit=fill


photocred: missionbay2020.com

Nice! Good find.

cool!

here is the state as of last weekend:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4897/...c970ee98_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4818/...e941e419_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4899/...7b249e38_b.jpg

The Third St. garage is getting a facelift. Not amazing, imo, but definitely better than what's there now:

https://iwamotoscott.com/thumbs/proj...d-1600x900.jpg

https://iwamotoscott.com/thumbs/proj...p-1600x959.jpg

More at:
https://iwamotoscott.com/projects/ucsf-garage

Origami? At least they could have done cranes.

What's the reason again they didn't do grass tracks on Third? Every time I see a photo I think "damn that's a lot of ugly concrete." Grass tracks in the median would have looked great and accentuated the feel of a blvd.

Maybe someone here has a better recollection than I do, but wasn't this originally supposed to have some decorative (solar?) panels and, for whatever reason, they were removed/never completely installed?

They were decorative glass panels on the north and east facades, but they were cracking and so they were removed lest they crash to the pavement below. There were years of negotiations over whether they would be replaced and who would pay for it.

There were solar panels on the south facade, but they too were removed a few years ago. Not entirely sure why.

block 6W news, groundbreaking slated for April.

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...eet-Facade.jpg

think that will leave three housing parcels (all affordable) to be developed:

1) at the west end of Channel where the remnant of the warehouse was recently demolished (block 12)

2) on Third St and Mission Rock (block 4)

3) 'behind' the public safety building (on the east, or Terry Francois, end of the block, block 9)

looking south on Third at Uber etc

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4881/...44729754_b.jpg

Three Corners

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7867/...36b0f32a_b.jpg

block 23 Neurosciences building peeking out behind the picturesque garage

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4847/...0efa2194_b.jpg

Third St wall looking north

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7810/...09911365_b.jpg

from further south, 2177 Third in Dogpatch on the right

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7877/...32407570_b.jpg

the Exchange, Owens St

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4892/...f3e91607_b.jpg

looking into Dogpatch at UCSF housing among other projects

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7878/...bf2a922c_b.jpg

Indiana side of the northern housing building

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7825/...7145b108_b.jpg

the southern building

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/...94d5d779_b.jpg

southern building in context

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7915/...44577ac0_b.jpg

Chase Center area

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7872/...e04de8a9_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4818/...e941e419_b.jpg

This image posted above makes me think about all the criticism Willie Brown got for prioritizing the T-Third Muni Metro line over a Geary line. But now, whatever his reasons (and it was suggested he was mostly interested in embracing Bayview/Hunters Point closer to the rest of the city), with Mission Bay approaching build-out, it's looking more like he made the right decision.

Definitely. Though, I guess that'd be determined by the metric you use to define "right" — whether it's based on ridership, economic progress, or even civic I suppose.

a rainier version of the T-Third shot:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4856/...b4daa22b_b.jpg

Three Corners

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7872/...2716c1c7_b.jpg

more Third St

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4822/...9012b3fd_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4909/...a8a09354_b.jpg

on Terry Francois it looks like the utility poles got their tops lopped off and the wires lowered (edit: actually, looking at older pics, those lower wires were already there, so seems the upper ones were simply removed), and I think the streetlight poles on the west side of the street were new, but otherwise not much visible difference from a month or two ago

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/...2fd440e4_b.jpg

looking across Terry Francois from the Fibrogen building at 409 Illinois

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7826/...7f3f88d4_b.jpg

the northern end of Illinois looking toward Chase Center. it still feels strange to me to experience this bit of Illinois as a framed street after so many years open on two sides (and pretty much open all around when I first moved to the area, with just some cement plant equipment on the west side)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4860/...c402edb8_b.jpg

the view from between the buildings on Illinois has suddenly changed for them

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4861/...b4b26658_b.jpg

speaking of street changes, the other one in that area that intrigues me is the opening of 16th to Terry Francois. circulation and activity levels will be drastically changed.

looking east toward the Bay

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/...581cbd45_b.jpg

here as seen from the Fibrogen building

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4842/...df9ba85c_b.jpg

Fourth St

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/...dae94689_b.jpg

What a difference from when I moved into the neighborhood seven years ago.