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I'm just trying to find the bridge Has anybody seen the bridge? Please Have you seen the bridge? I ain't seen the bridge! Where's that confounded bridge? THERE'S going to be a protest this Saturday. In general, the impetus … [Continue reading] about PROTEST -> MASTER PLAN -> BRIDGE
CORRECTION: The Real Deal has just amended their story and forgot to include that the 2nd tower, of 56-stories, had previously been filed in October. Thus the plan is basically in its original form of 1000+ units, plus school, and maybe a Shake … [Continue reading] about TF CORNERSTONE GREATLY SLASHES HUNTERS POINT SOUTH PLANS
So what's with the recently painted gold-lettered "Mona Coal-Ice" on Vernon Boulevard? Is it an olde-tymey steam-punk themed haberdashery? Is it a spin-off from the ice cream store next door? Or maybe we should take it literally and get our ice … [Continue reading] about MONA COAL-ICE ON VERNON BOULEVARD
When a problem comes along You must whip it Before the cream sits out too long You must whip it When something's going wrong You must whip it DON'T let anyone tell you that incubation is bad/dirty/will make your child go blind. It's not and … [Continue reading] about NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE INCUBATED IN LIC, NOT WOODSIDE
The battle for increased school capacity has been waged by parents for several years now, many of whom won’t be the beneficiaries of the new schools. Though most ultimately were unscathed by the controversy, inasmuch as their child eventually … [Continue reading] about #LICUnited