Yes, it’s that time again! The Condo Lottery Drawing is near! February 7th, to be exact. If you haven’t signed up yet, tough luck. The deadline was last Friday. But for those (thousands of tortured souls) waiting for February 7th, it appears there is a new twist in the drama: according to the SF TIC blog, they will now be doing the drawing digitally, using a computer to randomly draw the numbers, rather than slips of paper and a 40-gallon …

I know that I’m two weeks late on this one. I was still out of town on January 13th when the new T-Third MUNI line started its weekend-only service. But now I’m back, so if you haven’t heard it somewhere else, you’ll hear it now. Additionally, there are some changes to other MUNI lines coming on April 7th, when the full-time operation of the T-Third kicks in. From SFMUNI.com, Service Effective January 13, 2007 T-THIRD introductory service operates January 13, …

This is another one of the things that I feel strongly about: building new housing close to major transit lines! And it appears that at least one part of San Francisco is heading in the right direction to that end, Balboa Park. Where, you ask? Balboa Park. [Google Map] For those of you who ride BART, but have never been past 24th & Mission, you would continue on to Glen Park, then one more stop to Balboa Park. This is …

Guess I should start a series of articles called ‘housing loses’… Because that’s what continues to happen in our lovely town, courtesy of our jackass Board of Supervisors. Today’s oh-so-common topics: Trinity Plaza and the Armory (again) First, the ‘good’ news. The 1,900 unit Trinity Plaza development was approved AGAIN on Thursday by the Planning Commission. Everything was previously on track till ‘Supes Maxwell and McGoldrick (looking to get their names in print, undoubtedly) threw a stick in the proverbial …

Was really surprised to read this one today… BeyondChron’s Randy Shaw lived in the Mission in the early-’80s, and returned last week (for the first time, perhaps??) to find that things aren’t all that different after twenty five years… The recent purchase of the Mission’s historic Armory by Kink.com, and its planned use as a bondage video studio, has raised questions about who, if anyone, is guiding the neighborhood’s future. Business and development interests, along with some merchants and residents, …