Archive for 'development'
Presidio Trust changing the nature of the Presidio
The oversight agency for the Presidio proposes to construct not just the massive Fisher Art Museum but a 125-room hotel and new movie theaters as well, right in the middle of the park. Traffic would be directed to a hundred-space underground parking garage beneath the museum.
According to the Chronicle, “The report acknowledges that the [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2008 under development, parks.
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Testing the limits
Bravo to Contra Costa supervisors who unanimously voted down an attempt to expand the East Bay urban limit line — a line overwhelmingly approved by area voters less than a year ago.
The proposal would have created a 75-home development in El Sobrante. El Sobrante (home to an endangered species of manzanita) is already suffering from [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2007 under development, east.bay, nature.
Comments: 1