"Mission Local has been unsuccessful in its attempts to reach Maupin to gauge his thoughts on the "Social Safeway" potentially being repurposed into the ground-floor tenant of an irregularly shaped crystal palace resembling the back end of a Princess cruise ship or, perhaps, the University of Miami "U" logo after one too many spring break Jägerbombs. We did, however, reach everyone in San Francisco's municipal, state and federal government, and the significant candidates aspiring for such positions."
"Mayor Daniel Lurie on Dec. 12 signed into law his upzoning plan, adding height and density to broad swaths of the city, with particular emphasis on well-resourced neighborhoods that have been resistant to change. But he, and several of his key allies, are shocked, shocked at a plan to add height and density to one of the city's most well-well-resourced enclaves - and a place that has long proven nigh-invulnerable to change."
Developers proposed a 25-story, nearly 800-unit housing development at the Marina Safeway site. The site retains supermarket architectural and cultural heritage, including its depiction as a heterosexual cruising hotspot in Armistead Maupin's 1978 Tales of the City. Attempts to contact Maupin were unsuccessful, while municipal, state, and federal officials and major candidates were reached. Mayor Daniel Lurie signed an upzoning plan on Dec. 12 increasing height and density across many neighborhoods. Several officials who supported upzoning expressed shock at adding similar density to the well-resourced, change-resistant Marina neighborhood. Responses from candidates and officials were collected on three specific housing questions.
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