Finding Aid to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Records,
SFH 371
Finding aid prepared for initial photographic records by Kim Hayden, Eileen Hansen and Christina Moretta in 2015 and 2016.
Revised by Tami Suzuki in 2019 to include paper records.
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Feb. 17, 2019
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Title: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Records
Creator:
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (San Francisco, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 371
Physical Description:
41 boxes, 3 oversized boxes
(49.25 cubic feet)
Date (inclusive): 1947-2011
Abstract: This collection contains paper and photographic records of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Records document the project
areas of Diamond Heights, Embarcadero-Lower Market (Golden Gateway), Western Addition A-1 and A-2, Yerba Buena Center, Hunters
Point, and other project and survey areas.
Physical Location: The collection is stored on site.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.
Access
Paper records are available for use during San Francisco History center hours, with processed photographs available during
Photo Desk hours. The photo collection is partially processed.
Contact the Photo Curator to access the unprocessed photographs.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscrips must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. All requests
for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Records (SFH 371), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco
Public Library.
Provenance
Materials were transferred by the City and County of San Francisco's Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, the
successor agency to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (www.sfocii.org), on June 21, 2013. Additional records were transferred
on July 14, 2016, Aug. 31, 2017, and Dec. 19, 2017. Papers of former agency Assistant Executive Director, John B. Dykstra,
were donated by Lynn Dykstra on Aug. 9, 2018.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.
Rubber stamps (two) of the Redevelopment Agency's seal, circa 1999, removed to San Francisco History Center Realia Collection.
See the library catalog for
Renewing Our Cities,
Colean, Miles L., New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1953.
Removed:
Centralized Relocation, A New Municipal Service,
Groberg, Robert P., Washington DC: National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, 1969.
Related Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also the History Center's subject and card files, and to check the library catalog for reports
and related materials including the
WACO Organizer,
newspaper of the Western Addition Community Organization; titles by Chester Hartman including
City for Sale, The Transformation of San Francisco
and
Yerba Buena: Land Grab and Community Resistance in San Francisco;
By-Laws of the Redevelopment Agency; and agency meeting agendas and minutes.
Related collections include the Chester Hartman Papers; SFH 5, Joseph L. Alioto Papers; SFH 7, George Christopher Papers;
SFH 465, San Francisco Department of City Planning Records; SFP 24, James A. Scott Photograph Collection; and the San Francisco
Historical Photograph Collection.
Additional records reside with the successor agency, Office of Community Investment and Infracture (OCII). For OCII Central
Records/Public Records requests, contact:
Jaimie Cruz
415 749-2408
commissionsecretary.ocii@sfgov.org.
Processing Information
During processing, the entire collection was re-foldered and re-housed in acid-free folders, enclosures and boxes. Photographs
were processed by Kim Hayden and Eileen Hansen in 2015 and 2016. Paper records were processed by Tami Suzuki in 2018.
Administrative History
The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA), California's first redevelopment agency, was incorporated on Aug. 10, 1948
under the California Community Redevelopment Law and in response to the United States Housing Act. Its purpose was to improve
urban living conditions by removing what they called "blight" through the redesign, redevelopment, and rehabilitation of affected
areas of the city. Though separate from the City and County of San Francisco, the agency carried out redevelopment efforts
authorized by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
The first fifty years were driven by federal funding, from the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), and the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Former HHFA regional director, Justin Herman, became the Redevelopment Agency director,
serving during the mayoralties of George Christopher, John Shelley, and Joseph Alioto. Large projects as well as specific
developments were undertaken.
When redevelopment planning was begun in a community, the boundaries of a "survey area" were first defined. A survey area
was the term used to describe the extent of planning research and analysis for this work. A survey area required approval
by the Board of Supervisors to proceed as a project.
Urban renewal caused considerable controversy in the Western Addition, wiping out blocks of structures including thousands
of housing units, destroying thriving businesses, and displacing hundreds of African American and Japanese American residents.
In 1967, a coalition of churches and community leaders formed the Western Addition Community Organization (WACO). WACO won
a court injunction giving them representation in the Redevelopment Agency's decision-making process.
In the South of Market area, residents also presented opposition. Various lawsuits challenged dislocation, financing, and
environmental concerns over the Yerba Buena Center project, including the successful 1970-1973 Tenants and Owners in Opposition
to Redevelopment (TOOR) suit over the relocation process. Development was halted through 1975.
In the southeastern edges of the city, Hunters Point has faced significant and persistent social and economic challenges.
Following World War II and the downsizing of the Naval shipyard's labor force, unemployment and the shortage of adequate housing
caused great damage. Citizens formed a Joint Housing Committee in 1966, to provide community input to the Redevelopment Agency.
Several project areas were approved, with limited fulfillment.
Federal housing and community development assistance was halted by President Richard Nixon in 1973. In 1974, federal grants
for urban renewal were made available through Community Development Block Grants. Money then went directly to the city instead
of to the Agency. Urban renewal then had to compete with other local programs for federal funding.
In the early 1990s, the agency began efforts to adopt plans in seven new survey areas simultaneously--the Transbay area, Bayview
Hunters Point, Mid-Market, the Federal Office Building site, Treasure Island Naval Station, and the Hunters Point Shipyard.
These were all adopted, along with Mission Bay North and South Projects. Project-specific amendments included the Rincon Point
South Beach plan amendment to assist in the development of Pacific Bell Park.
On February 1, 2012, all California redevelopment agencies, including the SFRA, were dissolved by order of the California
Supreme Court
(California Redevelopment Association et al. v. Ana Matosantos).
San Francisco's redevelopment efforts were taken over by the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents and photographic records of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Records document the
project areas of Diamond Heights, Embarcadero-Lower Market (Golden Gateway), Western Addition A-1 and A-2, Yerba Buena Center,
Hunters Point, India Basin, Bayview Industrial Triangle, Rincon Point-South Beach, Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard,
and South of Market Earthquake Recovery. Several other project and survey areas are also represented.
Included in each series are annual reports and other agency reports, survey and project area plans, promotional materials
for developers and residents, reports by consultants and city agencies including the Department of City Planning, and photographs.
Of note are Western Addition relocation and vacate reports (1963-1979); photographs and appraisal reports documenting Western
Addition redevelopment; a Yerba Buena Center Report on Clearance and Retention (1966); and photos, negatives, and slides of
models for Golden Gateway and Yerba Buena Gardens construction projects, construction in progress, and post-redevelopment.
There are no minutes and little correspondence. Unprocessed photographic records document the Bayview Hunters Point, India
Basin, Rincon Point-South Beach, Mission Bay, and Mid-Market Street project areas.
Additional records are expected from the successor agency, Office of Community Investment and Infracture.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 26 series, by redevelopment project and survey area: Series 1. General; Series 2. Diamond
Heights Project Area; Series 3. South Basin Project Area; Series 4. Western Addition Project Areas; Series 5. Embarcadero-Lower
Market (Golden Gateway) Project Area;
Series 6. Chinese Cultural and Trade Center Project Area; Series 7. Yerba Buena Center Project Area; Series 8. Hunters Point
Project Area; Series 9. India Basin Project Area; Series 10. Stockton/Sacramento Project Area;
Series 11. Bayview North Survey Area; Series 12. Mariners Village Development; Series 13. Bayview Industrial Triangle Project
Area; Series 14. Rincon Point-South Beach Project Area; Series 15. Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Project Area;
Series 16. Bayview Hunters Point Project Area; Series 17. South of Market Project Area; Series 18. Treasure Island Project
Area; Series 19; Fillmore Jazz Preservation District Survey Area; Series 20. York Theater Remodel Project;
Series 21. Federal Office Building Project Area; Series 22. Mission Bay North Project Area; Series 23. Mission Bay South Project
Area; Series 24. Mid-Market Project Area; Series 25. Transbay Project Area; Series 26. Visitacion Valley Project Area.
Project series are organized into subseries, Papers and Photographs. Arrangement is chronological.
Digitized Reports
Many agency reports are available online at
www.archive.org
.
Accruals
Additional materials are expected.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Redevelopment, Urban -- San Francisco.
Urban renewal-California-San Francisco-Pictorial works.
Urban renewal -- California -- San Francisco.
City planning -- California -- San Francisco.
Housing -- California -- San Francisco.
Landscape architecture--Designs and plans--California--San Francisco.
Public housing -- California -- San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Diamond Heights (San Francisco, Calif.)
Golden Gateway (San Francisco, Calif.)
Hunters Point (San Francisco, Calif.)
India Basin (San Francisco, Calif.)
Rincon Point (San Francisco, Calif.)
South Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)
South of Market (San Francisco, Calif.)
Western Addition (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History.
Yerba Buena Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
Yerba Buena Gardens (San Francisco, Calif.)
Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens.
Documentary photography -- California -- San Francisco -- 20th century
Photographic prints -- 20th century -- San Francisco
Slides -- Color -- 1960-1970 -- San Francisco
Slides -- Color -- 1970-1980 -- San Francisco
Slides -- Color -- 1980-1990 -- San Francisco
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency -- (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Archives
Series 1
General
1950-2011
Physical Description:
2 Cubic Feet
Scope and Contents
Contains documents not directly related to an approved survey or project area. Includes agency and non-agency reports, agency
fact books, studies, promotional and informational brochures, developer's brochures and proposals, and newspaper articles.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
"Better Homes, Better Living" Brochure
[1951?]
Office Space Contract, 512 Golden Gate
1950-1955
"Redevelopment in San Francisco" Paper
August 1958
Urban Renewal Report
March 1959
San Francisco Housing Fact Book
May 1962
Moderate-Priced Private Housing for Families Information
May 1963
Japanese Study Team Visit
[1962]
Urban Renewal Article in Architectural Record
September 1965
Housing and Redevelopment Review by League of Women Voters
1965
Mission Street Survey Area Application
May 1966
Excerpt, Grand Jury Report on Redevelopment Agency
[1966?]
Low-to-Moderate Income Housing Developer Brochure
April 1967
Agency Annual Reports: 1961, 1964, 1966-67
1961-1967
Citizen Participation Memo from HUD
June 24, 1968
International Market Center Proposal
[1968?]
Summary of Project Data and Key Elements of Redevelopment Program
June 30, 1969
Agency: The Decade Past and the Decade to Come
October 1969
What to Do About the Waterfront
September 1971
"Does Redevelopment Really Mean Jobs?" Brochure
[1971]
"Stroll Through Five Redevelopment Highlights in San Francisco"
[1971]
SPUR Report on San Francisco Redevelopment Process
April 1972
SPUR Report on San Francisco Redevelopment Process
1972
Breaking the Frisco Circle
August 1972
Redevelopment Program Project Data Summary
January 1974
Troubled HUD Properties Seminar Memo
May 26, 1976
San Francisco Urban Renewal Pamphlet
May 1977
Smithsonian Article on San Francisco Redevlopment
March 1979
Art in San Francisco's Redevelopment Areas
1979
Urban Reinvestment Opportunities Program
September 1979
Waterfront Brochure
circa 1979
Community Rehabilitation Packet
[1980?]
Northeastern Waterfront Plan of Comprehensive Plan of San Francisco
1980
Mission 24th Street Neighborhood Commercial Development Plan
June 1981
Guiding Downtown Development
July 1982
North of Market Rezoning Study (City Planning)
March 1983
Agency Fact Book, 1985
[1985?]
Agency Fact Book, 1986
[1986?]
Agency Program Activities
[1986?]
Newspaper Article Reprints
1988
Parkview Commons Homebuyers Information
1988
"Changes in the San Francisco Housing Inventory for..." 1987 and 1988 (City Planning)
July 1988-May 1989
Proposition M/Office Growth Limits Paper
January 1989
Agency Mission Statement, Housing and Economic Development Policies
May 1989
City's Economy, White Paper
October 1989
Economic Impact of 1989 Earthquake
[1989?]
Residence Proposal (Element of City's Master Plan)
July 1990
Mission Street Commercial Corridor Revitalization Plan
March 1991
San Francisco, A Redevelopment Report
September 1991
Smart Land Heart Land Report
1991
San Francisco Redevelopment Newsletter
Summer 1992
BART to San Francisco International Airport
Dec. 21, 1992
Situation Assessment (by Consultant)
Dec. 9, 1992
Relocation Assistance Brochures (State Publications)
1990-1993
Supportive Housing Case Studies
January 1993
"Unfinished Agenda, The Economic Status of African Americans in San Francisco, 1964-1990"
February 1993
Handbook: Vacate Notices, Federal Purchasing Circulars, Property Management Procedures, Rental Policies
1968-1993
Presidio Conversion Draft Plan (National Park Service)
October 1993
Supportive Housing Case Studies
December 1993
"The Myth of Community Development" (New York Times article)
Jan. 9, 1994
HUD Handbook Revisions, Tenant Assistance, Relocation and Real Property Acquisition
April 26, 1994
Physical Description:
2 folders
Survey Area Development and Outreach Report
September 1994
Citizens Guide to Redevelopment
1994
Asbestos and Lead Paint Report, Former Municipal Railway Sub-station
September 1995
Housing Program Accomplishments, 1990 through 1995
May 1995
Relocation Claim Forms
1991-1995
1995-1996 Redevelopment Program Summary/Fact Book
[1996?]
Bay Area Seaport Plan Draft Environmental Assessment
Feb. 16, 1996
Commerce and Industry Inventory (City Planning)
1996
Building Communities Through Transportation Brochure
October 1996
Concept Plan Housing Issues Presentation
Aug. 23, 1997
Mayor Willie Brown's Letter on Agency's 50th Anniversary
Dec. 14, 1998
Agency Fact Book
May 1999
Relocation Assistance Brochure (San Francisco)
no date
1999-2000 Civil Grand Jury Report
[2000?]
San Francisco Housing Programs
2001
Relocation Document
Jan. 8, 2002
Relocation Assistance Publications (Federal)
1988-2002
Jobs in Black Community Report
May 2004
Project Areas Presentation
circa 2004
Progressive Activists' Impact Article
September 2005
Mapping Services Bid
July 2006
Healthy Communities Booklets
2005-2007
Redevelopment in California Publication
2007
San Francisco Capital Plan, FY 2009-2018
April 2008
Small Business Enterprise Policy
July 21, 2009
African American Out-Migration Report
2009
Bay Area Black Population Trends
September 2010
Agency Brochure
September 2010
Newspaper Articles
1993-2011
Community Guide, California Redevelopment Association
2002-2011
Home Ownership Pamphlet
no date
"Black Presence in San Francisco" Walking Tour
no date
Rehousing for Rehabilitation Pamphlet
no date
Slide Show Narration
no date
ov-flat-box 43, oversize-folder 1
Oversized Items
1961-unknown
Montgomery Center Proposal by SPUR
[1961?]
San Francisco Redevelopment 1971-1973
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Historic Preservation, Selected Projects
no date
Conditions Governing Access
Includes original photographs; gloves required.
Profiles of Community Planning Areas: San Francisco's Eastern Neighborhoods
2002
Series 2
Diamond Heights Project Area B-1
1948-1978
Physical Description:
1.9 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on July 24, 1950, and a plan was approved by the board on Oct.
24, 1955.
As late as the 1950s, three-fourths of Diamond Heights lay undeveloped and uninhabited. In 1954, a California Appeals Court
decision
(San Francisco Redevelopment Agency v. Hayes)
affirmed the validity of defining vacant land as blighted under the California Commuity Redevelopment Law, clearing the way
for the redevelopment of Diamond Heights.
The project was closed out on Sept. 27, 1978. Construction was substantially completed in 1979.
Related Collection
See also SFH 553, Loretta Starvus Glenridge Residents Council Records.
Arrangement
Organized into two subseries: Papers and Photographs. Both are arranged chronologically.
box 32
Subseries 2.1
Papers
1950-1978
Physical Description:
.4 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Gold Mine Hills Plan
Spring 1950
Redevelopment Plan
July 14, 1955
"Flight From Blight" Article
May 1958
Architectural Program Statement for Competition
February 1961
Architectural Evaluation Report of Competition
June 1961
Architectural Competition Article
1961
Diamond Heights Neighborhood Center
1961
Red Rock Hill Developer Guidelines
1961
Home Design Brochures
circa 1961
Moderate-Priced Private Housing
January 1962
Moderate-Priced Private Housing Proposal Selection
November 1962
Mission Neighborhood Centers Plan for Moderate Cost Housing Development
[1962 or later]
Planned Unit Development Application
May 1963
Land for Sale Brochures
1964
Physical Description:
2 folders
Redevelopment Plan
Feb. 6, 1967
Graphics
1964-1967
Conditions Governing Access
Includes original photograph. Gloves required.
Glenridge Rental Community Brochure
circa 1968
Redevelopment Plan Summary
February 1969
Invitation for Development of Home Sites
January 1971
box 1, oversize-box 1
Subseries 2.2
Photographs
1948-1976
Physical Description:
1.5 Cubic Feet
(1 carton, 1 oversize box)
Scope and Contents
Contains photos, both ground level and aerial, of the geographical area identified for redevelopment; photos, negatives and
slides of existing structures that needed to be considered within the redevelopment plan; renderings of the new residential,
community, and commercial buildings that were proposed for construction; and visual documentation of areas requiring environmental
action (weed abatement).
Arrangement
Series is arranged chronologically when possible.
box 1, folder 3
View from Army Street
December 1957
box 1, folder 5
To be demolished
June 1959
box 1, folder 8-13
Project Area B-1 photos
1960-1970
box 1, folder 15
St. Alden's Episcopal Church
1961-1970
box 1, folder 16
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
1961-1970
oversize-box 1, folder 1
Diamond Heights Red Rock Hill Development Low Rise Phase I portfolio
1963
box 1, folder 17-18
Groundbreaking of low-to-moderate priced private housing (MPPH)
June 1967
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Robert C. Weaver, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Josh Maremont.
Both photo prints and color slides.
box 1, folder 19
Home of Hans Feibusch and family
circa 1965
box 1, folder 20
Parcels H-1 and H-2
circa 1965
box 1, folder 21
Architecture and housing
1965-1970
box 1, folder 22-26
Architecture and housing
1965-1985
box 1, folder 27-31
Streets and views
1970-1991
box 1, folder 39
Goldmine Hill color slides
April 1976
box 33
Series 3
South Basin Project Area F-1
1955
Physical Description:
1 folder
Historical Note
The plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 12, 1956, for industrial purposes and to facilitate relocation
of the wholesale produce market. The area covered 60 acres, bounded by Carroll Avenue, Hawes Street, Thomas Avenue, and Jennings
Street. This included the reclamation of approximately 27 acres of temporary war housing, East of Third Street between Thomas
and Bancroft Streets. The plan was not effectuated.
Report on Tentative Redevelopment Plan
October 1955
Series 4
Western Addition Project Areas A-1 and A-2
1947-2009
Physical Description:
12.77 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The Western Addition was comprised of two project areas, A-1 and A-2. The plan for WA A-1 was approved on May 28, 1956. The
plan for WA A-2 was approved on Oct. 13, 1964.
A-1 was established to eliminate blighting conditions. The area was comprised of approximately 28 blocks, running along Geary
Street with redevelopment spanning as far north as Post Street and as far south as Eddy Street, and bounded east to west by
Franklin and Broderick streets. Close to 2,000 new housing units, including high-rise apartments were built, along with St.
Mary's Cathedral and the Japanese Cultural and Trade Center. The first demolition began in 1956. Implementation ended in May
of 2000.
A-2 was comprised of approximately 73 blocks, with redevelopment spanning as far north as Bush Street and as far south as
Ivy Street, and bounded east to west by Franklin Street and St. Joseph's Avenue (one block west of Broderick). Approximately
5000 new housing units were built and close to 4000 units were rehabilitated. Construction included the Ella Hill Hutch Community
Center, Buchanan Street Mall, Fillmore Center, and Opera Plaza.
Urban renewal caused considerable controversy, wiping out blocks of structures including thousands of housing units, destroying
thriving businesses, and displacing hundreds of African American and Japanese American residents. In 1967, a coalition of
churches and community leaders formed the Western Addition Community Organization (WACO). WACO won a court injunction giving
them representation in the Redevelopment Agency's decision-making process, the first time such a neighborhood action was won
in the U.S. But their efforts to save the neighborhood had limited success.
Related Materials
See also Mel Scott's
San Francisco Bay Area: A Metropolis in Perspective,
1959. See also SFP 24, James A. Scott Photograph Collection.
Scope and Contents
Includes relocation reports.
Arrangement
Organized into three subseries: 4.1. A-1 Papers; 4.2. A-2 Papers, and 4.3. Photographs. Photographs are further organized
by format. Arrangement is chronological.
box 32
Subseries 4.1
WA A-1 Papers
1947-2000
Physical Description:
.27 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 2, 1948, and the plan was approved on May 28, 1956. Implementation
ended in May of 2000.
Scope and Contents
Includes "Final Relocation Report," 1963; and "Report of Relocation Progress," 1965.
"New City" Brochure, Planning Commission
1947
Preliminary Plan (Graphic)
Nov. 21, 1951
"The Tentative Plan"
September 1952
Suggested Site Development (Graphic)
[1952?]
Preliminay Report on Cost Estimates and Financing
March 1953
Petition for Writ of Mandate Against Agency Chairman (WA A-1 and Diamond Heights)
June 1953
Property Owners Brochure
[1957]
Relocation Plan
Dec. 17, 1957
St. Francis Square Homes Brochure
circa 1963
St. Mary's Cathedral Article
Jan. 31, 1964
Redevelopment Plan
July 16, 1964
Western Addition and Diamond Heights Article
February 1964
Japan Center Mall
1964-1965
Final Relocation Report and Report of Relocation Progress
July 25, 1963 and July 31, 1965
Mini-Park Site
March 1968
Land Sale Press Release
Oct. 13, 1959
Japan Center Brochure
August 1972
Redevelopment Plan
May 3, 1985
Subseries 4.2
WA A-2 Papers
1960-2009
Physical Description:
2 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 2, 1949, and the plan was approved by the board on Oct.
13, 1964. However, construction was delayed for two years by Proposition 14, which nullified a fair housing law preventing
racial discrimination. The proposition was deemed unconstitutional in 1966. One of the SFRA's final urban renewal projects,
the A-2 plan was amended 8 times.
Scope and Contents
Includes "Weekly Vacate Reports," and a pencil drawing by Ruth Asawa and poem by Geri Handa which were included as an appreciation
gift to the members of the Friends of the Origami Fountain upon resurrection of the fountains.
Profile of the Western Addition, United Community Fund of San Francisco
June 1964
Aerial Photography Correspondence
1961
Visual Analysis Report
[1961 or later]
Commercial and Industrial Occupancy Survey
January 1962
Preliminary Program for Rehousing of Residents
April 1962
Residential Rehabilitation
July 1962
Information Series No. 2 for Property Owners and Residents
November 1962
Nihonmachi Urban Design Study
March 1963
"Please Stay!" Housing Flyer
March 1964
Information Series No. 3 for Property Owners and Residents
March 1964
United San Francisco Freedom Movement
May 1964
Redevelopment Plan Report
July 21, 1964
Appendix C, Redevelopment Plan Report
July 21, 1964
Redevelopment Plan
[After July 21, 1964]
Rehabilitation Flyer
September 1964
Fillmore Center
[1964 or later]
Nihonmachi Community Brochure
[1964 or later]
Homemaking Teaching Program for Residents
November 1965
Bethel A.M.E. Church Proposal from Developer
June 16, 1966
Facts to Guide Your Move
October 1966
Rehabilitation Brochure (for Property Owners)
September 1966
Information for Residence
April 1967
Public Housing Units Map
January 1967
Posters (Produced by Agency)
May 1967
Terry Francois Statement on Halting Activities
Nov. 7, 1967
Western Addition Community Organization (WACO)
1967-1968
Japanese Cultural and Trade Center
February 1968
Press Release, Nihonmachi Development
March 19, 1968
Martin Luther King Square Brochure
April 1968
Message on Court Injunction
Dec. 30, 1968
Martin Luther King Square Dedication
Oct. 25, 1969
Fillmore Center Pamphlets
May 1970
Residents and Business Services Forms (Old), WA-A2 and Yerba Buena Center
1967-1970
Land Use Provisions and Development Standards
[August 1970 or later]
HUD Relocation Reports
1970-1971
"Stop Redevelopment Agency" Poster
No date.
Proposed Plan Change
June 9, 1970
Resolution Approving Amendments to the Plan
June 9, 1970
Official Redevelopment Plan
Aug. 3, 1970
Social Development Program
February 1971
Housing Report
February 1971
"A Good Place to Live" Booklet
March 1971
HUD Relocation Evaluation Letter
April 1, 1971
Western Addition Project Area Committee (WAPAC) Memo
July 16, 1971
Loren Miller Homes Brochure
March 1972
Thomas Pine Square Brochure
June 1972
Frederick Douglas Haynes Gardens
June 1973
Freedom West
November 1973
Royal Adah Arms Brochure
June 1974
El Bethel Arms Brochure
June 1974
Rehabilitation Standards
June 1974
Midtown Plaza Brochures
[1974?]
Buildings for Sale Brochures
August 1975
Ammel Park Brochure
September 1975
Buchanan Park Apartments Brochure
1975
Residential Sites for Sale Brochure
1975
Residential Rehabilitation Financing Program Brochure
May 1976
Official Redevelopment Plan
July 6, 1976
Residential Sites for Sale Brochure
[August 1976?]
Redevelopment Plan Summary
September 1976
Nihonmachi Terrace Brochure
[1976?]
"You and Your Housing" Brochure
July 1968
Fillmore Commercial Development Feasibility Study
December 1977
Physical Description:
2 folders
Preservation Brochure
[1977]
Laurel Gardens Brochure
[1977?]
Historical Perspective Brochure
February 1978
Fillmore Center Development Design Booklet
[July] 1978
A-2 Report (Newsletter)
March 1977-November 1978
Weekly Vacate Reports
Sept. 27, 1974-Dec. 28, 1979
Physical Description:
2 folders
Golden Gate Apartments Brochure
[1997?]
Fillmore Center Urban Design Guidelines: Plan II
1981
Commercial & Institutional Rehabilitation Standards
June 1982
Affordable Condominiums Loan Booklet
[1982]
Amancio Ergina Village Marketing Materials
[1985?]
Commendation, Western Addition Screening Committee
April 1986
Proposed Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, and Resolution
March 9-April 1987
Redevelopment Plan as Amended
Nov. 9, 1987
Resolution Approving Proposed Amendment to Redevelopment Plan
June 9, 1992
Resolution Approving Addendum to Report on Redevelopment Plan
August 16, 1994
Redevelopment Plan
Oct. 3, 1994
Lower Fillmore Street Retail Development Plan, Retail and Entertainment Concept
May 1995
Turk Substation
Sept. 8, 1995
Lower Fillmore Streetscape and Urban Design Improvements Bid
October 1995
Lower Fillmore Revitalization Project Traffic and Parking Plan
November 1995
Prelimary Soil Investigation, Parcel 732A
May 1996
Japantown Community Planning Process Status Report
July 26, 1999
Project Updates
August 1997
Request for Proposals, Parcel 714-A(2)
[July? 1999]
Market Street Railway Conversion, 1190 Fillmore
Sept. 19, 2001
Sixty-two Heroes and Pioneers of the Western Addition Booklet
[2003?]
Redevelopment Plan
August 19, 2005
Physical Description:
2 folders
Newspaper Clippings
1977-2007
Physical Description:
2 folders
Advisory Committee Commendations
2009
ov-flat-box 43, oversize-folder 2
Origami Fountains Resurrection Gift
1999
box 3-13
Subseries 4.3
WA A-1 and WA A-2 Photographs and Reports
circa 1950-1999
1960-1980
Physical Description:
10.5 Cubic Feet
(10 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Scope and Contents
Consists of photographs and appraisal reports with photographs documenting the redevelopment of the Western Addition from
the 1950s through the 1980s. Materials include photographs, negatives, slides, appraisal and sales reports. Of special interest
in this collection are a large number of photographs documenting "blighted" conditions of the neighborhood prior to redevelopment,
the moving of Victorian houses from one location to another, and the low-income housing projects that were built.
Arrangement
Material is organized into four subseries by format: 4.3.1. Photographs; 4.3.2. Negatives; 4.3.3. Printed Materials; and 4.3.4.
Oversize Items. When possible, materials are arranged chronologically.
box 3-8
Subseries 4.3.1
Photographs
circa 1950-1999
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
box 3, folder 1-6
Buildings/Lots by Parcel Number
circa 1952-1980
box 3, folder 7-36
Buildings/Lots by Address
circa 1952-1980
1970-1980
box 3, folder 36
Contact/Proof Sheets by Address
box 4, folder 1-5
Buildings by Name
circa 1966-1983
1970-1980
box 4, folder 4
Buildings by Name of Owner/Developer
box 4, folder 6-12
Unidentified Buildings/Lots
circa 1966-83
1970-1980
box 4, folder 6
A-1 Unidentified Buildings/Lots
box 4, folder 7
A-2 Unidentified Buildings/Lots
box 4, folder 8-11
A-1 and A-2 Unidentified Buildings/Lots
box 5, folder 1-10
Housing
circa 1963-1978
1970-1978
box 5, folder 11-14, box 6, folder 1-4
Public Spaces
circa 1969-1999
1975-1980
box 5, folder 11
Swett/Hutch Community Center
1979
box 5, folder 12
Swett/Hutch Community Center
1980
box 5, folder 13
Swett/Hutch Community Center
1981-1982
box 5, folder 14
Swett/Hutch Community Center - undated
box 6, folder 1
Mary Ellen Pleasant Park
1978
box 6, folder 3
Buchanan Street Pedestrian Mall Sculpture Process Review
1999
box 6, folder 5-7
Churches
circa 1961-1978
1971-1978
box 6, folder 8-11
Japantown
circa 1969-1983
1969-1977
box 6, folder 11
Japantown Contact/Proof Sheets
box 7, folder 1
Pre-Redevelopment Disrepair
circa 1951-1977
1969-1977
box 7, folder 2
Construction and Demolition
circa 1967-1982
1967-1982
box 7, folder 3-10
House Moves
circa 1969-1980
1971-1977
box 7, folder 11-13
Aerial
circa 1961-1971
1961-1971
box 7, folder 14
Artists' Models & Drawings
undated
box 8
Subseries 4.3.2
Negatives
1952-1999
Access
Negatives have not been processed. Contact the Photo Curator.
box 9-12
Subseries 4.3.3
Printed Materials
circa 1962-1996
Reports with Photos, A-1 and A-2
1955-1996
1962-1985
box 13, folder 1-10
Parcel Appraisal Reports
1955-1957
Scope and Contents
Includes blocks 713, 720, 721, 722, 723, 727, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 1078, 1097, 1098, 1099
box 9, folder 1
Feasibility of Residential Conservation 50 Building Study Western Addition A-2
1962
Acquisition Appraisal Report, A-2
box 9, folder 2
Volume 1
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676
box 9, folder 3
Volume 2
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 677, 678, 683, 684
box 9, folder 4
Volume 3
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 685-689
box 9, folder 5
Volume 4
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 707,708, 714, 719, 724, 726
box 9, folder 6
Volume 5
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 728-731
box 9, folder 7
Volume 6
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 732, 733, 737, 738, 743, 744, 748
box 9, folder 8
Volume 7
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 750, 751, 754, 755, 756, 758, 761
box 10, folder 1
Volume 8
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 762, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771
box 10, folder 2
Volume 9
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 773-780
box 10, folder 3
Volume 10
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 781-784
box 10, folder 4
Volume 11
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 785, 1100, 1101
box 10, folder 5
Volume 12
1962
Scope and Contents
Blocks 1102, 1125, 1126, 1127
box 10, folder 6
1964
Scope and Contents
Blocks 763, 792, 1128, 1129, 1130
box 10, folder 7
Appraisal Report, A-2, Volume 10
1963
Scope and Contents
Blocks 754, 755, 756, 1129, 1130
box 10, folder 8
Appraisal Reports
1970
Scope and Contents
Addresses: 1760 Post, 1809 Sutter, 1811 Sutter, 1815 Sutter, 1785 O'Farrell, 1830 Eddy
box 10, folder 9-10
Appraisal Report
1976
Scope and Contents
Parcel numbers: 687-20, 728-2, 728-31, 749-1A, 749-6A, 749-6B, 1100-12, 1126-11, 1126-26, 1129-13
box 11, folder 1-2
Subject Property Appraisal Report, A-2
1975-1976
Market Data Study Appraisal Report A-2
box 11, folder 3
Volume 1: Vacant Land and Single Family Residential
circa 1970
box 11, folder 4
Volume 2: Residential-Commercial and Commercial
circa 1969
box 11, folder 5
Volume 3: Two and Three Units
circa 1969
box 11, folder 6
Volume 4: Four-Plus Units
circa 1969
box 11, folder 7
Appraisal Report
1976
Scope and Contents
Parcel numbers: 687-20, 728-2, 728-31, 749-1A, 749-6A, 749-6B, 1100-12, 1126-11, 1126-26, 1129-13
box 11, folder 8
Appraisal Report
July 1978
box 11, folder 10-11
Appraisal Reports, A-2
1984-1985
box 12, folder 1
Market Value Appraisal of Alamo Plaza Condominium Project at Fulton and McAllister Streets
1990
box 13, folder 18
Appraisal Report of Residential Condo, 1939 O'Farrell
1996
Sales and Comparable Sales
box 12, folder 7
Commercial and Residential
box 12, folder 9-10
Sales, Comparable Sales and Improved Comparable Sales
box 13, folder 11-17
Property Summary
1961-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes blocks 672, 673, 674, 677, 678, 683, 684, 685, 686, 688, 689, 690, 701, 708, 726, 728, 723, 744, 754, 755, 756, 768,
780, 792, 795, 806, 1100, 1101, 1105, 1126, 1127, 1129, 1130
oversize-box 1, folder 1-7
Subseries 4.3.4
Oversize Items
Series 5
Embarcadero-Lower Market (Golden Gateway) Project Area E-1
1956-1986
Physical Description:
1.3 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 21, 1955, and the plan was approved by the board on May
25, 1959.
The project involved construction of 1400 new housing units and the Embarcadero Center complex of offices, shops, a hotel,
and two public plazas. The wholesale produce market located at the edge of the Financial District was relocated to a site
at Islais Creek. The project was completed in 1985.
Arrangement
Organized into two subseries: Papers and Photographs. Arrangement is chronological.
Subseries 5.1
Papers
1956-1986
Physical Description:
.3 Cubic Feet
Report to City Planning Commission
June 1956
Redevelopment Plan
April 1959
Physical Description:
2 folders
Proposal and Report, Utah Contruction Co.
September 1959
Occupant and Business Owners Brochure
February 1960
Tishman Cahill Plan
[April 1960?]
Material Specific Details: Includes photographs. Gloves required.
Sidney Leiken Enterprises Proposal
April 1960
Evaluation Reports of Proposals
August-December, 1960
ov-flat-box 43
Proposal by Lewis E. Kitchen
[April 1960?]
ov-flat-box 43, oversize-folder 3
General Development Plan and Report by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
[1960?]
Market Data, Parcels 19 and 20
[1960?]
Commercial Development Offerings
May 1963
Redevelopment Plan
November 29, 1976
Four Embarcadero Center Brochure
December 1977
Redevelopment Plan
Dec. 1, 1986
Redevelopment Plan and Addendum
October 11, 1994-November 20, 1995
box 2
Subseries 5.2
Photographs
1958-1985
Physical Description:
1 Cubic Feet
(1 carton)
Scope and Contents
Contains photos, negatives, and slides of models for proposed construction projects; architects and artists' renderings of
proposed development area; photo documentation of subject property, including but not limited to the Produce Market; construction
in progress; post-redevelopment images. The Golden Gateway Project was a 17-block project downtown directly northwest of the
Ferry Building and bounded by Embarcadero, Market, Sacramento, Battery, Front and Broadway.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically when possible.
box 2, folder 1-6
Golden Gateway proposal photos
1960
Scope and Contents
Competition photographs submitted by the following architects and developers: architects John Carl Warnecke & Associates with
developer Tishman Cahill Renewal Associates; architects Jan Lubicz-Nyez and Associates with developer Sidney Leiken Enterprises;
architects Anshen and Allen with developer Eichler Homes, Inc.; architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with developer Lewis
Kitchen Realty Co.; architects Angus McSweeney with developer Utah Construction and Mining Co.; architects Welton Becket &
Associates with developer Kern County Land Company.
box 2, folder 7-8
Golden Gateway proposal exhibit and AIA jury panel
April 1960
box 2, folder 9-11
Subject properties with ownership and purchase price (including Produce Market)
1958-1961
box 2, folder 12
Golden Gateway Center renderings
1960-1965
box 2, folder 13
Appraisal photos and reports
1961
box 2, folder 14
Golden Gateway area aerials
1960-1975
box 2, folder 15
Golden Gateway construction
1962-1965
box 2, folder 16
Golden Gateway Center post-redevelopment
1965-1985
box 2, folder 17
Golden Gateway Sydney Walton Square Park
1962-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of French sculptor Francois Stahly installing Fountain of Four Seasons.
box 2, folder 18
Golden Gateway Alcoa Building
1966-1980
box 2, folder 19
Embarcadero Center renderings
1967-1972
box 2, folder 20
Embarcadero Center construction
1965-1971
box 2, folder 21-23
Embarcadero Center Vaillancourt Fountain in Justin Herman Plaza
1970-1977
box 2, folder 24
Embarcadero Center Justin Herman Plaza color slides
1976
box 2, folder 25
Embarcadero Center Hyatt Regency Hotel
1968-1975
box 2, folder 26-27
Embarcadero Center post-redevelopment photos and negatives
1976-1981
box 2, folder 28-29
Golden Gateway Center and Embarcadero Center color slides
1960-1975
Physical Description:
520 Photographic Slides
box 2, folder 30
Embarcadero Meridian Hotel Opening color slides
box 36
Series 6
Chinese Cultural and Trade Center Project Area
1965
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 23, 1963, and the plan was approved by the board on Nov.
8, 1965.
Agency Brochure
March 1965
Proposal by Justice Enterprises
June 1965
Series 7
Yerba Buena Center Project Area D-1
1957-2011
Physical Description:
7 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 11, 1961, and the plan was approved by the board on April
25, 1966.
The project was a mixture of rehabilitation and new development.
Originally known as the South of Market Redevelopment Area, Yerba Buena Center was an 87-acre project with clearance and construction
beginning in Phase 1. The project was halted for several years in the 1970s by a series of lawsuits, and started up again
in the 1980s for Phase 2.
The project was adjacent to the San Francisco downtown office and retail districts and included the George Moscone Convention
Center. It extended from Market Street on the north to Harrison Street on the south, and from Second Street on the east to
the west property line along Fourth Street.
Phase 2 consisted of three "Central Blocks" within the Yerba Buena Center area which included the Marriott Hotel, Yerba Buena
Gardens, the Moscone Convention Center expansion, Yerba Buena Children's Garden and the Metreon.
In 1969, area residents, self-described as workers and unionists, formed Tenants and Owners in Opposition to Redevelopment
(TOOR) to fight relocation. TOOR was able to halt demolition until an agreement was reached between the Redevelopment Agency
and them. Development was halted through 1975. What had long been a home to industry and working-class residents and single
laborers was dramatically transformed by redevelopment into a center for the arts.
Related Materials
See also:
City for Sale, The Transformation of San Francisco
by Chester Hartman; Chester Hartman Papers; and George Woolf Oral History.
Arrangement
Organized into two subseries: Papers and Photographs. Arrangement is chronological.
Series 7.1
Papers
1957-2011
Physical Description:
3 Cubic Feet
Preliminary Plan
May 1957
Tentative Proposal
Feb. 20, 1964
Response to Mayor
June 5, 1964
Response to Chamber of Commerce Action Committee
June 10, 1964
Tentative Proposal
Nov. 1, 1964
Tentative Proposal
May 5, 1965
Tentative Program Materials
Aug. 24, 1965
Report on Redevelopment Plan
Dec. 3, 1965
Physical Description:
2 folders
Staff Analysis Subsequent to Aug. 24 Public Hearing
Dec. 7, 1965
Brochure for Residents
December 1965
Citywide Mailer
January 1966
Report on Clearance and Retention
Feb. 18, 1966
Redevelopment Plan
Sept. 1, 1966
"Swift, Sharp Slum Ax" Chronicle Article
1967
Area Boundaries (Graphic)
Dec. 10, 1967
Central Blocks Development Committee Status Report
Jan. 18, 1968
Central Blocks Marketing Program
March 1969
Central Blocks Market Analysis
May 24, 1969
Invitation to Developers
June 1969
Central Blocks General Objectives
June 1969
Publicity Brochure
[1969?]
Housing Relocation Brochure
November 1969
Central Blocks Reuse Appraisal Report
Feb. 13, 1970
Heating and Cooling Systems, Preliminary Feasibility Study
April 1970
Residents Brochure
September 1970
Architectural Design Review Statement
Feb. 15, 1971
Planning and Development Document
April 1, 1971
Planning and Development Program for Public Facilities, Revised
April 1, 1971
Architectural Program and Planning Document
June 3, 1971
Board of Supervisors Resolution on Priorities for Relocatees
[July 1971?]
Redevelopment Plan
July 26, 1971
Central Blocks Heating and Cooling and Plumbing Documents
October 1971
Brochure with Jobs Focus
February 1972
Environmental Assessment and Impact Reports
March 1972
Public Facilities Studies and Financing Reports
March 1972
Foundation Investigation Report
March 20, 1972
Public Structures Geophysical Studies Report
July 19, 1972
Exhibit Hall Test Studies
September-October, 1972
Presentation to Civil Engineers
September 1972
Slurry Wall Design Testing Report
Nov. 10, 1972
Status Report and Publicity Material
Dec. 7, 1972
St. Patrick's Church Centenary Booklet
1972
"A Walk Through Yerba Buena Center"
1973
Central Plant Economic Study of Cooling and Heating Design
January 1973
Business Owners Relocation Brochure
February 1973
"Yerba Buena Center, Where It Stands and What Must Be Done" Report
April 16, 1973
Redevelopment Plan
Oct. 9, 1973
Mayor's Request to Board of Supervisors for 700 Low-Rent Housing Units
Aug. 25-27, 1972
Management of Architects and Engineers for Public Facilities
Jan. 21, 1974
Parking Management Statement
August 1974
Phase 1: Pre-Bid Information
Oct. 1, 1974
Resolutions, Affidavits and Findings
1966-1974
Public Facilities "Blue Book" Update
March 1975
Program Studies Summary
June 19, 1975
Public Facilities Architectural and Financing Programs
October 1975
Basic Project Information
March 1976
Planning Objectives
April 1976
Financing of Public Facilities
May 1976
Housing Study Group Summary
June 1976
Economic and Marketing Evaluation, Tivoli Gardens Concept
July 2, 1976
Market Rate Housing Demand Study
July 29, 1976
Draft Final Plan Publicity Piece
August 1976
Jessie Street Substation Adaptive Reuse Feasibility Study
June 1977
Redevelopment Plan
Aug. 8, 1977
Urban Design Plan
[1977 or later]
Convention Center Marketing Brochure
April 1978
Marketing Brochure for Developers
October 1978
Draft Environmental Impact Report
Feb. 9, 1978
Physical Description:
4 Volumes
Environmental Impact Statement
March 16, 1978
Final Environmental Impact Report
April 11, 1978
Physical Description:
5 Volumes
Urban Design Study, Draft Urban Design Framework
May 1, 1978
Urban Design Study, Preliminary Parking Plan
May 1978
Report of City's Chief Administrative Officer
May 9, 1978
Elderly Community Services and Needs Report
March 1, 1979
Redevelopment Plan
Aug. 17, 1979
Report on Historical Cultural Resources
August 1979
Convention Hotel
October 1979
Dimsalang House (Seniors) Apartment Brochure
circa 1979
Request for Qualifications for The Gardens Mixed -Use Development
March 1980
Task Force Reports
April 4, 1981
Cultural Planning Workbook
April 1981
Cultural Plan Preliminary Design Scenario
June 22, 1981
Cultural Plan Proposal by Peat, Marwick, MItchell & Co.
Sept. 4, 1981
Alternative Design Concepts by Olympia and York
September 1981
Flyers for Public Presentations
September-[November], 1981
Redevelopment Plan
Nov. 2, 1981
Cultural Plan Update by Peat, Marwick
Jan. 27, 1981
Area Plan Marketing Brochure
no date
ov-flat-box 43, oversize-folder 2
Request for Qualifications, Mixed-Use Development
April 1980
Recommendations from Cultural Planning Technical Assistance Committee
May 1983
Press Release, Agreement with Developer
June 14, 1984
Econoic Analysis of Business Terms with Developer
October 1984
Marketing Brochure
[1984]
Cultural Component Governance and Management Report
April 1985
690 Folsom Street Project
Feb. 7, 1986
St. Francis Place Marketing Brochure
Circa 1986
Draft, Subsequent Environmental Impact Report
Dec. 12, 1991
Newest and Most Exciting Neighborhood Brochure
1992
Esplanade Gardent Groundbreaking
May 1992
Request for Developer Qualifications, Entertainment-Retail Site
August 1992
Final Report, User Study of Proposed Cultural Facilities
November 1982
Center for the Arts Marketing Brochure
[1992?]
Appraisal of Site, Northwest Side of Howard Street
June 16, 1993
Grand Opening
October 1993
Physical Description:
2 folders
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
1993
Redevelopment Plan
Nov. 21, 1994
Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report
January 1995
Museum of Modern Art Opens
January 1995
Request for Proposals for Development of Southeast Corner of Third and Mission Streets
Dec. 15, 1995
Children's Center Fundraiser
May 21, 1996
Redevelopment Plan
Jan. 27, 1997
Yerba Buena Gardens Marketing Alliance Newsletter
Summer 1994-Spring 1997
US Conference of Mayors' Tour
June 23, 1997
Request for Development Proposals, Parcel EB-2A
[Early 1998?]
Childrens Arts Studio
1998
Metreon Entertainment Center Press Kit
March 3, 1999
Fiscal and Economic Impact Report
May 18, 1999
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, 1999
2000
Project Area Expansion/Emporium Site
Jan. 13, 2000
Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
Aug. 3, 2000
Museum Row Article
Aug. 2, 2005
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
[December 2005?]
Redevelopment Award
March 2007
Gardens Management Request for Qualifications
March 2009
box 14-17
Series 7.2
Photographs
1961-1999
Physical Description:
4 Cubic Feet
(4 cartons)
Scope and Contents
Contains photos, negatives, and slides of models for proposed construction projects; artists' renderings of proposed development
area; photo documentation of subject property, including homes and businesses; construction in progress; post-redevelopment
images.
Arrangement
Organized into two subseries: Phase 1 and Phase 2. Arrangement is chronological.
Subseries 7.2.1
Phase 1
1961-1986
box 14, folder 1
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Yerba Buena Committee meeting, photographs
box 17, folder 1
"Blight," color slides
1961-1966
box 14, folder 10
Restaurants, Breen's, photographs
box 14, folder 11-23
By Block, photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes blocks: 3705, 3706, 3707, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3733, 3734, 3735, 3750, 3751, 3752, 3763
box 17, folder 4
Site and Floor Plans, color slides
1968
box 16, folder 4
Plan documents for presentations, negatives
1967
box 16, folder 5
Project Boundaries Map, negatives
1969
box 14, folder 24
Yerba Buena Center, New Start Center, photographs
box 16, folder 6
Yerba Buena Center, New Start Center, negatives
box 14, folder 25-73
Demolition, photographs and contact prints
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes blocks 3702-3710, 3715, 3721-3737, 3740, 3742, 3747-3754, 3757, 3760, 3762-3763, 3775, 3781
box 16, folder 7-84
Demolition, negatives
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes blocks 3702-3710, 3715, 3721-3737, 3740, 3742, 3747-3754, 3757, 3760, 3762-3763, 3765, 3775, 3776, 3778-3779, 3781
box 14, folder 74
Aerials, photographs
1967-1972
box 15, folder 1
State of Subject Property, photographs
1974
box 15, folder 3
First Convention Center Model, Livingston and Blaney Plan, photographs
1964
box 16, folder 86
First Convention Center Model, negatives
box 17, folder 5
First Convention Center Model, color slides
box 15, folder 4
Second Convention Center Model, photographs
1969
box 16, folder 87
Second Convention Center Model, negatives
1969
box 15, folder 5
Third Convention Center Model, photographs
1973
box 17, folder 6
Third Convention Center Model, color slides
1973
box 15, folder 6
Fourth Convention Center Model, photographs
1977
box 16, folder 88-89
Yerba Buena Center Construction, negatives
1977-1979
box 15, folder 7
Yerba Buena Center Construction, contact sheets
1977-1979
box 15, folder 8-9
Yerba Buena Center Construction, photographs
1979
box 17, folder 7
Yerba Buena Center Construction, color slides
box 15, folder 10
Subject Property, contact sheets
1979
box 15, folder 11-12
Subject Property, photographs
1979-1980
box 16, folder 90
Subject Property, negatives
4/3/1979-6/18/1979
box 17, folder 8-9
Moscone Convention Center Construction, color slides
1980
box 16, folder 91-92
Moscone Convention Center Construction, negatives
1980
box 15, folder 13
Moscone Convention Center Construction, contact sheets
1979-1980
box 15, folder 14
Moscone Convention Center Construction, aerials, photographs
1980-1981
box 16, folder 93
Moscone Convention Center Construction, aerials, negatives
box 17, folder 10
Moscone Convention Center Opening, color slides
1981
box 15, folder 15
Central Blocks Project Renderings, photographs
box 17, folder 11
Central Blocks Project Renderings and Models, color slides
box 15, folder 16
St. Francis Place, photographs
box 17, folder 12
St. Francis Place Opening, color slides
May 1986
box 17, folder 13
Post-Redevelopment Phase 1, color slides
box 17, folder 14-15
Presentation Visuals, color slides
Subseries 7.2.2
Phase 2
1981-1999
box 17, folder 16
Yerba Buena Gardens Proposed Development Presentation, color slides
1981
box 15, folder 17
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Models, photographs
box 17, folder 17
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Models and Renderings, color slides
box 15, folder 18
Yerba Buena Gardens Models and Renderings, photographs
1981-1992
box 16, folder 94
Yerba Buena Gardens Models, negatives
box 17, folder 18
Yerba Buena Gardens Models and Plans, color slides
box 15, folder 19
Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade Renderings, photographs
box 17, folder 20
Subject Area, aerials, color slides
box 17, folder 21
Marriott Hotel Groundbreaking, color slides
box 17, folder 22
Marriott Hotel Construction, color slides
1985
box 15, folder 20
Marriott Hotel Construction, photographs
1986-1989
box 15, folder 21
Yerba Buena Gardens Construction, photographs
1981-1992
box 17, folder 19
Yerba Buena Gardens Construction, color slides
box 17, folder 23
Moscone South Convention Center, color slides
1990-1996
box 15, folder 22-23
Yerba Buena Gardens, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and Waterfall, photographs
1990-1993
box 17, folder 24
Yerba Buena Gardens, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and Waterfall, color slides
box 15, folder 24
Yerba Buena Gardens Press Conference, photographs
2/10/1994
box 15, folder 25
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Groundbreaking, photographs
5/21/1996
box 15, folder 26
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Construction, photographs
box 17, folder 25
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Construction, color slides
1997-1998
box 16, folder 95
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Construction, negatives
1998
box 15, folder 27
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Opening, photographs
10/17/1998
box 17, folder 26
Yerba Buena Children's Garden Opening, color slides
10-17-1998
box 17, folder 27
Sony Metreon Construction, color slides
1998
box 17, folder 28
Sony Metreon, color slides
1999
box 17, folder 29
Yerba Buena Gardens, Post-Redevelopment, color slides
box 17, folder 30
Yerba Buena Children's Garden, Post-Redevelopment, color slides
box 17, folder 31
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Post-Redevelopment, color slides
box 17, folder 32
Hotels and Residences Post-Redevelopment, color slides
box 15, folder 28
Yerba Buena Center, Post-Redevelopment, photographs
box 17, folder 33
Yerba Buena Center, Post-Redevelopment, color slides
1996-1999
Series 8
Hunters Point Project Area A
1966-1994
Physical Description:
.33 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 23, 1963, and the plan was approved by the board on Jan.
20, 1969.
Initiated by the local community through their Joint Housing Committee, the redevelopment project predominantly involved a
residential area of temporary World War II housing units and included an abandoned commercial center and some privately owned,
deteriorating dwellings. A new community was developed with emphasis on low-to-moderate priced private housing and supporting
facilities.
Bayview Hunters Point is comprised of the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods located in the southeastern part of San
Francisco. The geography includes marshland and bay waterfront, and three hills (Silver Terrace, Hunters Point Hill and Bayview
Hill). During World War II, the Navy expanded its operations in the adjacent shipyard area, eventually controlling nearly
1000 acres.
In 2006, the plan was amended and became known as the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan. The area covered by the original
plan, which then became known as project Area A, expired in January 2009.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Access
Contact the Photo Curator for information on unprocessed photographs in this series.
box 33
Subseries 8.1
Papers
1966-1994
Physical Description:
.33 Cubic Feet
Contract Negotiation with Prime Consultant
November 1966
Collaborative Planning Brochure
[1967?]
New Hunters Point Community, First Phase Summary Report
[April 1967?]
New Hunters Point Community, Preliminary Data
March 7, 1968
Housing, Phase 1, Land for Sale
October 1968
Redevelopment Plan
Jan. 20, 1969
Journal of Housing Article, Citizen Participation in Planning
May 1969
Hunters Point and India Basin Industrial Park Calendar
[1969]
Hunters Point Redeveloped, A Sixth-Grade Venture
1970
Ridgeview Terrace Brochure
February 1972
Jackie Robinson Garden Apartments Brochure
July 1971-May 1972
Preview of New Hunters Point Brochure
October 1972
"New Hunters Point Story" Booklet
July 1974
Construction Safety Brochure
[1975?]
All Hallows Gardens Brochure
[1975?]
News Clipping, Extortion
Nov. 19, 1976
Bayview-Hunters Point Apartments Brochure
[1976?]
"New Neighborhood" Developers Brochure
[197-?]
Project Area Map
March 1978
Bulldozing of Wartime Housing Flyer
Aug. 17, 1978
Phase III Land Offering Brochure
[1979?]
Single-Family Lots for Development
1980
Hunters Point Hill Study, Proposed Final Report
June 15, 1983
"Almost a Miracle--The New Hunters Point" Report
July 1983
Northridge Cooperative Homes Sales Brochure for Certificate Holders
circa 1983
"The View" Home Sale Brochure
no date
Redevelopment Plan
Dec. 1, 1986
Expandable Single Family Homes Sale Brochure
[1988?]
Official Redevelopment Plan
Dec. 12, 1994
Series 9
India Basin Industrial Park Project Area
1966-2004
Physical Description:
.33 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 27, 1965, and the plan was approved by the board on Jan.
20, 1969.
Originally known as Butchertown, the economic development program area was part of the Bayview Hunters Point district. The
area consisted of auto wrecking yards, vacant land, unimproved streets, and the remnants of meatpacking businesses. A principal
objective was to draw labor-intensive industries into the area to provide job opportunities fore Bayview Hunters Point residents.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Access
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Subseries 9.1
Papers
1966-2004
Physical Description:
.33 Cubic Feet
Proposed Butchertown Project Area Summary
April 1966
Land Utilization and Marketability Study Summary
April 1968
Proposed Butchertown Plan
Dec. 10, 1968
Report on Butchertown Plan
Dec. 18, 1968
Butchertown Redevelopment Plan
Jan. 20, 1969
Physical Description:
2 folders
India Basin Industrial Park Redevelopment Plan
Jan. 20, 1969
Earthwork Report Update
March 1974
Redevelopment Plan
April 20, 1987
Redevelopment Plan
Dec. 12, 1994
Report to the Board of Supervisors for Land Use Plan Amendment
October 2000
Redevelopment Plan Draft Amendment
Nov. 3, 2004
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Series 10
Stockton/Sacramento Project Area
1974-[1982?]
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on March 30, 1972, and the plan was approved by the board on May
20, 1974.
The Chinatown Advisory Committee identified a vacant site at the corner of Stockton and Sacramento Streets as suitable for
housing or multi-purpose development including housing. The one-acre site was developed by the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown.
A single housing complex known as Mei Lun Yuen was built, with units for families and the elderly, along with commercial space.
Construction was completed in May 1982.
Redevelopment Plan
May 23, 1974
Mei Lin Yuen Apartments Brochure
[1982?]
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Series 11
Bayview North Survey Area
1976-1977
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
Designated a survey area by the Board of Supervisors on July 26, 1976. Part of the area was later included in the Bayview
Hunters Point Project Area B.
Covered about 24 acres, mostly in single-family residential use.
Proposed Survey Area, Summary Report
July 1976
Market and Feasibility Analysis
April 1977
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Series 12
Mariners Village Development
1980-1981
Physical Description:
.3 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
Mayor Dianne Feinstein requested the Redevelopment Agency to undertake development on Oct. 29, 1979. Mariners Village was
rehabilitated by the Redevelopment Agency under its authority to receive and develop surplus government property. Formerly
known as Inchon Village, it was a 100-unit housing development built by the U.S. Navy in 1969, on the western slope of the
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The townhouses were built in 13 clusters containing six to eight units each, and were occupied
by Navy personnel until the Navy closed is operations at Hunters Point in mid-1974.
Also included was construction of 80 low- and moderate-income housing units by the Bay Area Residential Investment Development
Group.
Early in 1981, the Redevelopment Agency Commission voted to change the name of Inchon Village to Mariners Village in honor
of the area's long association with the U.S. Navy and other maritime uses.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Home Ownership Booklet and Waiting List Packet
[1980?]
Contract Documents for Rehabilitation
May 1980
Physical Description:
2 folders
Contract Documents for Demolition and Site Clearance
January 1981
Contract Documents for Site Improvement
February 1981
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Series 13
Bayview Industrial Triangle Project Area
1980-2004
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
The survey area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on July 26, 1976, and expanded on Jan. 23, 1978. The plan was approved
by the board on June 30, 1980.
The project included an eight-block residential area and an adjacent industrial strip in the Hunters Point-Bayview district.
Property rehabilitation and new development were undertaken. Redevelopment activities were suspended as a result of reductions
in the city's 1982 Community Development Block Grant.
Redevelopment Plan
July 3, 1980
Design for Development
Dec. 2, 2004
Series 14
Rincon Point-South Beach Project Area
1980-2004
Physical Description:
1 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The Northeastern Waterfront Survey Area was designated by the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 28, 1977, and the plan was approved
by the board on Jan. 5, 1981.
The project was the first major urban renewal project done in San Francisco without the direct use of eminent domain. Major
plan elements included the development of over 2800 new housing units, two waterfront parks, Pier 40 and a marina, the Gap
corporate headquarters, the Giants baseball park; the historic preservation and commercial re-use of the Rincon Annex Post
Office, Oriental Warehouse, Cape Horn Warehouse, Dunn Instruments Warehouse, and Hooopers South End Grain Warehouse; and the
reconstruction of the Embarcadero roadway into a boulevard.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Access
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Report on Redevelopment Plan
Oct. 24, 1980
Final Environmental Impact Report
Nov. 24, 1980
Physical Description:
2 folders
Property Owner Participation Rules
Dec. 16, 1980
Parcel Aggregation Study
June 1981
Report to Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Sept. 17, 1982
Small Boat Harbor and Park Master Plan Report`
October 1982
Redevelopment Plan
Jan. 23, 1984
History of Paving Blocks Along San Francisco's South Beach Waterfront
July 1991
Final Redevelopment Plan, Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
Aug. 15, 1991
Physical Description:
2 folders
Design for Development
October 1992
Phase I Site Assessment: South Beach Park Project Report
June 1992
Phase I Site Assessment, Parcels 28 and 29 Report
November 1992
Phase I Site Assessment, Rincon Point Park Project Report
November 1992
Phase I Site Assessment Report, Rincon Point-South Beach Project
April 1993
Historical Cultural Resources Report
May 1985
San Francisco Giants Ballpark at China Basin, Final EIR
June 26, 1997
Physical Description:
3 Volumes
(in 5 folders)
Design for Development
April 1998
Draft Environmental Impact Report, Pacific Exchange
July 25, 1998
Harbor Notes Brochure
Spring 1999
Publicity Brochures
[2000 or later]
Pier 40 Shed Improvements, Bid Project Manual
July 7, 2003
Expansion Project Geotechnical Study Report
August 2003
Park and Harbor Marine Improvements, Bid Project Manual
March 10, 2004
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Series 15
Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Project Area
1927-2010
1994-2004
Physical Description:
.5 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
The plan was approved by ordinance no. 285-97 and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on July 14, 1997.
The plan outlined the development of a mix of residential, commercial, cultural, research and development, and light industrial
uses, with open space around the waterfront perimeter.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Song and Popular Mechanics Article
1927 and September 1947
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights 1994 Annual Report
Transportation Plan
May 1996
Draft, Area Plan of the General Plan of San Francisco
November 1996
Redevelopment Plan
July 14, 1997
Physical Description:
2 folders
Art and Industry Center, Program Summary
Summer 1997
Transcript of Proceedings, Disposal and Reuse Environmental Impact Statement
Dec. 11, 1997
Parcel E, Draft Final Data Gaps, Sampling and Analysis Work Plan
Oct. 9, 1999
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Disposal and Reuse of Shipyard, Response to Comments
March 2000
Physical Description:
2 folders
Updates from Developer
2003-2004
Response to Public Review Comments, Phase I Disposition and Development Agreement
March 31, 2004
Project Fact Sheet, Bayview Transportation Improvements
June 2004
Phase II Development Plan Project, Comments & Responses
May 2010
Physical Description:
3 folders
Building 813 Images
no date
"Bay Visions--Community Views" Planning Conference Sticker
no date
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Series 16
Bayview Hunters Point Project Area B
1973-2008
Related Materials
See also
Trouble in Paradise, Postwar History of San Francisco's Hunters Point Neighborhood
by Kelsey Finch, 2008.
Historical Note
The survey area was designated on May 10, 1999 and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 1, 2006.
Bayview Hunters Point is comprised of the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods located in the southeastern part of San
Francisco. The geography includes marshland and bay waterfront, and three hills (Silver Terrace, Hunters Point Hill and Bayview
Hill). During World War II, the U.S. Navy expanded its operations in the adjacent shipyard area, eventually controlling nearly
1000 acres. Bayview Hunters Point is one of the fastest-growing and most ethnically and economically diverse areas in San
Francisco. As of 2002, the combined area had the city's highest rate of home ownership, with approximately 55 percent of the
housing stock owner-occupied.
The Bayview Hunters Point Survey Area earlier amended the boundaries of the existing Hunters Point Redevelopment Project Area.
The survey area was comprised of the communities known as Bayview and Hunters Point. The area was bounded by Cecar Chavez
Street (formerly Army Street) to the north, San Francisco Bay to the east, the city border to the south, and U.S. Highway
101 to the west, encompassing over 2,528 acres and approximately 9,000 parcels. Within or adjacent to the area were three
existing redevelopment project areas: the Bayview Industrial Triangle, India Basin Industrial Park, and Hunters Point Naval
Shipyard Project areas.
The 2006-amended Bayview Hunters Point Plan, formerly known as the Hunters Point Redevelopment Plan resulted in the existing
area of 137 acres then becoming known as Project Area A. An additional 1600 acres, known as Project Area B, was added. The
plan was initiated by the local community.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Access
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South Bayshore 1970 Census Summary and Analysis (City Planning)
February 1973
South Bayshore Issues Report (City Planning)
November 1987
South Bayshore Plan (for Citizen Review)
February 1989
South Bay Shore Proposal (City Planning)
May 1991
Third Street Corridor Study (by Consultant)
December 1991
South Bayshore Plan for Citizen Review (City Planning)
January 1994
South Bayshore Survey Area Preliminary Findings
1995
"Connecting South Bayshore," Summary Report
May 1996
Bayview Hunters Point Revitalization Concept Plan
Interim Summary Report
October 1997
Multi-Family Housing
June [1998?]
Third Street Town Center
July 1998
Plan
March 2002
Physical Description:
2 folders
Plan Amendments
Nov. 4, 2003
Opposition Flyer
[2005-2008]
Hunters View Community Partners Design
March 31, 2008
Project Environmental Impact Report Comments and Responses
May 27, 2008
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Series 17
South of Market Earthquake Recovery Project Area
1993-2009
Physical Description:
.4 Cubic Feet
Historical Note
Approved by ordinance no. 234-90 and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 11, 1990. The project area was expanded in
2005.
Following the Oct. 19, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, the project was adopted under emergency powers delegated by the state.
The 82-acre project area focused on the Sixth Street corridor, a mixed-use community located south of Market Street, to Harrison
Street, characterized by a prevalence of older commercial and residential buildings, including many single-room occupancy
(SFO) residential hotels and several commercial and light-industrial uses.
Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.
Site Assessment, 241 Sixth Street
June 1993
South of Market Economic Action Plan Task Force
January 1996
Youth Center Feasibility Study
Photograph of 1321 Mission Street
[2003?]
Redevelopment Plan Amendment
Nov. 12, 2003
10th and Mission, 9th and Jessie Project
June 14, 2004
Material Specific Details: Includes photographs. Gloves required.
Redevelopment Plan Amendment
April 2005
Physical Description:
2 folders
Preliminary Report, Redevelopment Plan Amendment
Sept. 2, 2005
Redevelopment Plan Amendment
September 2005
Physical Description:
3 folders
Sixth Street Brochures
2006-2009
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Series 18
Treasure Island Project Area
[1993?]
Physical Description:
1 folder
Biographical / Historical
Survey area declared on Jan. 3, 1995, and approved as a project by the Board of Supervisors on June 14, 2011.
The U.S. Navy closed its base on Treasure Island in 1997 and the surplus federal land reverted to local jurisdiction and reuse.
The plan included up to 8,000 residential units, up to 140,000 square feet of commercial space, and up to 100,000 square feet
of new office space, along with upgraded roads and infrastructure.
Base Realignment and Closure Brochure
[1993?]
box 32
Series 19
Fillmore Jazz Preservation District Survey Area (Lower Fillmore)
1994-2009
Arrangement
Arrangement is chronological.
Related Materials
"How Urban Renewal Tried To Rebuild The Fillmore,"
https://hoodline.com/2016/01/how-urban-renewal-tried-to-rebuild-the-fillmore
.
Newspaper Clippings
1994-1995
Old Fillmore Jazz Preservation District Description
1995
Presentation
Oct. 1, 1996
Marketing Materials and Newspaper Clippings
2003-2004
Promotions Office Presentation Slides
[2005]
Community Benefit Fund Grants Program Applications
2008-2009
box 36
Series 20
York Theater Remodel Project
1996
Physical Description:
1 folder
Historic Property Report
February 1996
box 36
Series 21
Federal Office Building Project Area
1997
Physical Description:
1 folder
Historical Note
The plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 17, 1997, pursuant to ordinance no. 403-97.
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Series 22
Mission Bay North Project Area
1998
Physical Description:
1 folder
Historical Note
The plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 26, 1998.
The project involves the redevelopment of over 300 acres initially held by the Southern Pacific Railroad and then by the Catellus
Corporation.
Access
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Redevelopment Plan
Oct. 26, 1998
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Series 23
Mission Bay South Project Area
1998
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
The plan was approved by ordinance No. 355-98, and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on Nov. 2, 1998.
Access
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Redevelopment Plan
Nov. 2, 1998
Catellus Development Marketing Brochure
no date
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Series 24
Mid-Market Project Area
2000
Physical Description:
1 folder
Historical Note
The project was initiated by the local community.
Access
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Article in San Francisco Magazine
December 2000
Series 25
Transbay Project Area
1995-2005
Physical Description:
2 folders
Historical Note
Plan was approved by ordinance No. 124-05 and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 21, 2005; and by ordinance No. 99-06
and adopted by the board on May 9, 2006.
The plan came about as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, which damaged the Transbay Transit Center.
ov-flat-box 43, oversize-folder 4
Transbay District Neighborhood Vision (SPUR Student Program)
August 1995
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Redevelopment Plan
June 21, 2005
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Series 26
Visitacion Valley Project Area
2005
Physical Description:
1 folder
Biographical / Historical
Project area approved by the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3, 2009.
The Visitacion Valley Redevelopment Project Area is a 46-acre area in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood in the southeastern
corner of the City; comprising approximately 124 parcels. The Visitacion Valley Project Area includes the former Schlage Lock
industrial site, located at the southern border of San Francisco and the properties fronting Bayshore Boulevard; and the Visitacion
Valley neighborhood's commercial corridor of Leland Avenue. The project involves the demolition of the majority of the existing
vacant buildings on the former Schlage Lock site, environmental remediation of the site, and the construction of a mixed-use
residential, retail and office development.
Related Materials
See also https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/City-looks-at-Visitacion-Valley-redevelopment-3253536.php#item-85307-tbla-9 and
https://news.theregistrysf.com/visitacion-valley-mega-development-may-begin-construction-2017/.
Environmental Impact Report for Proposed Redevelopment Plan
November 2005
