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Planning commission approves Candlestick Point D4D amendments despite State Parks objection

San Francisco Planning Commission · March 3, 2016
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved amendments to the Candlestick Point Design-for-Development, including modest height changes and relocation of three towers (notably Tower G), over a formal objection from California State Parks about the park-edge visual impacts.

The Planning Commission voted unanimously March 3 to approve amendments to Candlestick Point’s Design-for-Development (D4D), a long-running master plan for the Hunters Point/Candlestick redevelopment. The amendments include three tower relocations, modest increases in height at selected retail/performing-arts corners, and refinements to street and block phasing intended to reflect changed phasing and the retail center’s evolving pedestrian circulation.

Planning staff and the master planner argued the changes are consistent with the original urban-design intent and necessary to address phasing and access constraints. David Tom, the urban designer who…

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