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An army of Chaboni yogurt execs descended on S.F. this week for meetings and volunteer work? Why? Because the company bought Anchor Brewing 👀👀 sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a…

Anchor Brewing has been bought by billionaire behind Chobani. Here are his plans

The deal to buy San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing marks a new chapter in the turbulent saga of a company that has long been synonymous with its boom-and-bust hometown. 

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Sleek suave shafts of glass are missing. Low-slung ridgeline towers are included. That's how it is with best-of lists -- especially when the topic is as fraught as S.F.'s still-growing skyline sfchronicle.com/projects/202…

These are San Francisco’s top 10 towers of the 21st century

The Chronicle’s urban design critic lists the top 10 San Francisco towers built since 2000.

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And for something completely different: I've helped put together one of @sfchronicle's first audio walking tours -- an exploration of the highpoints + hidden gems of downtown's masonry canyons. So much to see, so close at hand! (1/3) sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti… via @sfchronicle

An architectural treasure hunt through San Francisco’s Financial District

San Francisco’s historic Financial District is more than a cluster of towers with a few...

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Mix news, history and policy context all at deadline; yes, it's another first-rate @SFjkdineen piece sfchronicle.com/sf/article/I… via @sfchronicle

It took 13 years, but 200 affordable homes are finally coming to SoMa

On Thursday Mayor London Breed joined developers to celebrate the start of construction...

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21st Century flatiron, Market at Mason
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With schools closed for the year, we're extending our emergency childcare and youth centers for children of first responders, health care workers, and essential City employees until at least June at 28 locations throughout San Francisco. More info here: dcyf.org/care.
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My look at the plans for the block that held the fondly remembered temporary Transbay terminal -- and why it's so important to get the best possible design for a tower that's proposed there sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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“Voters are clearly concerned, in every poll I’ve seen, that office development and job creation is outstripping our ability as a city to provide housing and transit to the people living and working here.’” -- Jim Stearns sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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On a gorgeous Friday like this, where better to have lunch that in a public space on a sunny rooftop? Here's my guide to such spaces from 2016 sfchronicle.com/bayarea/plac…
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My obituary/appreciation of Cesar Pelli, a great architect and a true gentleman, with a focus on his SF work sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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My review of an ambitious new Transbay tower by OMA and @fougeronarch (complete w/$16 million penthouse and 150 affordable apartments) that's "seductive in some ways and alienating in others ... Just like the San Francisco of 2019" sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

Chiseled glass tower offers window into SF’s contradictions

The Avery is an elegant tower with a furnished $16 million penthouse, yet 150 of its apartments are reserved for low-income households. It meets the skyline as a glittering abstraction, yet it...

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Nice to be back on top of the world— or at least back in the 5.4-acre rooftop park above San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center. After 10 months off limits, the landscape is varied and lush
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I expected the fire pit, the bicycle repair lounge, the yoga room... but for some reason, this small amenity at a new apartment complex I visited today caught me by surprise
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And here's the review: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
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We're recruiting for an #archaeology planner w/in our Environmental Review division. If you know someone with at least 2 years of archaeological review analysis, please send them our way! Deadline is 12/14/18. jobapscloud.com/SF/sup/BulPr… #planning #landuse #environmentalreview
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San Francisco’s Elbo Room will close its doors after nearly three decades in the Mission trib.al/pJdIZrZ
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From the archives: my 2010 column on a book that uses the city grid to explore how S.F.'s identity is rooted in "an unthinkable defiance of nature." facebook.com/johnkingSFChron…
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The Future Is HERE. In the SF Bay Area, 10 design teams are making plans for sea level rise, @JohnKingSFChron reports sfchronicle.com/science/arti…
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Kapow! Not everything in SF is beige or gray or glass (Sutter near Mason, FYI)
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Enormity layered with elegance: my review of the latest addition to Moscone Center sfchronicle.com/24hrsale/art… via @sfchronicle
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