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Planning commission hears detailed Moscone Center expansion plan and broad neighborhood support
Summary
Planning Department and project designers presented a package to expand and reconnect Moscone Center—adding roughly 500,000–580,000 sq. ft. of contiguous exhibition space and street‑level public realm improvements. City staff and many neighborhood groups urged pedestrian safety measures and committed mitigation.
San Francisco planning staff and the Moscone Center project team gave commissioners an extended informational briefing on July 24 about a proposed expansion designed to keep the city competitive for professional conventions and better connect the complex to surrounding neighborhoods. Elizabeth Waddie, assistant director of current planning, told the commission the proposal “would increase the Moscone Center facility by about 20%,” a change the team says will create roughly 515,000–580,000 square feet of contiguous exhibition space.
The presentation, led by city architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partner Craig Hartman, outlined a plan that unites below‑grade halls under Howard Street, adds above‑grade meeting and ballroom space, and introduces a new lightweight “bridge of…
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