San Francisco Chronicle/John Wildermuth, 2/17/14. "Development alters S.F.'s road of churches."
"For decades, Brotherhood Way has been a unique part of San Francisco, an
almost pastoral road running toward Lake Merced past a hillside of pine
trees on one side and a row of churches, temples and religious schools
on the other.
In a city desperate for housing, however, the prospect of 182
brand-new homes to draw families to one of San Francisco's least
developed areas can trump any appeal to the past. In 2005, when the
city Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors each signed off on
the project, housing advocates turned out in support of
the development. "This is a unique development," said Chris Hawke,
whose Maracor Development was the moving force behind the project.
"We're told that this is the first true subdivision to open in the city
in 40 years."
Summer move-in planned. Models for the first phase of the development are expected to open
this spring, with owners moving into the first 10 of the three-and
four-bedroom homes during the summer." Read article. Note: graphic map by John Blanchard, this article, San Francisco Chronicle.
Related - San Francisco Magazine/Ben Christopher, 10/16/13, "Cranespotting: Urban Livittowns. The term 'planned community" no longer has to mean row after row of plain vanilla." "5. Summit 800 (Parkmerced), 800 Brotherhood Way, 182 spanking new houses. Parkmerced Real estate development and its attendant controversies play
out a little differently in the city’s suburban-style southwest. Take
Summit 800, a feng shui–blessed planned community that broke ground
after facing down neighbors who wanted to preserve the area’s Arcadian
greenery and the church-lined boulevard’s ecclesiastic character.
Arcadian greenery? Church-lined? Yes, we’re still talking about San
Francisco. Residential/2016/40 ft." Note: photograph link from this article.
Business Journal/J. K.Dineen, 5/13/13.
"182 suburban-style homes in urban San Francisco? Believe it." "The
project, formerly known as 800 Brotherwood Way, was blocked for
years by neighborhood groups who argued that the formerly city-owned
site was set aside in 1958 for educational and religious uses, not
housing. Eventually the city’s board of appeals ruled against the
neighborhood opponents, which included former supervisor Tony Hall and
retired Judge Quentin Kopp.
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