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Planning commission holds large informational hearing on CPMC Long Range Development Plan; neighbors press concerns about size, traffic and services
Summary
CPMC presented design concepts for three campuses (Davies, St. Luke's, and Van Ness & Gary). While planners and many neighbors supported seismic upgrades and improved public realm, scores of residents, nurses and physicians voiced concerns about the scale of the Cathedral Hill hospital, traffic and transit impacts on Van Ness/Geary, and whether psychiatric and indigent-care services would be preserved.
At an informational hearing on May 11, the Planning Commission reviewed architecture, urban-design and streetscape proposals in the California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) for three campus areas: a Davies neurosciences institute, a rebuild/expansion at St. Luke's, and a major inpatient and medical-office cluster at Van Ness & Gary (Cathedral Hill).
Planning staff framed the presentation as part of a multi-hearing series. The SmithGroup team showed renderings that emphasized stepped massing, new public plazas (notably a reopened San Jose…
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