Preparations for the America’s Cup are causing political ripples in San Francisco — but in in the Italian city of Naples, where warm-up regattas are planned, they are drawing high-profile protests. Waterfront construction began this week in Naples, where 45-foot catamarans will race in America’s Cup World Series events this April and in May 2013. But construction crews were met by a picket line of protesters who said the work ......
The lawmaker behind San Francisco’s groundbreaking local-hiring law wants to force organizers of the America’s Cup to employ city residents for its construction jobs. San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos authored the law, approved last year, which requires city construction contractors to employ San Francisco residents for at least 20 percent of work financed by the city. The requirement for employment of residents on city jobs will increase to 50 percent ......
Call it “beautiful decay”: these stunning photographs, taken by David Stark Wilson, show the interiors of the future home of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). Just as with the new Magnes, which unveiled its new space on Sunday, BAM/PFA is to be housed in a 1920s-era building originally designed as a printing plant for UC Berkeley. It is located at 2120 Oxford Street at Center Street, ......
“Creative placemaking” is a buzzword that you should get used to, because it probably isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. It is the lynchpin of the massive private-public grant program, ArtPlace, backed by a number of powerhouse philanthropies, financial institutions, and federal agencies. The grants, worth a total of $15 million, will be spread among winners selected from a list of 127 finalists nationwide in 2012. Last year, 34 organizations received a total ......
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has selected Richmond as the site for its second campus. The Lab annnounced the news this morning on its website, saying the University of California-owned Richmond Field Station site “presents the best opportunity to solve the Lab’s pressing space problems while allowing for long term growth and maintaining the 80-year tradition of close cooperation with the UC Berkeley Campus.” Three Berkeley-connected sites were on a shortlist ......
