The video is months old but still worth a peak into one of the most vibrant cities in the world and it’s biggest development plan in quite some time.
EXCERPT:
The most recent update was :
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Board of Directors unanimously approved the $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for the Transbay Transit Center Project on December 10, 2009.
Excerpt: An integral part of the Transbay Project includes the creation of a new neighborhood surrounding the Transit Center.
Adopted by the City of San Francisco in June 2005, the Redevelopment Plan will facilitate the development of nearly 2,600 new homes (35 percent of which will be affordable), 3 million square feet of new office and commercial space and 100,000 square feet of retail. The buildings will include townhouses, low- and mid-rise buildings and slender high-rise towers spaced apart to provide sunlight to proposed new plazas, parks and widened sidewalks.
The Project Area is about 40 acres and is bounded by Mission Street in the north, Main Street in the east, Folsom Street in the south and Second Street in the west. Folsom Street will be the centerpiece of this new neighborhood and will feature widened sidewalks with cafes, markets and views of the San Francisco Bay.
Transbay Transit Center Demo from steelblue on Vimeo.
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