SAN FRANCISCO | Mission Bay

[timbad]

another look at the work being done at the western end of the Commons, hopefully the start of connecting Mission Bay Blvd to the roundabout and (along with the linking of Channel and the roundabout) establishing what will be the normal street grid and - unfortunately - traffic flow through the residential portion of MB.



the Rutter views:

[slock]

I just noticed that it looks like ground has broken on Uber's Mission Bay buildings on 3rd.

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by timbad

another look at the work being done at the western end of the Commons, hopefully the start of connecting Mission Bay Blvd to the roundabout and (along with the linking of Channel and the roundabout) establishing what will be the normal street grid and - unfortunately - traffic flow through the residential portion of MB.

Very frustrating that some of those roads have been done for months and not put into use.

Also, what's up with that graffiti-covered half of a warehouse that hasn't been torn down yet?

[timbad]

Originally Posted by cv94117

Very frustrating that some of those roads have been done for months and not put into use.

speaking of 'done for months and not put to use': finally

[timbad]

Originally Posted by cv94117

... Also, what's up with that graffiti-covered half of a warehouse that hasn't been torn down yet?

I assume it will be torn down when the parcel it sits on gets developed?

[timbad]

Originally Posted by slock

I just noticed that it looks like ground has broken on Uber's Mission Bay buildings on 3rd.

whoa, not sure how I missed that on my walkabout this weekend! they're early!

[timbad]

first glimpses of the skin on the north side of Eviva, the project on Berry St.

[iamfishhead]

Originally Posted by timbad

first glimpses of the skin on the north side of Eviva, the project on Berry St.

The north part of mission bay will be done ... and it only took 15 years.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by iamfishhead

The north part of mission bay will be done ... and it only took 15 years.

(to be fair, all but this parcel "only" took 10)

[timbad]

Originally Posted by slock

I just noticed that it looks like ground has broken on Uber's Mission Bay buildings on 3rd.

there's definitely at least some preliminary stuff going on over there... this is from the South St parking garage roof:



... and from street level

[timbad]

Originally Posted by timbad

speaking of 'done for months and not put to use': finally

a few shots of the newly-opened Mariposa Park

from across Mariposa



with the Exchange rising in the background



it smells really nice!







here is Owens St, still fenced off, just to the park's west. again, with the Exchange

[timbad]

Mariposa Park from above



block 1 from the north side of the Creek at Third



speaking of block 1, does anyone have any insight into why the hotel has not broken ground yet? the last information I was able to find said it should have been second quarter of this year, and the designer's site still says it would open in late 2017, which seems impossible.

some of the scaffolding has started to come down at block 7W, next door to Family House



the skyline as seen from the future bayfront open space

[timbad]

another perspective on block 1, better showing the triangular nature of the block

[timbad]

still not much to see from the work they've been doing on the north side of the future Channel St alignment (except that block 1 is now visible from this perspective)



they've made a little progress at the western end of the Commons. it surprises me that the semicircular concrete form they poured in the ground, behind the earth mover in this shot, appears to be offset to the right with respect to the axis of the median of the road. I thought it would be symmetrical.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by slock

I just noticed that it looks like ground has broken on Uber's Mission Bay buildings on 3rd.

socketsite catches up with you

[ltsmotorsport]

Clarify for me, cause SocketSite calls Uber's MB building their worldwide headquarters, but I thought that was going to Oakland...

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by ltsmotorsport

Clarify for me, cause SocketSite calls Uber's MB building their worldwide headquarters, but I thought that was going to Oakland...

No--Uber's corporate headquarters is in San Francisco and will remain here. The Oakland site is an expansion of its growing presence in the Bay Area and elsewhere. They are expanding in San Francisco too.

[timbad]

block 1 taking its place at the end of the row of creek-front parcels



the roadbeds at the western end of the Commons are starting to take shape







and we have a south-sidewalk curb for Mission Bay Blvd South



the Rutter views





block 1 starting to peek up in this one



zooming in on the Commons roadwork

[timbad]

parcel P23 as seen from the Fibrogen building on Illinois St. looking basically north:



the parcel will be integrated with the Fibrogen building's own open space:



not sure how the section with the curving step-way will connect:





Uber's site:



not quite MB proper, the project on Third near Mariposa:



the work on the west end of the Commons







scaffolding coming down on block 7W along Fourth:



Rutter views:



SF Tower starting to pop up in this shot:

[timbad]

the work on the north side of the new Channel is becoming a bit clearer, with curbs starting to appear. this makes me think it is the parking for the houseboat population



the Rutter views:



here comes SF Tower...



...and block 1



southern end of the Exchange and new Owens



and as seen from Mariposa; now blotting out the freeway



the skyline from bayfront open space



one thing that was not clear to me about Uber's project: they've removed the greenspace that had just been put in to the east a few years ago. as seen from the roof of the South St Garage



along Third St, where I thought the limits to Uber's building were





on the north side of block 7W, the wood panelling at sidewalk level will be a nice touch



and a bit more detail coming in on the Fourth St facade





block 1 from last week