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Draft EIR finds 'significant unavoidable' historic impacts if 1028 Market Street is demolished; commissioners urge compatible design
Summary
Planning staff told the Preservation Commission the draft EIR for 1028 Market Street finds two project‑level, significant unavoidable impacts to the Market Street Theater & Loft District from demolition and new construction; commissioners urged the compatible‑design or partial‑preservation alternatives and called for richer interpretive mitigation.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 19 heard a presentation on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for 1028 Market Street, a proposed 13‑story building that would replace an early‑20th‑century commercial structure in the Market Street Theater and Loft National Register Historic District.
Rachel Schutt, EIR coordinator in the Planning Department, said the proposed project would demolish the existing building and construct a 127‑foot, 13‑story structure with up to 186 residential units and ground‑floor commercial space. "The draft EIR concluded that the proposed project would result in two project‑level significant unavoidable impacts to historic…
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