Eric

Eric has written 345 posts for Transbay Blog

More Transbay Eye Candy

UPDATE: Make sure to check out the Transbay Forest City website for many photos and videos of the Forest City/Richard Rogers proposal. The Pelli website has also been updated with a great deal more diagrams and materials than were originally posted. Original Post: I put a few pictures of the proposed Transbay designs in an … Continue reading

Making the Case for Great Height

It looks like the SF Bay Guardian is once more whining about building tall buildings. Their analysis is, in general, extremely unnuanced, and usually follows this formula: if it’s tall, it’s bad. This time, their claim is that the new Transbay Tower is the “devil’s bargain.” Their post actually does not even give the usual … Continue reading

Three Transbay Designs Unveiled

Last night’s Transbay meeting in the Board of Supervisors chambers marked an important point in the process that will result in the Transbay Transit Center and its associated signature tower. Although this is just the beginning of a long review (and even longer construction) process, we should not mistake the significance. Not only is Transbay … Continue reading

Blogroll

I’ll be maintaining a few different blogrolls for the Transbay Blog, and these lists will continue to get longer in time. These are mostly sites that I like to read, or that are related in material or mission to the Transbay Blog. The links will fall into a few different categories: “Bay Area Websites” is … Continue reading

Welcome to the Transbay Blog

Welcome to the Transbay Blog, a blog about public transit and city planning in the San Francisco Bay Area. The redevelopment of the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco is a huge project in terms of both transit and planning, and as the name of the blog suggests, it will be a big topic of discussion … Continue reading

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